Beryl Peacock

Beryl Peacock (née Elliott) was the wife of Sam Peacock and the presumed mother of Ashley Peacock.

In 1977, Kathleen Gutteridge gave birth to Ashley after entering into a romantic relationship with Fred Elliott following the death of his wife Sybil. Kathleen wanted to see the world and refused to be tied down by a child and so, not wanting to raise the baby on his own, Fred gave Ashley to his sister Beryl and her husband Sam to raise as their own.

Sometime prior to 1996 Sam died and Beryl began dating again. Ashley isn't a fan of his mother's new boyfriend, Trevor, and moved to Coronation Street to stay with his "uncle" Fred. In May 1999, Fred revealed the truth about Ashley's parentage - at first he was horrified and cut all ties with Fred and Beryl. However, this didn't last and he later reconciled with them both.

Beryl attended Ashley's wedding to Maxine Heavey later that year in September and returned to Weatherfield again two years later in September 2002 for Ashley's son Joshua Peacock's christening. She was also present for Maxine's funeral in January 2003, after she was murdered by Richard Hillman, as well as for Ashley's next marriage to Claire Casey in December 2004 and her brother's funeral in October 2006.

List of appearances
1999
 * Fri 28th May
 * Sun 4th Jul
 * Mon 5th Jul
 * Fri 9th Jul
 * Fri 27th Aug
 * Sun 29th Aug
 * Mon 30th Aug
 * Fri 3rd Sep
 * Mon 13th Sep
 * Fri 24th Sep
 * Sun 26th Sep

2002
 * Sun 15th Sep

2003
 * Mon 27th Jan (1)
 * Mon 27th Jan (2)

2004
 * Sat 25th Dec
 * Sun 26th Dec

2006
 * Fri 20th Oct (1)
 * Fri 20th Oct (2)