Coroners for the area betwen the rivers Esk and Derwent were formerly appointed by the lords of Cockermouth, and their records were therefore kept at Cockermouth Castle. Today they form part of the Leconfield series of documents, which can be ordered for study at Whitehaven Record Office (ref. D/Lec/CRI). Note that this list does not include information on what documentation survives for any particular inquest, except in a few cases where it seems likely that none is available at all. Researchers should check with the Record Office staff.
N.B. Inquests after about 1750 are filed by the date of the Quarter Sessions at which their verdicts were presented. Approximate ages of the victims are often given (in brackets after the name)

1714 (Mar 25)	Parton	Mary Hornby (age 6)	struck by piece of timber
1723 (May 22)	Moresby	Sarah & Hannah Bragg (infants)	drowned on the seashore
Xmas 1756 (5 Jul)	Parton	Robert Graham	killed in harbour by swinging boom of the "Mary" of Waterford
Xmas 1757 (13 Nov)	Parton	Matthew Winder	drowned in sinking of a sloop
Xmas 1816 (31 Aug)	Moresby	John Webb	drowned in sea by boat overturning during storm
Xmas 1821 (2 Nov)	Parton	Mary Potts	"suspicious circumstances" - but no inquest
Xmas 1829 (15 Jan)	Parton	William Shilton (5)	drowned in a pond [documents may be missing]
Xmas 1830 (17 Nov)	Parton	John Mackie	drowned while in a rescue party during the sinking of the brig "Alexander"
Michaelmas 1831 (11 Oct)	Parton	Adam Cummins (6 months)	died in bed- natural causes
Easter 1832 (13 Feb)	Parton	Daniel Little	fell from a horse
Michaelmas 1834 (26 May)	Parton	George Irving	drowned in sea while bathing- intoxicated
Easter 1835 (1 Nov 1834)	Parton	unknown person	found dead on seashore [several other bodies washed up on shore over the next few days at Harrington & Workington; all possibly from the wreck of the "William Scott"]
Easter 1836 (25 Jan)	Parton	unknown man	drowned after wreck of the "Hardings"
Easter 1837 (21 Nov 1836)	Parton	Joseph Irwin	fell down shaft at coal pit
Easter 1838 (25 Dec 1837)	Parton	Henry Jenkinson	roof fall at Lamb Hill Pit
[Christmas 1838 (26 Oct 1838)	Harrington	disaster in John Pit]
Michaelmas 1840 (16 Jun)	Parton	Isaac Anderson (39)	fall of stone in Countess Pit
Michaelmas 1840 (21 Sep)	Moresby	Thomas Murray (14)	fell down shaft at Countess Pit
Easter 1841 (21 Jan)	Moresby	Edward Gibson (35)	explosion of Stythe in Countess Pit
Michaelmas 1841 (26 Aug)	Parton	Ribton Hayton (23)	roof fall at Countess Pit
Michaelmas 1841 (29 Aug)	Parton	William Messenger (25)	roof fall at Countess Pit again
Easter 1842 (26 Dec 1841)	Parton	John Ditchburn (20 months)	burned by clothes catching fire
Easter 1843 (22 Oct 1842)	Parton	William Nutter (11 weeks)	given laudanum by mistake
Easter 1843 (11 Jan)	Parton	William Maxwell (58)	fell down shaft at Countess Pit
Easter 1843 (21 Feb)	Parton	Mary Murray (54)	dead in bed-natural causes
Michaelmas 1843 (23 Jul)	Parton	Anthony Carr (21)	burned in gas explosion at Countess Pit
Michaelmas 1844 (9 Sep)	Parton	Robert Loraine (46)	drowned in sea by falling from the 'Hannah'
Michaelmas 1844 (4 Oct)	Parton	Joseph Gilpin (40)	drowned on sea shore
Michaelmas 1844 (7 Oct)	Lowca	John Lawson (72)	caught in machinery at Foundry
Christmas 1844 (7 Dec)	Parton	John Shilton (46)	roof fall in Countess Pit
Midsummer 1845 (2 May)	Parton	John Kelly (38)	roof fall at Countess Pit
Midsummer 1845 (20 May)	Parton	John Holmes (29)	roof fall at Countess Pit
Michaelmas 1845 (8 Sep)	Parton	Joseph Carter (13)	drowned in sea while bathing
Easter 1846 (11 Feb)	Parton	Mary Burney (50)	dead in house- apoplexy
Easter 1846 (31 Mar)	Parton	Robert Miller (35)	cut his throat
Michaelmas 1846 (14 Sep)	Parton	Thomas Crelling (44)	buried by fall of stone at Countess Pit
Easter 1847 (13 Feb)	Parton	James Litster (57)	fell from ladder
Midsummer 1847 (1 June)	Parton	Ezekiel Wilson (24)	roof fall at Countess Pit
Michaelmas 1847 (25 Aug)	Parton	Joseph Davidson (53)	fell down shaft at Countess Pit
Michaelmas 1848 (11 Oct)	Parton	Thomas Smith (18)	fell into sea from the main yard of the 'Pomona'
Easter 1849 (2 Mar)	Parton	John McNeil (38)	drowned after falling from the ship 'Whitehaven' in Whitehaven harbour
Michaelmas 1849 (21 Aug)	Parton	Joseph Stevenson (6)	drowned in a pond
Christmas 1849 (3 Nov)	Parton	John Fitzpatrick (65)	roof fall at Countess Pit
Easter 1850 (4 Mar)	Parton	Philip Goulding (10)	run over by coal wagon
Midsummer 1850 (24 Jun)	Parton	William Hewitt (25)	killed by lobelia inflata administered by William Tate [intended as an emetic, to cure stomach pains, according to the inquest report in the "Cumberland Pacquet"]
Michaelmas 1850 (10 Sep)	Parton	William Golding (12)	crushed by wagon in coal drift
Easter 1851 (9 Jan)	Parton	Timothy Morton (31)	roof fall in colliery
Easter 1851 (7 Feb)	Parton	Margaret Irving (4)	burned by clothes catching fire
Easter 1851 (19 Feb)	Parton	Joseph West (42)	drowned by boat overturning in sea
Christmas 1851 (3 Jan 1852)	Parton	John Sands (65)	dead in bed- natural causes
Easter 1852 (3 Feb)	Parton	Mary Wilson (53)	drowned in a ditch on the Green
Easter 1852 (25 Mar)	Parton	Robert Wilson (31)	hit by falling coal at Countess Pit
Michaelmas 1852 (19 Jul)	Parton	John Forster (37)	roof fall in coal pit
Christmas 1852 (8 Nov)	Parton	female child (newborn)	found on sea shore
Midsumer 1854 (17 Jun)	Parton	Eleanor Green (71)	fell downstairs
Easter 1855 (29 Jan)	Parton	George Thompson (8)	burned by falling into a boiler when taking a vapour bath at the Brewery
Easter 1855 (18 Feb)	Parton	Mary Cockbaine (35)	burned to death
Easter 1855 (5 Mar)	Parton	Josiah Hodgson (4)	burned to death
Christmas 1855 (16 Nov)	Parton	Sarah Allan (10 months)	burned to death
Michaelmas 1856 (30 Jun)	Parton	William Raven (51)	visitation of God
Michaelmas 1856 (8 Jul)	Parton	John Kitchen (49)	caught in a steam engine at the foundry
Easter 1858 (27 Mar)	Parton	Robert Barnes (63)	caught in thrashing machine
Michaelmas 1859 (21 Jul)	Parton	female child (newborn)	found on seashore (cause of death unknown)
Easter 1860 (20 Feb)	Lowca	George Mottershead (13)	killed by falling boiler
Easter 1861 (29 Jan)	Parton	Joseph Goudy (55)	natural causes
Easter 1861 (23 Feb)	Parton	Juani Morin Juani Antonio Camalic Matteo Nicholae Juani Sassenac Giovanni Camalic	found drowned on shore
Easter 1861 (27 Feb)	Parton	Matteo Knessech	found drowned on shore
Easter 1861 (4 Mar)	Harrington	unknown man	found drowned on seashore
Michaelmas 1861 (20 Aug)	Lowca Iron Works	William Nutsford (17)	hit by falling lathe-rest
Christmas 1862 (11 Dec)	Parton	female child (newborn)	murder by person or persons unknown
Christmas 1862 (25 Dec)	Parton	Thomas Cummings (2)	scalded (no medical attendance)
Easter 1863 (14 Feb)	Lowca [works?]	John Wilson (64)	killed by machinery
Easter 1863 (23 Feb)	Moresby	Rosanna Devling (5)	burned by clothes catching fire at Countess Pit
Midsummer 1865 (24 Apr)	Parton	Elizabeth Bateman (18)	drowned herself while pregnant- temporary insanity
Midsummer 1867 (13 Apr)	Parton	John Spedding (56)	intoxication & exposure
Christmas 1868 (2 Dec)	Parton	Richard Waite (32)	hanged himself- temporary insanity
[Midsummer & Michaelmas 1869 not deposited at Record Office]
[Midsummer] 1873 (13 May)	Parton	Joseph Vilimek	shot himself- temporary insanity
Michaelmas 1873 (21 Aug)	Parton	Henry Huddart (19)	found drowned on seashore
Easter 1874 (28 Mar)	Parton	man unknown [later identified as W. John Neil?]	found drowned on seashore
Michaelmas 1874 (28 Jul)	Parton	Bridget Bibby (45)	overdose of laudaum- misadventure
Michaelmas 1874 (5 Oct)	Parton	James Tyson (57)	fell from roof of a house