Thomas Horlick 1806-1835 (General)

by JaneyH , Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Friday, October 10, 2014, 14:06 (3698 days ago) @ lizlochh62

Liz,

I currently have a subscription to the British Newspaper Archive so thought I'd search for newspaper articles relating to Thomas Horlick that might shed some light on his early death. I've done a nationwide search on just "Horlick" covering 1820-40, and turned up the following article in the Cheltenham Chronicle dated 2 August 1838.

"Inquests lately taken before J Mountain Esq, Coroner.
[...]
at Siddington, on the body of Thomas Horlick, who was killed by the kick of a horse"

Is this your man? You didn't mention locations, but I've googled Siddington and it's a couple of miles south of Cirencester, if this fits.

I also came across this marriage announcement, which may be relevant to your research. It's taken from the Coventry Herald dated 10 October 1834.

"On the 1st inst, at Middle, Robert Potts Esq BA of Trinity College, Cambridge, to Anna Horlick, second daughter of Charles Hulbert Esq, of Providence Grove near Shrewsbury."

After drawing a blank on Google maps, the Genuki website came to my rescue and said that Middle was 8 miles north-west of Shrewsbury on the Ellesmere road. And then, bingo - found it! The village is now called MYDDLE.

Janey