Inquest (1836)

Post date: Apr 03, 2012 3:11:48 PM

Extract from Kentish Gazette 5th July 1836:

An inquest was held yesterday week, at the Duke's Head Wateringbury, before J. N. Dudlow, esq. on the body of a man unknown, who was found in one of Mr. Ellis's hop-houses on the morning before, in a state of exhaustion, apparently from disease accelerated by want. He had been there five days before he was discovered, it being a place where houseless poor are allowed to sleep in. No clue can be obtained as to who he is. Verdict -Natural Death.

James Ellis was the tenant farmer of Westbury Manor (later Manor Farm).