Devon and Cornwall Constabulary

A Guide to the Archives of the Police

Forces of England and Wales

Ian Bridgeman

Clive Emsley

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Devon and Cornwall Constabulary.

Chief Superintendent Rollings Force Training Officer Middlemoor

Exeter

EX2 7HQ

(0392) 42801

Curator: Constable Brian Estill 52 Clyst Valley Road Clyst St Mary

Exeter

EX5 1DD

(039 287) 7240

Devon Constabulary. Administration and Finance.

1. Aliens Register. c1920

2. Register of Public Houses. Plymouth. c1930

3. Chief Constables Annual Report. 11 vols 1936

1937 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1960 1962-1966

4. Children Neglected and Ill Treated.

1955

Crime.

5. Unexecuted Warrants and Convicts on Licence.

4 vols

"G" Division. 1864

"X" Division. 1865

"H" Division. 1865

1879

6. Bail Book. Ashburton. 1880-1954

7. Unexecuted Warrants. 1896-1968

8. Convicts on Licence. C1900

9. Charge Books.

(i) Moreton Hampstead. 1892-1963

(ii) Unknown. 2 vols

1896-1960 1904-1959

(iii) Ashburton. 1907-1959 (iv) Sidmouth. 2 vols

1900-1959 1958-1963

10. Criminals Photographic Album. c1930

11. Warrants Register.

(i) Moreton Hampstead. 1938

(ii) Ashburton. 1951-1960

12. Summons Register.

(i) Unknown. 1913-1957

(ii) Moreton Hampstead. 2 vols

1938-1957 1945-1969

(iii) Ashburton. 1952-1960

13. Crime Registers.

(i) Plymouth. 9 vols

1923-1955

(ii) South Horns Division. 1955-1962

(iii) Torley Division. 1962-1963 (iv) Unknown. 1962-1963

Force Instructions.

14. General Orders. 12 vols 1876-1888 1912-1918 1927-1933 1933-1938 1938-1940 1940-1942 1943-1946 1946-1950 1950-1952 1951-1961 1953 1961-1963

15. Circulars.

2 vols 1857-1866 1876-1907

16. Guide to Duties. 1878

17. Rules and Orders. 1882

18. Special Constables Handbook. c1940

Station Journals.

19. Beat Books.

29 vols c1940-1960 Ashburton Bradminal Buckfastleigh Chadleigh Knighton Cornwood Crabtree

Croyde Donkeswell Eldarton Ermington Exminster Fremington Hobeton Holne Honiton Clyst Ide

Kinnington Kingskeswell Kings Teignton Newton Ferrers Oreston Pinhoe

Plymstock

South Brent Tadburn St Mary Uplyme Whitestone Wrangaton Yelverton

20. Official Note Books. Unknown. 1871-1872 Pc. 385 1927-1929 Pc. 5 1927-1929

Pc. 381 Hancox. 33 vols

1929-1956 Pc. 16 1939 Pc. 420 6 vols 1939-1947 Pc. 969 1967-1968

21. Message Book. Croyde. 4 vols 1939-1949

22. Pocket Information Book. 3 vols 1947-1949

23. Night Duty Points. Torquay. c1960

24. Telephone Record Book. Paignton.

1966-1969

Personnel.

25. Candidates Rejected List. 1885-1941

26. Recruits Longhand Book. Pc. Biddlecombe. c1900 Pc. R.H. Thomas. c1930

27. Discipline Report Book.

1921-1956

8. Recruits Affirmation Book. 5 vols

1964-1967

Miscellaneous.

28. Rail Warrants Book. 1924-1926

29. Dogs Book. Torrington. 1929-1981

30. Record of Air Raid Damage. "H" Division. 1940-1943

31. Fixed Penalty Ticket Records. Newton Abbot. 1968-1970

Plymouth City Police. Administration and Finance.

32. Explosives Register. 3 vols 1883-1971 1884-1980 1886-1980

33. Chief Constables Annual Report. 1966

Crime.

34. Rejected Charge Register. 1927-1950

35. Criminals Photographic Album. c1930

46. Bail Book. 1935-1943

36. Crimes Register. 2 vols 1936-1938 1956-1963

37. Charge Book.

2 vols 1941-1942 1943-1944

38. Charge Property Book. Greenbank. 1942-1943

Force Instructions.

39. Instruction Book. 2 vols 1919 1946

40. Information for Guidance. Enemy Attack. 1942

Station Journals.

41. Official Note Books. Ps. Farmer. 1867-1872

Insp. Dramerell. 3 vols

1922-1926 1926 1927-1928 Pc. 155 1940-1941

42. Lost Property Register. 1939-1944

43. Found Property Register. 1945-1946

44. Occurrence Book. Crownhill. 1950-1951 Greenbank. 1967

Personnel.

45. Conduct Book.

3 vols 1863-1894 1890-1914 1898-1920

46. Next of Kin Register. c1930

Watch and Standing Joint Committee.

47. Watch Committee Minute Book. 2 vols

1924-1936

Miscellaneous.

51. Pocket Book. Pc.41 1881-1897

52. Instruction Book. 1908

Bideford Borough Police.

53. Occurrence Book. 1854-1857

Exeter< City Police.

54. Account Papers of the City Watch. 1830-1832

55. Regulations for Day and Night Police. 1836

56. Nominal Roll. 1873-1916

57. Instructions for Police Officers. 1874

58. Chief Constables Annual Reports. 51 vols

1913-1918 1920-1929 1930-1965

59. General Orders. 11 vols 1913-1918 1931-1935

60. Special Constabulary. R.W. Townsend. 1939-1945

61. Official Note Book. Special Constable. 1939-1942 Pc.69 1960-1966

62. Daily Orders.

11 vols 1948-1958

63. Occurrence Book. 1966

Cornwall Constabulary. Administration and Finance.

64. Register of Certificates. Stores of Explosives. 1883-1961

65. Chief Constables Annual Report. 3 vols

1964-1966

Crime.

66. Charge Books. Camborne. 1904-1948 Launceston. 1907-1948 1933-1949 Penzance. 1943-1949

67. County Crime Books. 35 vols 1920-1923 1928-1931 1937-1961

68. Criminals Photographs. c1930

Force Instructions.

69. General Order Book. Truro Division. 1857-1889 Camborne District. 2 vols 1903-1918 89.General Orders. 2 vols 1919-1935

70. Standing Orders. 1954

Station Journals.

71. Occurrence Books. Pipers Pool. 1929-1937 St Buryan. 3 vols 1932-1949 Mylar Bridge. 1932-1936 S t Minver. 7 vols 1919-1949 Lunivet. 3 vols 1935-1938 1940-1944 1948-1949 Wadebridge. 1924-1939 Bodmin.

75. Country Station Books. Calstock. 1959-1961 Gunnislake. 3 vols 1959-1965 St Buryan. 1959-1966 Heamoor. 1959-1965 Bisland. 1959-1962 1965-1967 Troon. 2 vols 1959-1967

76. Station Book.

St Buryan. 1941-1942 St Mawes. 4 vols 1955-1957 1959-1966

Miscellaneous.

77. Manual of Drill.

1904

78. Centenary Booklet.

1857-1957

79. Newspaper Clippings.

c1930

80. Newspaper Clippings.

Cadets.

1959-1964

Falmouth Borough Police.

81. Regulations and Orders. 1881

Penzance Borough Police.

82. Register of Aliens. 1943