Baby skeleton wrapped in 1910 newspaper may have lived more than century earlier, inquest hears

Investigators at the disused building in Bishop Auckland where the remains were found in July 2024. Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PA

A baby boy whose skeletal remains were found wrapped in newspaper dating back to 1910 and with twine around his neck may have been alive up to 300 years ago, an inquest has heard.

The child was listed as “Baby Auckland” for an inquest into his death that was opened at the coroner’s court in Crook, County Durham, on Tuesday.