West Mercia Police
Hindlip
Hallindlip
Worcester, WR3 8SP
Tel (0905) 27188
Worcestershire Constabulary and West Mercia Police. Administration and Finance.
1. Monthly Disposition Books. Worcestershire Constabulary. 3 vols
1857-1894
2. Industrial Disputes.
Worcestershire Constabulary Files. (i) 1916-1949
(ii) 1920-1921 (iii) 1926 3 vols
3. Home Office Correspondence. 1920-1933
4. Home Office Files. (i) 1926 (ii) 1970
5. Agreement Between Dudley Police and Worcester Constabulary.
1929
6. Fines and Fees.
Pershore.
1934-1958
7. Police Station Account
Book.
Anon.
1935-1958
8. Chief Constable's Notes and Crime Returns.
Undated.
9. Property Rented by Police. 1935
10. Dangerous Drugs. Returns and Papers. (i) 1956-1980 (ii) 1953-1979
11. Record of Police Stations and Houses. 1959
12. Aliens Orders.
2 vols
(i) 1959-1979 (ii) 1962-1979
13. Aliens Orders - Home Office Review. 1966
14. Sudden Deaths.
Reports and Correspondence.
1962-1969 15. Pedlars Certificate.
Shropshire.
1965
16. Location of Officers.
Much Wenlock.
1967
17. West Mercia:country-region> Internal Organisation Reports.
22 vols
1967-1980
18. Administration Procedure Major Investigation.
West Mercia Constabulary.
19. No Action Returns. 1970-1971
20. Motor Fuel Rationing.
1973
21. Major Incident Log Book. 1973
Crime.
22. Charge Books.
(i) Upton on Severn. 2 vols
1840-1858
(iii) Stourport. 1929-1934
23. Arrest Book.
Bromsgrove and Droitwich Division. 1860-1870
24. Petty Sessions Case Books. (i)Tenbury. 4 vols 1876-1918
(ii) Worcester Division. 4 vols
1923-1938 (iv) Pershore. 6 vols
1899-1937
(v) Stourport. 1902-1914 (vi) Redditch. 2 vols
1884-1904
(vii) Stourbridge. 4 vols
1918-1939 (viii) Oldbury. 1900-1901
(ix) Great Witley. Undated.
25. Petty Sessions Antecedents Book. Pershaw. c 1900
26. Petty Sessions Minute Book. Tenbury. 1860-1867
27. Petty Sessions Summary Jurisdiction. Droitwich. 1914-1919
28. Petty Sessions Record of Appearances. (i) Malvern. 1867-1868 (ii) Redditch. 1908-1912
29. Crime Books.
(i) Evesham. 1886-1893 (ii) Weobley. 1896-1938
30. Criminal Business.
(i) Hundred House Police Station. 1896-1930
(ii) Tenbury Wells Police Station. 1878-1904
(iii) Malvern Police Station. 2 vols
1919-1934 1924-1932
(iv) Pershaw Police Station. 6 vols
1878-1891 1878-1898 1903-1921 1923-1933 1933-1938 1938-1940
(v) Stourport Police Station. 1878-1916
31. Prisoners Property Book. (i) Pershore. 1918-1934 (ii) Tenbury. 1930-1955
(iii) Hundred House. 1909
(iv) Unknown. 1934-1953
32. Crime Returns Folder. 1920-1930
33. Register of Warrants. Pershore. 1933-1934
34. Criminal Records.
(i) Bernard Mullins. 1938
(ii) Oswald Goodbeer. 1938
(iii) G.T. Royce. 1939
(iv) Joseph Clark. 1947
(v) Iris Hodgkins. 1947
(vi) Harry Lawrence. 1949
(vii) D.R. Haumer. 1953
35. Sabotage and Arson. 1940
36. Juvenile Delinquency File. (i) 1940-1946 (ii) 1954
37. Crime Complaints Books.
(i) Tenbury Wells Police Station. 6 vols (incomplete) 1941-1955
(ii) Oswestry Police Station. 1944-1946
(iii) Pershore Police Station. 1944-1945
(iv) Powick Police Station. 10 vols (incomplete) 1943-1968
(v) Rochford Police Station. 1941-1952
38. Thefts in Force Area. 1945-1946
39. Crime Register. Tenbury. 3 vols 1947-1958
40. Crime Register. Tenbury. 1953
41. Hagley Wood Murder File. Victor Crumpton. 1953
42. Stolen Property Index. 1960-1975
43. Prosecutions and Warrants File. Bromsgrove. 1963-1973
44. Verbal Cautions. 1970-1971
45. Regional C.I.D Conference Papers. 1982
46. Intelligence Meetings. Regional Crime Squad. 1984-1986
Force Instructions.
47. General Order Books.
(i) Tenbury Well Police Station. 5 vols
1870-1884 1891-1896 1927-1974
(ii) Powick Police Station. 5 vols
1946-1975
(iii) Pershaw Police Station. 19 vols (incomplete series) 1878-1966
(iv) Kidderminster - Stourport Division. 1958-1960
48. Chief Constable's Orders.
(i) Great Whitley. 1881-1905
(ii) Worcester Constabulary. 1904-1915
1915-1924 1933-1948
49. Chief Constable's Circular. Police Strike. 1919
50. Coronation 1953.
Operational Orders and Traffic Duties. 1953
51. Instruction Book. 1954
52. Force Orders. 1968
53. Operational Orders. Various. 1978-1984
Station Journals.
54. Duty Journal.
Pc. James Surrell.
1872-1875
55. Station Book.
Pershore.
1876-1880 56. Beat Book.
Bretforton.
1885
57. Personal Accounts of Police Work. (i) Various. 1890
(ii) Insp. D. Grigg. 1927
58. Cell Book.
(i) Chaddsley Corbett. 1895-1936 (ii) Pershore. 1919-1952
59. Journals.
(i) Pc James Walsh. Evesham. 1904-1907
(ii) Pc George Davis. 1905-1906
60. Register of Stray Dogs. Tenbury. 2 vols 1907-1950 1907-1955
61. Superintendent's Letter Book. Alfred Hayes. Redditch Police Station. 1909-1912
62. Disease of Animals Register. Ten bury. 1911-1937
63. Diseases of Animals.
(i) Expenses. 1915-1922 1936-1937
(ii) Outbreaks. 1960-1964
(iv) Movement Licences. 1953-1959
(v) Swine Fever. Powick. 1956
64. Superintendent's Letter Book. Stourport. 1919-1924
65. Rough Log Book. Pershore. 1930
66. Pocket Books.
(i) Pc. Driver. Flyford Flavell 2 vols
1945-1954
(ii) Pershore. Cropthorne Beat. 1945
(iii) Pershore. Lower Moon Beat.
1944
(iv) Ledbury. 1933
67. Telephone Message Book. Powick. 2 vols 1962 1963-1965
68. Special Duty Register. Undated.
Personnel.
69. Register of the Force.
Worcestershire Constabulary.
1839-1967 70. Recruitment Roll.
1839-1925
71. List of Senior Officers.
County Forces.
1858-1873 72. Record of Service.
(i) Supt. William Jeffrey.
1865-1902
(ii) Pc Benjamin Round.
1900-1923 73. Officers Records.
205 vols (incomplete)
1870-1940
74. Disciplinary Records.
1871-1880
75. Return of Pensioned Police Officers.
1899-1945
76. Nominal Roll.
(i) 1911
(ii) 1920
77. Leaver's Books.
1911-1967
78. Letter of Application.
1915
79. Personal Files.
1919-Present
N.B. Personnel Records continue as West Mercia Police
following amalgamation in 1967. Records Computerized in
1980.
80. Entrance Examinations. 2 papers. (i) 1937 (ii) 1969
81. Special Constabulary W.W. II Record Cards.
1940-1945
82. Candidate's Register. 1945-1955
83. Recruiting Campaigns. 2 vols 1945-1979
84. Resignation Certificates.
(i) 1946-1965
(ii) Police War Reserve. 1945
85. Secondment to Regional Crime Squad. 1972-1976
Watch and Standing Joint Committee.
86. Police Committee Minute Book.
Worcestershire. 1843-1855
87. Worcester Watch Committee. Police Sub-Committee Notes. 1920
88. Standing Joint Committee Memo.
Loan of Men to Other Forces.
1923
89. Police Committee Minute Book (Finance).
1946-1948
90. Worcestershire Standing Joint Committee Booklet.
1967
Miscellaneous.
91. Crime Prevention File.
1850-1980 92. Chubb's Catalogue.
1885
93. Reminiscences of Worcester County Constabulary.
H.Q. Love Grove.
1902
94. Record of Medals to Special Constables.
1914-1967
95. Inspection and Drill of a Police Division.
6930
96. Radio Communications. 1930-1940
97. Fascist And Nazi Documents. 1930-1950
98. Assorted Papers and Booklets. H.M.S.O. and Others. 14 papers 1930-1965
99. Newspaper Cuttings. 2 vols 1930-1945 Undated
100. C.I.D. Notes - Written. 1934
101. Lesson Notes. Pc Webb. 1934
102. Civil Defence Leaflets. H.M.S.O. 13 papers 1937-1961
103. Damage and Casualties.
A.A. Activity Worcester. 1939-1945
104. Birmingham City Police Centenary.
1939
105. Invasion
Committee.
1940
106. Air Raid Warnings. Official Notes.
1940
107. Post Mortem Report - Emily Smith.
Pseudo Hermaphrodite.
1940
108. Self Inflicted Injury.
1944
109. Assorted Papers on Police Radio.
1945-1950
110. Occupation of Germany:country-region>.
Handbook.
1945
111. C.I.D Training Manual.
1945
112. Police Athletics Club Minutes.
1949-1967
113. Civil Defence Manuals.
1949-1950
114. Roads in Shropshire.
1967
115. Forensic Science Papers.
1966-1981
116. Review of the Forensic Evidence of Dr. Cliff.
1976-1981
117. Civil Defence. 1980
Dudley Borough Police.
118. Dudley Borough Police Assorted Papers. 1890-1949
Herefordshire Constabulary.
119. Duty Books.
(i) Abbey Dore. 2 vols
1880-1886 1906-1910
(ii) Harewood End. 1915-1919
120. Petty Sessions Case Book. Hundred House. 4 vols 1883-1925
121. Charge Books. Hundred House. 1907-1929
122. Personal Files.
Herefordshire Constabulary. 1919- (incomplete)
N.B. Personnel Records continue as West Mercia Police
following amalgamation in 1967. Records Computerized in
1980.
123. Chief Constable's Orders.
1925-1943
124. Indictable Offences.
1937
125. World War H Organisation.
1940
126. 1st Hundred Years of Herefordshire Constabulary.
1957
Kidderminster Borough Police.
127. Register of the Force.
1912-1947 (Amalgamated with Worcestershire)
N.B. Personnel Records continue as West Mercia Police
following amalgamation in 1967. Records Computerized in
1980.
128. Chief Constable's Annual Report. 1938
129. Petty Crime Reports.
1948
Borough of Shrewsbury Police.
130. Instructions and Regulations for the Police.
1889
131. Disciplinary
Records.
1920-1939
132. Personal Recollections of Supt. E. Graze.
Shrewsbury Borough Police. 1940-1946
Shropshire Constabulary. Administration and Finance.
133. Police Cottage Rents.
1913-1924
134. Police Stations in Shropshire.
1915
135. Register of Door to Door Collections. Wellington. 1939
136. Index of Irish Nationals. Oswestry.
1940-1945
Crime.
137. Return Of Offences. "B" Division. 1932-1937
138. Register of Warrants. Much Wenlock. 1964-1967
Force Instructions.
139. Orders, Reports.
(i) Ludlow Borough. 1859-1876 (ii) "E" Division. 1921-1949
140. Regulations. 1912
141. Chief Constable's Memos. 1920-1936
142. Chief Constable's Orders. 1932-1963
143. Routine Orders. 1947-1967
144. General Orders. Undated.
Station Journals.
146. Commendations for Good Work. "H" Division. 1923-1951
147. Divisional Commendation Book. Wellington Division. 1927-1967
148. Hadley Section Report. 1935
149. Found Property Register. 1949
150. Beat Boundaries. 1949
Much Wenlock. 1959-1967
Personnel.
151. Register of the Force.
1910-1967
N.B. Personnel Records continue as West Mercia Police
following amalgamation in 1967. Records Computerized in
1980.
152. Nominal Roll. 1914-1956
153. List of Special Constables.
1915-1940
154. Defaulters Book. Wellington Division. 1920-1944
Miscellaneous.
155. Diseases of Animals.
1920-1950
156. Record of Commendations by Public.
1924-1956
157. Papers Relating to Crashed Aircraft.
1939-1954
158. Notes Concerning Funeral of Geo. VI, Fuel Authority, Suez Crisis.
1952-1956
Worcester City Police.
159. Police Pensions and Details of Service.
1870
160. Register of the
Force.
1908-1967
N.B. Personnel Records continue as West Mercia Police
following amalgamation in 1967. Records Computerized in
1980.
161. Chief Constable's Orders. 6 vols 1919-1959
162. Standing Orders. 1925-1962
163. Police Club Accounts. 1940-1960
164. General and Emergency Instructions. 1942
165. Record of Commendations by Public. 1963