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A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Origins and growth of the town Origins and Growth of the Town. By 1086 Banbury was one of the … as a magistrates' court. Below were a magistrates' room, police room and cells, witnesses' room, and an office for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (Bucks.), one of the petitioners for the first charter, and he was succeeded by his brother John. 2 Sir Francis … Hanwell was member for most of the reign of Elizabeth I, 4 and a Cope of Hanwell or a Fiennes of Broughton (or one of … Samuelson's favour of William Thompson, superintendent of police, who was claimed by the Conservatives to be …
A Dictionary of London
… north of St. Olave's Church. In Coleman Street Ward (O. and M. 1677). In Strype's maps the site is occupied by Mr. Parole's house, and now by the City Police Office (q.v.). Bangor Court West out of Shoe Lane at …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… (North) Banff BANFF, a sea-port, burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief … in a special court for that purpose. The affairs of police are under the management of commissioners, who are … a particular act of parliament, and by whose authority the police rates are levied and expended. No one could formerly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Barnsley - Barron's Park Barnsley BARNSLEY, a markettown and chapelry, in the parish of Silkstone, wapentake of … 14 miles (N.) from Sheffield, 38 (S. by W.) from York, and 177 (N. W. by N.) from London; containing 12,310 … to any amount, and for other business relative to the police of the borough. The powers of the county debt-court of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… the Bristol Channel, by which it is bounded on the south; and comprises a small tract of country, pleasingly diversified, and richly ornamented with woods of luxuriant growth, and … of returning a member to serve in parliament. The police consisted of the two serjeants-at-mace, and six …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Michael), a municipal borough, a market-town, and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Basingstoke, … seven wards; the magistrates are twelve in number, and the police force comprises a principal, two superintendents, …
A History of the County of Essex
… EAST HAM The Origin of North Woolwich, p. 8. Manors and Other Estates, p. 8. Economic History, p. 14. Marshes and Sea Defences, p. 17. Forest, p. 18. Local Government, p. … the church, but it ceased in 1840, when the Metropolitan police took over the parish. 121 After the building of …
A History of the County of York
… p. 2. Anglian York, p. 3. The School of York, p. 6. Danish and Viking York, p. 9. The Rule of the Earls, p. 13. The … of the city during that period, partly because systematic and extensive excavation is impossible and partly because the … 75 This last term, with its distinctly military and police connotations, probably denotes divisions approximating …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke) BENSON The large and thriving village of Benson - by far the most populous … at the Crown) were sometimes raucous affairs, provoking police intervention in 1890. As a dividing rather than … 19 By 1849 the constables were assisted by a resident police constable, and a police sergeant lived in Roke in …