Talk:List of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom

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It appears there was never any such thing as a borough police force for Burton, Darlington, Smethwick, or Solihull, which were all county boroughs. Hmm. Morwen - Talk 13:29, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I like this page - one of those "projects" I long had in mind. As regards those four county boroughs - they were all late formations. Presumably it was not *compulsory* to form a separate foce on gaining CB status. Solihull was only formed in the 1960s, the age of amalgamation.

As far as police burghs  are, they were all entitled to form a separate police force until the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892 (in effect 1893). Existing burgh forces in towns with more than 7,000 population were allowed to continue, the others were presumably merged with the county police. From that date on only new burghs with 20,000 population were allowed to have a chief constable etc.

Oh yes, and the Municipal Corporations Act 1882 stated that no new borough was allowed a separate police force unless they had a pop of 20,000 or more. Lozleader 20:56, 1 February 2006 (UTC)


 * That makes sense. I discovered that the Parts of Lincolnshire never had separate forces - or rather they had three separate forces which all had the same name and the same chief constable.  Which must have been a tad confusing.  Also according to  there had been a Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary by 1885.   Apparently also all the Kent and Sussex forces were amalgamated in 1943 because of the war (I guess they wanted better operational command lines in the areas closest germany) - Sussex's got split out again to 5 forces, whilst the Kent mergers (including of Canterbury) were not apparently not undone and formalised in 1947.   Morwen - Talk 09:35, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

It appears Cumberland and Westmorland was always a joint force, formed in 1856, which was allowed under the 1839 Act. Apparently, John Dunne was chief constable of the force from 1856 until 1902, and was knighted as the oldest chief constable in 1897 Lozleader 18:09, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Large burgh forces
According to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, large burghs with a population of 50,000 or more, or which had an existing force were allowed to retain it. There are a few missing from the list, either because I don't know if they existed, or I can't find out when they were abolished.

These are listed:
 * Dumbarton abolished 1959
 * Dunfermline abolished 1949
 * Greenock abolished 1960s
 * Inverness abolished 1969
 * Kirkcaldy abolished 1949
 * Perth abolished 1960s

These existed:
 * Airdrie extant in 1941
 * Ayr extant in 1959
 * Coatbridge extant in 1937
 * Dumfries possibly merged with Dumfries-shire 1936
 * Falkirk extant in 1937
 * Kilmarnock extant in 1963
 * Motherwell and Wishaw extant in 1953
 * Paisley extant in 1941
 * Stirling extant in 1937

The other large burghs were:
 * Arbroath
 * Clydebank
 * Hamilton
 * Port Glasgow
 * Rutherglen

I have found no evidence one way or another for the existence of police forces in thse burghs post 1930. Lozleader 20:54, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

River Tyne Police
Does anybody know anything about this force. It is listed as an area police force in the Schedule to the Police Act 1964, but I have not been able to find out how it was constituted or what happened to it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.202.173 (talk) 17:31, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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Did Eton have its own police
It says Eton has its own police, is this true? 92.40.199.118 (talk) 19:56, 2 April 2022 (UTC)