Dear Jenny, Very helpful indeed - exactly the sort of pointers I was hoping for - so thankyou! Zoe Jenny De Angelis wrote: > <<> A direct ancestor of mine, David Plews, hung himself on the 28th of > >> August 1868 in "The Old Castle, Castle Bolton" (according to his death >> certificate). I'm afraid I don't know very much about Castle Bolton and >> I wonder if anyone can fill me in on the history of the castle at that >> time, and how come David Plews might have gained access to commit >> suicide (his occupation was Lead Miner). Also, might the event have been >> reported in a local newspaper? If so, can anyone point me in the right >> direction to follow this up. Finally, the death cert says an inquest was >> held - could there be any records of this still held? If so, where?>> >> > > There would have been an inquest into his death to be sure that there was > no > "foul play", all sudden and unexpected deaths are followed by an inquest. > So you should be able to find a report of the inquest in the local > newspapers of the time. > > Go to the page below which is for the North Yorkshire libraries, use their > keyword search and type in just Newspapers, you should then get up about 12 > results and amongst them you should find items about Historic Newspapers. > You could ask the library if they can help with a copy of the inquest > giving > the full details of name date place of death etc., If they are happy to > make a search of their archives of newspapers and send you a copy they will > no doubt make a charge for doing so. > http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3112 > > If the library does not hold copies of old newspaper, most likely on > microfilm these days, then the North Yorks CRO at Northallerton may hold > them and you can ask them to look for the inquest and sent a copy, they > will > make a fee for the service as well as for copying and posting. You should > find the link to the North Yorks CRO by clicking on the North Yorks County > Council logo at the top of the above page. Search their holdings to see > if they have newspapers, you can also find detials of their research > service > and charges. > > Regards > Jenny DeAngelis. > Spain. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-NORTH-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Zoe, Just seen your post re Castle Bolton. I have genealogical interests in this and the surrounding area, it may be worth noting that Castle Bolton could refer to the village itself no the venerable ruins. I have some info on the Castle & its history somewhere, plus some digipics if no one else has come to your rescue? regards Barrie Sharples