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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
24. BOW STREET POLICE STATION
Bow Street started its road to fame in the history of maintaining law and order in 1739, when Thomas de Veil occupied a house at No. 4,...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
22. WELLINGTON ARCH POLICE STATION
In the middle of Hyde Park Corner stands Wellington Arch, built in 1828 at the same time as Buckingham Palace, and, since the 1960s ...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
21. CHELSEA POLICE STATION
An early section house stood at 4 Union Place, Chelsea, which may have had an earlier life as a watch house before 1830 when the...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
20. BATTERSEA POLICE STATION
The first records relating to situating a Police station in Battersea came in 1858, when it was reported that a piece of land near the...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
19. STREATHAM POLICE STATION
In June 1866 the Home Office authorised the acceptance of the tender submitted by a Mr Higgs in the sum of £3,117 for the erection of a...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
18. BRIXTON POLICE STATION
There was an early reference to Police in Brixton when the Brixton Wall Stables were leased from a Mr Elden in December 1831 on an annual...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 26, 2020
- 1 min
Day Three itinerary
Morning all, itinerary for the third and final day... Brixton (L Division) Streatham (Z Division) Battersea (W Division) Chelsea (B...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 25, 2020
- 2 min
17. EAST DULWICH POLICE STATION
In the 1880s North Dulwich Police Station needed replacing as it had become too small for the number of police officers now needed to...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 25, 2020
- 2 min
15. TOWER BRIDGE POLICE STATION
On 2 May 1898 the Home Office authorised the Receiver to acquire a site in Bermondsey for the erection of a new police station for that...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 25, 2020
- 3 min
14. WAPPING POLICE STATION
Wapping Police Station was the Headquarters of the Thames Division, and was opened on the site of the present station in 1798. As well as...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 25, 2020
- 2 min
13. PLAISTOW POLICE STATION
The local Old Watch House known as the Old Cage was surrendered to the parochial authorities as being no longer required for police...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 25, 2020
- 2 min
12. BOW ROAD POLICE STATION
In 1845 a rented station and section house were located in Devons Lane, Bromley-by-Bow. The building was owned by Mr C. J. Robbins of...
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Behind the Blue Lamp
- Jul 24, 2020
- 3 min
8. TOTTENHAM POLICE STATION
In January 1859 the Home Office authorised the purchase of a freehold site for £550 for a new police station in Tottenham. The station...
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