Coroner's Inquests
After 1853 the bulk of Coroners Inquests documentation are to be found in class NC at Beverley (details below). However, the catalogue gives very few names, and none at all for Ellerton. The situation is better in the period from 1752 to 1860, as coroners were required to file their inquests at the Quarter Sessions and they gave full abstracts of their inquests.
Ellerton came within the jurisdiction of the East Riding, and the Quarter Sessions records are held at:
East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service
County Hall
Beverley
East Riding of Yorkshire
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The most useful records are the Abstracts of Inquests, which include details of dates and places where dead bodies were located, and verdicts. These records are not in a class of their own, but are dispersed over the following classes:
QSF: Quarter Sessions Files, Petitions (but containing some Abstracts of Inquests)
QST: Accounts and Vouchers (but containing some Abstracts of Inquests)
| Reference | Abstract of Inquests for Ellerton | Date |
| QSF/219/D/9 | Willliam Johnson, killed by fall from a horse | 20 Aug 1762 |
| QSF/221/D/7 | Ann Greenhead, found drowned in a pond | 14 Apr 1763 |
| QSF/276/D/10 | William Battle, died by the visitation of God | 26 May 1777 |
| QSF/276/D/21 | William Battle, a child, found dead in bed supposed to have had a fit or from the Visitation of God | 23 May 1777 |
| QSF/299/D/5 | Mary Battle, died a natural way | 15 Jul 1782 |
| QSF/319/E/7 | Richard (Pritwies), found lying dead | 6 Aug 1787 |