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Administration and Finance.
1. Superannuation Fund Register. 1857-1906
2. Monies Raised Accounts 3 vols (i) 1857-1887 (ii) 1857-1891 (iii) 1858-1891
3. Police Establishments.
(i) East Sussex:country-region> Police.
(a) Disposition of Constabulary. 1865
(b) Establishments. 2 vols
1911-1956
(c) Papers on Establishment. 1957-1965
(d) Review of Establishment. 1965
(ii) Sussex Police.
(a) Establishments, Amalgamations and Dispositions.
10 vols
1967-1986
(b) Review of Police and Civilian Establishment.
2 vols
1970 1972
(iii) West Sussex Police.
(a) Review of Establishment. 1965
(iv) Police Authority. Sub-Committee Papers. 1962
4. Chimney Sweeps Certificates. East Sussex. 1876-1933
5. Pedlars and Chimney Sweeps Return of Certificates.
East Sussex. 1881-1883
6. H.M.I. Reports.
(i) East Sussex:country-region> Police. 3 vols
1883-1959
(ii) West Sussex Police. 2 vols
1968-1969
(iii) Sussex Police. 2 vols
1968-1969
7. Agenda.
East Sussex Constabulary. 78 vols
1889-1967
8. Licence Holders. East Sussex. 1886-1947
9. Police Friendly Society Accounts. (i) Monthly Subscriptions. 2 vols
1892-1950
10. Billet Register. Eastbourne. 1896-1929
11. Register of Liquor Licenses. (i) Brighton. 2 vols 1900-1927 1933-1962 (ii) Eastbourne. 1946
12. Miscellaneous Papers Licensing. Eastbourne. 1903-1947
13. Register of Clubs.
(i) Brighton. 1903-1957 1951-1969
(ii) Eastbourne. 1947-1962
14. Police Pension Fund Register. Chichester. 1906-1914
15. Licensed Houses. Chichester. 1907
16. Rent Book. Chichester. 5 vols (i) C1909
(ii) 1929-1940 (iii) 1951-1954 (iv) Unknown
17. Rent Account. 1909-1921
18. Payment of Police at Polling Stations. 1910
19. Certificate Register. 1912-1958
20. Register of Pedlars. East Sussex. 1913-1960
21. Registered Premises. West Sussex. 2 vols 1914-1936 1953-1959
22. Aliens Registry.
(i) Register of Aliens. Battle.
1914-1917
(ii) Residents Permits. Newhaven. 1914-1917 (iii) Police Handbook. 1953
23. Swine Fever Order Receipts Book. 1915-1942
24. Chief Constable's Cash Account. 1919-1936
25. Chief Constable's Reports.
_ (i) Brighton Police.
19 vols 1924-1967
(ii) Eastbourne Police. 6 vols
1953-1957 1967
(iii) Hastings Police. 2 vols
1965-1967
(iv) East Sussex. 3 vols
1960 1965-1966
(v) West Sussex. 3 vols
1964-1966
(vi) Sussex:country-region> Constabulary. 19 vols
1968-1986
26. Grants and Refusals of Firearms Certificates.
1920
27. Police Bonus Scheme. c1920
28. Petty Cash Account. Horsham Division. 1920
29. Fees and Fines Accounts. 2 vols 1925-1926
30. Rate Book for Poor Rate. Horsham 1927-1928
31. Abstract of Accounts. 8 vols 1930-1939
32. Dog Act Certificates. East Sussex. c1928
33. Explosives.
(i) Register. 1931-1963 (ii) Index. 1934-1945
(iii) Register of Stores. (iv) Guide to Act. 1905
34. Firearms Dealer's Record. 1937-1967
35. Account Books. Chichester. 13 vols 1938-1964
36. Home Office Circulars and Instructions. (i) Eastbourne. 2 vols
1939-1946 (ii) General. 8 vols 1925-1967
37. Police Friendly Society Balance Sheets. (i) Hailsham Sub-Division. 1941-1969 (ii) East Grinstead Sub-Division. 1960-1969 (iii) Haywards Heath Division. 1947-1969
38. Widows and Dependents Pension Fund.
(i) Accounts. 1941-1954
(ii) Register of Members Contributions. 2 vols
1941-1954
39. Police Pay Accounts. c1943
40. Civilian Employees Pay Book. 2 vols
1947-1950
41. Postal Remittances Book. Chichester. (i) 1950-1958 (ii) 1952-1958 (iii) 1954-1964 (iv) 1958-1963
42. Surrendered Firearms and Ammunition. 1954
43. Inspection Notes.
(i) West Sussex:country-region> Police. 9 vols
1964-1976 (incomplete) (ii) Sussex Police. 3 vols
1968-1971 (incomplete)
44. Licensing Meeting Annual Report. (i) Brighton. 1967
(ii) Eastbourne. 2 vols
1905-1944
45. Division Profiles. 7 vols 1981
46. Structure and Organisation of the Force. 1975
47. Working Party Reports.
Various Subjects Relating to Police Procedures.
31 vols 1964-1980
Crime.
48. The Police Gazette.
(i) Bound Volume. 1842-1844 (ii) Loose Copies. 22 vols
1884-1897
49. Warrant Books.
(i) Cuckfield Division. 1882-1935
(ii) Uckield Division. 1882-1962 (iii) Lewes. 1939-1955 (iv) General Register. 1913-1939
50. Charge Books.
(i) East Grinstead. 3 vols
1941-1947 (ii) Rye. 5 vols 1882-1890 1959-1965 (iii) Midhurst. 2 vols
1857-1885 1888-1926
(iv) Eastbourne. 1893-1895 (v) Petworth. 1857-1877 (vi) Horsham. 7 vols
1857-1949
(vii) Chichester. 13 vols
1857-1949
(viii) East Sussex. 6 vols
1894-1941
(ix) West Sussex. 4 vols
1868-1900 (x) Sussex:country-region>. - 1972-1975
17. Charge Index. Chichester. 1912-1918
51. Refused Charge Book. (i) Eastbourne. (ii) Sussex:country-region>.
52. Criminals.
(i) Bexhill.
(a) Record of Previous Convictions. (ii) Chichester.
(a) Petty Sessions Convictions. (iii) Selsey.
(a) Register of Suspicious and Bad Characters.
3 vols
1881-1930
(iv) Washington.
(a) Persons who have been Convicted before a Magistrate.
2 vols
1905-1947
(v) Partridge Green.
(a) Register of Suspicious and Bad Characters.
1882-1909
(vi) Slindon.
(a) Register of Suspicious and Bad Characters.
1900-1932
(vii) Warnham.
(a) Register of Suspicious and Bad Characters.
2 vols
1882-1933 (viii) Brighton.
(a) Persons Detained not Charged. 1967-1968
(ix) Horsham.
(a) Record of Cases. 1899-1907 (x) Lewes. (a) Record of Cases. 1903-1907 (xi) East Sussex.
(a) Abstract of Charge Sheets. 1864-1865
(b) Offences Determined Summarily. 1865
(c) Return of Cases by Police Force. 1864-1865
(d) Non Indictable Offences. 1965-1967
(xii) Storrington.
(a) Register of Suspicious and Bad Characters.
1929-1946
(xiii) Midhurst.
(a) Robbery Property Book. 1917-1930
(b) Record of Cases. 1905-1910 (xiv) Bognor Regis.
(a) Persons who have been Convicted before a Magistrate.
1900-1905
(xv) Findon.
(a) Register of Suspicious and Bad Characters.
1882-1925
(xvi) Fenhurst.
(a) Register of Suspicious and Bad Characters.
2 vols
1886-1903 (xvii) Petworth.
(a) Convictions Under the Habitual Criminals Act 1869.
2 vols
1869-1876
(b) Record of Cases. 1857-1966 (xviii) West Sussex. (a) Penalty Fee Book. 1890-1894
53. Crime General.
(i) Description of Criminals. 1959
(ii) Register of Indictable Crime. 1930-1935
(iii) Crime Register. 1931-1941
(iv) Police Gazettes. Supp "A". 2 vols
1950-1960
(v) Illustrated Circulars. 1894-1905
(vii) Robbery Report Book. 1886
54. Prisoners.
(i) Beckley. Prisoners Received. 1861-1922 (ii) Ditchling. Prisoners Book. 1876-1940
55. Prisoners Property. Steyning. 1900-1968 Receipts. 1910-1967
56. Summons Records.
(i) Horsham Summons Cases. 4 vols
1880-1933
(ii) Shoreham Summons Cases. 1913-1926
(iii) Chichester Summons Cases. 14 vols
1888-1955
(iv) West Sussex:country-region> Summons Cases. 7 vols
1903-1964
(v) East Sussex Summons Register. 1924-1933
(vi) Unserved Summons and Reports. 1931-1946
57. Official Secrets Act Papers. 3 vols (i) 1911 (ii) 1915 (iii) 1920
58. Militant Suffragettes Papers. 1913
59. Pornographic Literature Lists. 1912-1950
60. Notable Criminal Cases. 22 vols 1923-1965
61. Exhibit Book.
1960
62. Houses Under Police Supervision. 1971
63. C.I.D. Annual Reports.
2 vols
1969-1970
Force Instructions.
64. Chief Constable's Order Books. (i) Horsham. 33 vols 1857-1924 (ii) Petworth. 10 vols 1870-1901 (iii) Chichester. 4 vols
1922-1937 (iv) Lewes. 7 vols 1899-1914 1920-1965
(v) East Sussex. (a) 1841-1881 (b) 1846-1862 (c) 1882-1894 (d)1894-1899 (e) 1902-1911 (f) 1914-1920 (vi) Horsham. 2 vols
1893-1912
(vii) West Sussex. 1920-1935
(viii) Index to Orders. 2 vols
1874-1881 1890-1893 (ix) Hastings. Index to Orders. 1960
65. Instructions and Orders.
Capt. Henry Fowler Mackay. East Sussex Police. 1858
66. Manuscript of Chief Constable's Orders. 1894-1917
67. Memorandums.
(i) Hastings. . (a) Legislation. (b) Information.
68. Police Code.
East Sussex Police. 1900
69. Instruction Book. Brighton Police. 1902
70. Instructions.
Capt. E S Godman. West Sussex Police. 1914
71. Superintendent's Record of C.C. Memos. 1922-1924
72. Chief Constable's Memorandums.
Lewes. 4 vols 1934-1955 111. Training.
(i) Eastbourne Instruction Notes. 1936
(ii) Horsham Fortnightly Question Papers. 1925-1926
(iii) Lesson Notes Criminal Law and Evidence.
1927
(iv) Monthly Training Notes. W.R. Stanford. 1941
73. Order Book.
East Sussex Police. 1939
74. Superintendent's Orders. Hove. 1943-1944
75. Standing Orders.
(i) Hastings. (ii) Brighton. 1958
(iii) West Sussex. 1948
(iv) East Sussex. Undated. (v) Sussex:country-region>. 1967-1972
76. General Orders.
West Sussex Police. 2 vols
1967
77. Major Incidents Log and Instructions. Crawley
1976-1981
78. Operational Orders. Sussex:country-region>. 1976-1982
Station Journals.
79. Stray Dogs Register. (i) Rye. 1907-1933 (ii) Horsham. 1907-1919 (iii) Brighton. 2 vols 1966-1971
80. Beat Books.
(i) Bosham. 2 vols 1945-1971 (ii) Steyning. 3 vols 1914-1946
(iii) Storrington. 2 vols
(iv) Upper Beeding. (v) West Marsden. 1938-1960 (vi) Washington. General Information. 1954-1971
81. Hastings Police.
(i) Map of Fixed Beats. 1928
(ii) Borough Out-Liberties. 1932-1957
82. Complaints Books.
(i) Eastbourne. 1952-1967 (ii) Hastings.
(a) Disciplinary Complaints. 1931-1950
(b) Divisional Complaints. 1964-1967
(iii) Worthing. 1938
(iv) Horsham/Petworth. 1964-1966
(v) Brighton.
(a) Divisional Complaints. 4 vols
1965-1967
(b) Complaints from Police. 1964-1967
(vi) Headquarters. 1965-1966 (vii) East Sussex. Divisional Complaints. 1957
(viii) General Divisions.
"A" Division. 1952-1958
(b) "B" Division. 1950-1958 (c) "D" Division. 2 vols
1968-1975 (d) C.I.D. 1957-1964 (ix) Gatwick.
British Airports Authority Constabulary. 1973-1974
83. Day Books.
(i) Horsham. 1930-1931
(ii) Wadhurst. 1872-1876
(iii) Ditchling. 1863-1866 (iv) Uckfield. 1857-1861
(v) Mark Cross. 1865-1867
(vi) Littlehampton. 1945-1946 (vii) Brighton. 2 vols
1860-1863
1936-1979 (Racecourse) (viii) Arundel. 5 vols
1939-1941
(ix) East Sussex. 2 vols
1863-1872 1867-1869
84. Gypsy Diaries.
(i) Fernhurst. 1898-1903
(ii) Burgess Hill. 1912-1915 (iii) Glynde. 1898-1913
(iv) Upper Beeding. 1898-1914
(v) Burwash Common/Weald. 1898-1925
(vi) Burwash. 1898-1926
85. Police Journal. Mark Cross. 1883-1886
86. Sergeants Journal.
Uckfield.
4 vols
1905-1920 87. Supt. Peel's Papers.
West Sussex.
1919-1930
88. Divisional Detective's
Diary.
Lewes.
1934-1937
89. Record of Mileage, Expenses and Districts.
Pc J. Philpott. Motor Cyclist. 1936-1938
90. Chief Superintendent's Daily Journal. 1966-1968
91. Chief Constable's Letter Books.
(i) Lewes. 6 vols 1911-1919 1924-1934 (ii) Petworth. 1882-1883 (iii) Horsham. 2 vols
1925-1928
(iv) Barcombe Letter Book. Undated
(v) Chichester. 2 vols
1931-1932
(vi) General Letters Received. 2 vols
1951-1955
92. Occurrence Books.
(i) Arundel. 16 vols 1882-1946
(ii) Littlehampton. 14 vols (incomplete) 1894-1945 (iii) Worthing. 1948-1949 (iv) Shoreham. 9 vols (incomplete) 1920-1957 (v) Petworth. 2 vols
1857-1861 1880-1891
(vi) Turners Hill. 1944-1945 (vii) Brighton. 34 vols
1955-1968
(viii) Chichester.
37 vols 1927-1957 (ix) Steyning. 27 vols 1898-1943 (x) Horsham. 41 vols
1891-1954 (incomplete) (xi) Midhurst. 8 vols
1889-1931
93. Mounted Section.
(i) Police Horse Accounts. 1946-1973
(ii) Horse Record Book. 1957-1960
(iii) Forage Book. 2 vols
1957-1970
(iv) Order Book. 1966-1969
94. Pocket Books.
(i) Specimen Books. 4 vols
1941 1959 1960 1965
(ii) Memo Books. 2 vols
1894-1920 1894-1900
(iii) Pocket Books. (a) Pc Goodley. 1934
(b) Pc 15 Nicholls. (iv) Duty Routes. Storrington. 3 vols
Lates, Earlies, One Man.
95. Property Books.
(i) Mark Cross. 1929-1956
(ii) Littlehampton. 1940-1945 (iii) Shoreham. 1959-1961
(iv) Midhurst/Petworth. 1920-1949
(v) Stolen Property. 1943-1969
96. Map of West Sussex and Distance Between Divisions and Sub Stations.
1923
97. Accident Analysis.
Brighton.
1953-1964
98. Removal of Motor Vehicles.
Brighton.
1967-1970
99. Register of Pig Farmers.
Eastbourne.
Personnel.
100. Personal Records of Service.
(i) Brighton Police. (a) Defaulters Books. 4 vols
1855-1902
(b) Personal Records: Regulars A-L.
(c) Personal Records: Regulars M-Y; First Police Reserve and
Policewomen.
(d) Ex Civilians and Police War Reserve. (e) Pay and Allowance \slip. Pc Grant.
1947
(f) Certificate. General Strike. Pc Evans.
1926
(ii) Hove Police.
(a) Register of Constables.
(b) Addresses, Children and Date of Appointment.
(c) Officers who served in H.M. Forces. 1955
(iii) Eastbourne Police.
(a) Police Conduct and Service Register. 2 vols
1891-1941 1923-1941
(b) Gallantry Award. Ps Arnold. 1923-1948 (iv) Hastings Police. (a) Conduct Register. 2 vols
1883-1934
(v) East Sussex Constabulary. (a) Register of Constables. 1840-1968
(b) Records of Service. 1883-1912
(c) Constables Declarations. 1902-1946
(d) Constables Declarations. Lewes.
1902-1931
(e) Cuttings and Photographs.
Supt. Mockford. 1914-1943
(f) Certificate of Service. Ps Foord.
1908-1934, 1939-1945
(vi) West Sussex Constabulary.
(a) Examination Book (Candidates). 4 vols
1857-1927
(b) Records of Service. 1928
(c) Certificate of Service. Pc Fountain. 1932-1934
(d) Conditions of Service. 1956
(vii) General Personnel.
(a) Medical Reports Candidates. 1920-1947
(b) Register of Candidates Index. No 6 District Recruiting Board. 1934-1952
(c) Deductions from Service. 1850-1927
(d) Documents Relating to Ps Saunders. 1939-1945
(e) Documents Relating to Pc A Evans. (f) Documents Relating to Ps Wareham. (g) Certificate of Wounds and Hurts. J P Reynolds.
72. Register of Sickness. 1891-1953
101. Discipline.
(i) Eastbourne.
(a) Police Conduct and Service Register. 2 vols
1891-1941 1928-1941
(b) Discipline Report Book. (ii) Hastings.
(a) Conduct Register. 2 vols
1883-1934
(b) Discipline Book. 1950-1966
(c) Divisional Discipline Book. 1959-1967
(iii) Brighton.
(a) Defaulters Book. 4 vols
1855-1921
(b) C.I.D. Discipline Book. 1966-1967
(c) "A" Division Discipline Book.
2 vols 1924-1968
(d) "B" Division Discipline Book. 1958-1967
(iv) Crawley.
(a) Division Discipline Book. 1962-1967
(v) Worthing. Disciplinary Report Book. 2 vols
1921-1937 1964-1967
(vi) Shoreham. Disciplinary Report Book. 1956-1967
(vii) Arundel. Disciplinary Report Book. 1947-1967
(viii) East Sussex. Discipline Record. 5 vols
1920-1967
(ix) West Sussex.
Headquarters Disciplinary Report Book. 1961-1967
(x) "D" Division.
(xi) Discipline Reports or Allegations. 1953-1966
102. Leave of Absence Book. Chichester. 2 vols 1920-1947
103. Police Cadet Corps. 1969.
Watch and Standing Joint Committee.
104. Reports.
(i) Brighton.
Commissioners Committee Book. 1823-1825
(ii) East Sussex.
(a) Chief Constable's Reports to S.J.C. 1898-1942
(b) Chief Constable's Reports to S.J.C. Road Safety.
1942-1967
(c) Standing Joint Committee Reports. 1904-1946
(d) Review of Administration. 1962
(iii) West Sussex.
Standing Joint Committee Reports. 4 vols
1889-1945 (iv) Sussex.
(a) Filing Procedures. 1972
(b) Amalgamation Planning Group. (c) Legal Representation. 1969
(d) Annual Leave.
(e) Air Disaster Blackdown Hill. 1967
105. Watch Committee.
(i) Brighton.
(a) Report Books. 4 vols
1889-1933
(b) Chief Constable's Reference Book. 1920-1929
(ii) Eastbourne.
Reports to Watch Committee. 4 vols
1951-1967
(iii) Hastings Minutes. 29 vols
1836-1967
106. Sussex Police Authority. Minutes. 1943-1947
Special Constabulary.
107. Special and Reserve Constabulary.
(i) Eastbourne.
Handbook. (ii) Bosham.
Issue of Equipment. 1934
(iii) Hastings. Instructions. 1915
(iv) East Sussex.
(a) Papers Relating to the Formation of the Special
Constabulary.
1919
(b) Handbook. 1939
(c) War Reserve Resignations. 1945
(v) West Sussex.
(a) Register of Special Constables.
2 vols
1914-1937 1926-1947
(b) Instructions. 1939
(c) Appointment Card. 1916
(d) Certificate of Appointment. Herbert Arnold. 1938
(e) Certificate of Appointment. Frederick Laurie Knight. 1926
(vi) Sussex Constabulary. Training Manual. (vii) General. (a) Note Book. 1939
(b) Duties Performed. 1943
(c) Appointments. Portsmouth 1867
(d) Papers relating to Sc Stanley Roth.
World War.
108. World War 1939-1945.
(i) Eastbourne Papers. 1939-1945
(ii) Lewes - Hailsham. (a) Air Raid Warnings. 1939-1944
(b) Injuries from Bombs. 1944
(iii) Chichester. War Messages. 1944
(iv) East Sussex.
(a) Air Raid Incidents. 1939-1945
(b) Crashed and Forced Landings. (v) West Sussex. (a) Minefields.
1939-1945
(b) Air Raid Messages. 3 vols
1939-1945
(vi) General Reports, Papers and Instructions.
42 vols 1939-1945
Miscellaneous.
109. Contract for Supply.
(i) Helmets. 1884
(ii) Capes. 1887
105. Brighton Police Institute Minute Book.
1888-1919
110. Building Plans Police Stations and Cottages.
(i) Eastbourne.
8 vols 1858-1880
(ii) Ditchling. 2 vols
1858-1861
(iii) Littlehampton. 1934
(iv) Horsham. 3 vols
(v) Seaford. 1896
(vi) East Grinstead. 9 vols
1859-1908 (vii) Bexhill. 5 vols 1878-1952
111. Buildings and Police Station Papers.
(i) Chichester. (ii) Horsham. (iii) Burgess Hill. (iv) East Grinstead. 1965
(v) Newhaven 1972
(vi) Police Cottages Maintenance. 1926-c1940
(vii) Mailing House Sale. 1904
(viii) Building and Capital Programme. 8 vols
1974-1981
(ix) Headquarters. 3 vols
1977-1982
112. "Civil Disturbance and the Employment of the Military."
Notes for the Use of Chief Constables. 1919
113. Police Federation.
(i) Hastings.
Minutes Constables and Inspectors Boards.
1919-1967
(ii) East Sussex. Annual Reports. 3 vols
1963-1965
(iii) West Sussex. Annual Report. 1966
(iv) General. (a) Minutes. 1919
(b) Press Cuttings Police Strike. 1918
(c) Report of Central Committee. 1929-1930
(d) Brighton Annual Report. 1929-1930
(f) Federation Newsletter. 1967
114. Travelling Vouchers for use by Police. 1924
115. Scrap Book.
Brighton.
Pc Vernon Smith. 1929-1945
116. "Parade". Journal of the West Sussex Police.
52 vols 1940-1968
117. The Police College Magazine. 25 vols 1949-1963
118. Athletic Association.
(i) East Sussex Report and Sports Handbook.
12 vols
1953-1964
(ii) East Sussex Minute Book. 5 vols
1921-1967
119. Report on Surrey Floods. 1965
120. Vehicle Allocation Book. 1968
121. Miscellaneous Papers.
(i) Stonrington Prosecution Society. (ii) Storrington In Living Memory.
122. Newspaper Cuttings. Various Dates.
123. Manuscript History of the East Sussex Police.
Insp. Kyrke.
124. "Duties of Police in Connection with Trade Disputes."
Sussex Constabulary Handbook.