Report of the inquest into the death of Derek Taylor, Bexhill Observer, 1 December 2000

Bexhill Observer, 1 December 2000. Report of the inquest into the death of Derek Taylor, aged 60, of Bexhill, who drowned on 21 February 2000 after entering the sea at night near Rustington in West Sussex, where he had gone with a friend. The West Sussex coroner, Roger Stone, recorded an open verdict, saying that it could not be known what was in Taylor's mind when he entered the water. Taylor had been Alex Sanders' secretary and a high priest of the coven, and appears in this archive across twenty five years. Bexhill Museum item 211. Bexhill Observer cutting held in the Bexhill Observer archive at Bexhill Museum. Shown in UNSEEN: The Alex Sanders Archive at Bexhill Museum, Part Three, The Vacant Throne (6 September 2026), presented by Julian Porter of Bexhill Museum and hosted by Sharon Day for Alexandrian Witchcraft. Report of the inquest into the death of Derek Taylor, Bexhill Observer, 1 December 2000. (2000). Bexhill Observer archive, Bexhill Museum. Alexandrian Witchcraft Timeline & Archive. https://www.alexandrianwitchcraft.com/archive/bexhill-museum-211-inquest-into-the-death-of-derek-taylor