Northamptonshire Police.
Police Headquarters Wootton Hall Northampton NN4 OJQ Tele (0604) 700700
Curator: Mr Tom Paintain Ext 206
Administration and Finance.
1. Home Office Circulars.
1885-1912
2. Memorandum on the construction of Police Stations.
Surveyor of Prisons. 1907
3. Registry Files.
(i) Police History. (ii) Police Housing. 1961-1972
(iii) Operation "Rat Trap". 1964-1965
(iv) Police Building Program. 1965-1972
(v) Increase in Establishment. 1947-1948
(vi) Mere Way Police Station. 1960-1983
4. Reorganisation of the Force and Establishment.
5 vols
(i) 1968 (ii) 1970 (iii) 1973 (iv) 1975 (v) 1978
5. Establishment of the Force and Disposition of Personnel.
1970-1972
53. Unit Beat Policing. Report.
1975
6. Study of Urban Workloads. 1975
Crime.
7. New Scotland Yard Illustrated Circular. 2 vols
(i) 1890-1913 (ii) 1892-1896
8. Police Gazette.
Supplement A.
41 vols
1921-1965 9. Fingerprint Clues.
Charles S Collins.
1925
10. Rouse Murder File.
1930
11. Travelling Thieves and Pickpockets.
West Riding Constabulary.
1933
12. Scientific Aids to Criminal Investigation.
1941
Force Instructions.
13. Rules and Regulations.
Northamptonshire Constabulary.
2 vols
(i) 1850
(ii) 1881
14. Northamptonshire Constabulary General Orders.
Chief Constables Circular and Minute Book.
(i) Kettering. 1880-1897 (ii) Rushden. 2 vols 1900-1930
(iii) Towcester. 4 vols
1909-1932
(iv) Wellingborough. 1928-1931
(v) Station not Shown. 1918-1925
15. Pocket Directory and Duty Hints. 2 vols
(i) 1937 (ii) 1964
16. Emergency Arrangements for Calling Constables.
Police Boxes and Telephone Kiosks.
c 1940
17. Northampton Air Raid Precautions Standard.
Monthly Publication.
April 1942 - January 1945
18. Consolidated Instructions to Invasion Committee.
1942
19. Instructions for Compilation of Reports. Road Traffic Accidents. Undated.
20. General Election 1987.
Operational Orders.
(i) Visit of Margaret Thatcher.
(ii) Visit of Kenneth Baker. (iii) Visit of Douglas Hurd.
(iv) Letter of Appreciation from Prime Minister.
Station Journals.
21. Beat Book.
Metropolitan Police. Pc 286 Martingell. 1909
22. Occurrence Book.
(i) Brackley. 1934-1948
(ii) Hackleton Section. 3 vols
1941-1949
(iii) Rushden Police Station. 1975
65. Pigeon Service Message Book.
1942
23. Pocket Books.
(i) War Reserve Constable C Freeman.
Rushden.
1942-1943
(ii) Pc 73 B B Beaton. Brackley.
1944
24. Beat Manual.
1983
"A" Division.
(i) Corby Sub-Division.
(ii) Kettering Sub-Division.
(iii) Wellingborough Sub-Division.
(iv) Oundle Section.
"B" Division.
(i) Campbell Square.
(ii) Daventry Sub-Division. (iii) Mere Way Sub-Division.
Personnel.
25. Register of Constables. 2 vols 1840-1946
26. Discipline Book.
Northamptonshire Constabulary. (i) Brackley Division. 1863-1924
(ii) Towcester Division. 1863-1962
27. Personnel Records.
3 vols and Index.
1925-1978
28. Recruitment and Training of Police in the Transitional period after the end of Hostilities In Europe.
1944
Miscellaneous.
29. Northamptonshire Constabulary Branch Board Resolutions.
1919-1973
30. International Police Telegraph Code.
1930
31. Motor Patrols - Instructions.
3 vols
(i) Metropolitan Police. 1931
(ii) Metropolitan Police. 1938
(iii) Buckinghamshire Constabulary.
1933
32. Road Accidents and Sketching. 1935
33. Health Services.
Northampton County Borough. 1938
11. The Express and Agility Message Scheme.
c 1940
34. Traffic Signals in Northampton.
Pc 43 J Mobley.
1944
35. Railway Accident Files.
(i) Weedon.
1951
(ii) Milton.
1967
36. Traffic Law Charts.
1954
37. Demonstrations. Powers and Duties of Police.
Metropolitan Police.
1964
38. Telephone Box System. "A" Division Cannon Row.
Metropolitan Police.
Undated.
39. Amalgamation of Northamptonshire Constabulary and Northampton Borough
Police.
File of Evidence, Correspondence and Reports.
1965-1966
40. Police Mobile Column. Programme. May 1966
Pamphlets.
41. "The Complete Constable."
1728
42. "The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer".
1776
43. Pamphlet. "Instructions to Constables."
1839
44. Pamphlet. "Application for an Increase in the Establishment of the
Northamptonshire Constabulary."
H L Bayly, Chief Constable.
1864
45. "Field Exercise and Evolutions of Infantry."
1877
46. "Dactylography or the Study of Fingerprints."
Booklet by Henry Foulds.
47. "Specimen Reports." Metropolitan Police. 1909
48. Police Drill.
Major W H Dunlop, Chief Constable.
East Riding Constabulary. 1913
49. "Guide to the Explosives Act 1875".
Capt. J H Thompson.
1917
50. "What a Policeman Should Know."
Roderick Ross.
1918
51. "Police Jiu-Jitsu".
Copt. L McLaglan.
1922
52. "A Police Constable's Guide to his Daily Work."
Gregg and Lightburn.
1929
53. "Helpful Talks for Young Police Officers."
John Williamson.
1930
54. "First Aid and Nursing Gas Casualties".
1938
55. Booklet. "Notes and Hints on what to do during Air Raids and in the Event of
Invasion."
Northamptonshire Constabulary.
1942
56. "Anti-Gas Protection of Babies and Young Children".
1942
30. "An Introduction to Fingerprints."
Ch. Insp. J H Duncan. 1942
57. Rescue from Crashed Aircraft. Air Ministry. 1957
58. "A Constable's Pocket Guide." J. Blakey.
Northampton Borough Police. Administration and Finance.
59. Chief Constable's Annual Reports. Northampton Borough Police. 11 vols
1893-1965
60. Chief Constable's Licensing Reports. Northampton Borough Police. 4 vols
1901-1965
Crime
61. Photographs of Prisoners. Northampton Borough Police. 1870-1871
62. Photographs of Criminals. Northampton Borough Police. (i) c1886
(ii) c1892
Force Instructions.
63. General Rules and Regulations. Northampton Borough Police. 1849
64. General Regulations, Instructions and Orders. Northampton Borough Police. 1867
65. General Standing Orders. Northampton Borough Police. 1953
Station Journals.
66. Occurrence Register. 1940-1942
Personnel.
67. Discipline Defaulters Book.
Northampton Borough Police. (i) 1851-1868
(ii) 1945-1964
(iii) 1964-1967
68. John Williamson - Personal File.
Chief Constable of Northampton Borough Police. 1923-1955
Watch and Standing Joint Committee.
69. Watch Committee Agendas. Northampton Borough Police. 1963-1966
Miscellaneous.
70. Newspaper Cuttings.
Northampton Borough Police. Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 19 vols
1924-1966
71. Resolutions of the Constables' Branch Board. Northampton Borough Police. 1926-1935
72. Northampton Borough Air Raid Precautions Scheme. John Williamson (Chief Constable) and R A Winfield (Borough Engineer)
1937