That the inquest that was held on Monday 29th November 1880 was an adjourned Of the local newspapers and found the following in a supplement to the Sheffieldĭaily Telegraph dated Saturday 4th December 1880. Report did not even give the body a name - and so I looked through a few issues I was still intrigued to know more about the case - the Surprisingly there were no objections raised. Pass the proposal onto the Town Council for their immediate attention. Made a proposal for the erection of a public mortuary, and asked the Coroner to Is left alone inside his pub with a decomposing corpse for company. Landlord of the public house not only loses his family albeit temporarily but he The horror of the situation can only be dreamt of. Wives and families had to leave their homes whilst there was a dead body in the He then made a remark that wasĪstounding - 'he believed there were cases (note plural) where landlords'

Not heard of any such resolution being passed but fully supported the need for a He believed that a resolution had been passed 'a couple of years ago'įor the erection of a public mortuary. Ellis then pointed out to the Coroner that As a consequence of the deterioration of theĬorpse he had removed his horses. Landlord of the Talbot Inn who had pointed out the corpse that the jury wereĮnquiring into had been in his stables for a week after its removal from theĬanal. J Ellis had obviously been approached by the

The inquest appears to be less concerned about theĬircumstances surrounding the death of the person that was dragged from theĬanal, but more about the total absence of any suitable facilities to store theīody. Even by Victorian standards the sheer horror of the This report appeared in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph datedģ0th November 1880. Entrance to Nunnery Colliery Railway in background, right) 1, Navigation Hill, at rear of back to backs. The Talbot Inn Blast Lane Sheffield (Junction of Blast Lane, left, and Navigation Hill, right, Nunnery. The Blast Lane area of Sheffield and the Sheffield Canal OF SHEFFIELD'S PUBLIC MORTUARY - NOVEMBER 1880 THE BODY OF JAMES BRADY AND THE BUILDING OF SHEFFIELD'S PUBLIC MORTUARY.

Further Lane by James Brady