Age: 0
Sex: male
Date: 24 Mar 1910
Place: Markeaton Brook
The body of a newly-born child was found in Markeaton Brook near Nuns Bridge.
It was wrapped up in brown paper and a piece of blanket. The body was in an advanced state of decomposition and was covered in a white substance that was thought to be lime.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 24 March 1910
see Unsolved 1910
