Hello David, I have a death in very similar circumstances in 1848 at Stockton on Tees. Unfortunately the Coroner's Inquest report no longer exists but the proceedings were reported in the local newspaper. The arsenic was bought on the pretext of washing the walls to kill the bugs, and according to the chemist he could only sell it mixed with an equal value of soft-soap, one pennyworth of each in this case. An inquest would normally be held within 2 or 3 days of the death. If a report still exists it will most probably be deposited with the County Record Office, and I would check the National Archives to see if it has been indexed. I hope this helps, Colin My ancestor died in 1840. On her death certificate the cause of death was 'Suicide by swallowing arsenic. Being of unsound mind'. Was this a common way to carry out suicide and would there have been an inquest?