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Redbourn Police Station
The Hertfordshire Constabulary was formed in 1841 and later in the 19th century a police station was established on the corner of Fish Street and the High Street. There were at least 2 cells and a manned desk, and the 1891 census shows that two sergeants lived on the premises. The police station was demolished sometime in the 1950s to allow for the widening of the road junction, but Redbourn still had a local constable until the 1980s. The first photo shows the police station in the background in 1950, after a brick lorry had collided with Gertrude Peake's car and demolished the grocery shop (now the Spatchcooks Cafe). The second photo shows police on parade outside the police station around 1910. The third photo shows a similar view in 1993. The final photo is of PC John Creassey who was stationed in Redbourn from 1881 to 1886. There are some newspaper accounts of some of his arrests, including: Drunkenness - Walter Astley in Jan 1885 was fined 10s for being drunk and disorderly in the High Street, as well as threatening PC Creassey Stolen Ducks - in Feb 1885 proved that a Mrs Warboy had received a duck stolen in Redbourn. |
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