Personal Stories  First Hants motorcycle There are currently 79 pages on this site  Fordingbridge police station Genealogist can obtain copies of their ancestor's personnel records for the period 1839 to 1926, by visiting or contacting Hampshire Record Office See our Noticeboard page for details  Portsmouth City Police  Hampshire Constable 19th century  Portsmouth City police Just some of the thousands of historic photographs in the Society's collection This one shows a Portsmouth City Police Officer.
Southampton city helmet
Hampshire
Constabulary
The Museum's Honorary Curator at Netley, Derek Stevens M.Ed, is always pleased to receive new items to add to the collection. The Society welcomes relevant items for inclusion on these web pages. For instance do you have a report on an interesting police event, an amusing incident or old photographs? |
Hampshire ConstabularyHistory Society"All our yesterdays, gone but not forgotten"Aims & Objectives The Hampshire Constabulary History Society was formed in 1986. Its aim is to foster interest in the history of the force and the old City and Borough Forces that once existed in the two counties. The aims and objectives of this society are: To develop interest in items of equipment, records and photographs, including uniform and accoutrements. The items on view are only a small part of a much larger reserve collection of memorabilia and artifacts. We
now hope that in time some of these items can be displayed here. Recently published by Phillimore and the HC History Society a reprint of the illustrated 1966 book by Ian A. Watt, A History of the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary 1839-1966 Available from local bookshops or from On line book stores worldwide. ISBN 1-86077-383-4 Site Search - 80 pages
Force History Summary from the book also links to Portsmouth and Southampton police history Policing the Great Storm of 1987 The TV documentary of this event in October, 2007,was based
on this story
by Steve Woodward Policing in the 19th Century Whitway Petty Sessions held on
Tuesday May 25th. 1868, before Wm Fox, Esq.
William
Moss brought up in
custody, charged with begging on the 24th inst, at
Kingsclere.
P.C. 46 Kearl said that he was on duty in Kingsclere on Sunday last in
plain clothes. The prisoner came to him and asked for alms, when he
took him into custody and charged him with begging The magistrates
asked him what he had to say for himself when he stated that he had
been at work with a threshing machine lately, but had his clothes
stolen from him, and he could not now get employment. He belonged to
Highclere, his mother when he was about four years old, put him down at
the Union Workhouse gate at Kingsclere and left him there he was taken
into the Union and dragged up there. The magistrates told him that he
ought to be better employed than begging and sentenced him to 14 days
imprisonment at Winchester.
Job Rawlins, ash gatherer, of Tadley, was summoned for leaving his horse and cart on the highway at Baughurst, causing an obstruction. Ordered to pay 10s, which was paid. More... Recent amendments to the site on the Personal & Transport pages include:
Motoring
History
‘From T Ford to T5’ The book follows the development of the Police car from the very early days through to the latter part of the 20th Century, from the Model T Ford to the Volvo V70 T5.
relates to the history of the Hampshire Constabulary and its former constituent forces Former Portsmouth Kingston police station
Information
about current crime suspects can be
reported anonymously to: 0845 045 45 45 We are very grateful to those who have already contributed articles: e-mail society  Force band helmet now discontinued |
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