The aim of this site is to promote an interest in the history of policing.

The site started life with two local police records, which give something of an insight into urban and rural policing in Victorian Cambridgeshire. The records, owned by the Cambridgeshire Constabulary Police Museum, were also thought to be of potential interest to family historians. The records are:

1. A Journal kept by the new Cambridge Borough Police at their Station House between March 1837 and May 1838.
Use this link to access a full transcript.

2. A Charge Book kept by the Soham Police Force from May 1848 to December 1851 and then used by the Newmarket Division of the newly formed Cambridgeshire Constabulary from January 1852 to December 1855.
Use this link to access a full transcript.

The site is being extended with the addition of other articles on local police history. In the sidebar is the list of locations covered so far.

Material is in preparation for policing: Chatteris, Linton, and Littlington.

Police History is something of a niche subject. Publishing police history research is often difficult to justify commercially. A network of simple sites, such as this, may provide an alternative model for police historians to share their research.

If you would like to explore adding your police history research to this site or building a series of police history links, please get in touch.