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Policing before the Police Force

  • A shooting in Watton at Stone

    A shooting in Watton at Stone

    Village Constable shoots a prisoner for resisting confinement in village lockup.
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  • Early policing in St Albans

    Early policing in St Albans

    It is highly likely that the Abbey Gateway at St Albans is the oldest building to have been used for policing in Hertfordshire. Built largely under the Abbott Thomas de la Mare in 1366.
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  • Football

    Football

    Earliest death in a football match ?
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  • Gaol break at Hertford 1741

    Gaol break at Hertford 1741

    Daring attempt by 4 Highwaymen under sentence of death to escape from gaol at Hertford.
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  • Hertford's cage, stocks and whipping post

    Hertford's cage, stocks and whipping post

    Before the Police Force this is where offenders were dealt with in Hertford
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  • Murder of Alice Hurry

    Murder of Alice Hurry

    A tragic case of Infanticide by unmarried parents.
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  • Obstruction of prison in Bishop's Stortford

    Obstruction of prison in Bishop's Stortford

    Constables and other officers of the peace are unable to imprison and punish the vagabonds, vagrants and other evil-doers
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  • Seventeenth century law and order

    Seventeenth century law and order

    Seventeenth Century law and order – interesting Hertfordshire Records
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  • Fined - Peddling without certificates
  • Police : ' We will charge man'
  • Police hunt for Hatfield girl's attacker
  • What a sauce ! - alleged theft of bottles from goods yard
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