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Special Duty Rye House
From: Officer's Journal; PC Joseph SmithPC Smith was tasked with performing unspecified Special Duty at the Rye House, travelling there by train.
From numerous advertisements for cheap train fares published in newspapers on the 5th June 1881, throughout London and the southeast, it would appear that the house and gardens were opened to the public requiring a Police presence Ed.
Date of creation
06 Jun 1881Reference number
HPF/B/19/007/2Time logged
9.30 amPolice officer
PC Joseph Smith (106)
Towns and villages
Hoddesdon (74)
Type of incident
Public Order (92)