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| RMMee Moderator Quote | Reply | | Heanor Police Station posted on: 2/20/2005 9:05:40 PM Okay, I'm confused. This message goes out particularly to those with access to census data at home. I was aware of three separate police stations at Heanor since the founding of Derbyshire Constabulary in 1857. The first was down the side of the Town Hall, on the left – a lock-up that had been used prior to the County force being established. At some time (1890's?), the police station was on Wilmot Street, between Mundy Street and the Market Place. This had a cell, and was two separate houses, presumably for a Sergeant and a PC. This stayed the same for around a century. In the 1980's the two houses were knocked into one – the cell had long since finished being used. In the 1990's, the Police Station moved to what had been the Post Office, at the top of Godfrey Street, where it remains today. However…… According to the 1871 Census, PC Kirkland lived at Heanor Police Station, which was at no. 3 Derby Road, Heanor, between Red Lion Square and Mount Street. So….. Can anyone with access to the 1861, 1881, 1891, or 1901 censuses tell me where the police station was? Or where other police officers lived at the time? (The Superintendent was at Langley Mill, which was a large station, until the 1900's, when Ilkeston took over, and Langley Mill was downgraded to an Inspector's house.) And if anyone can help with more information on PC William Kirkland (ended up as an Inspector in Dronfield), then I have a correspondent who would be very grateful |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 2/21/2005 12:43:35 PM Robert If you forward my e-mail address to your correspondent i can send 1871/81/91/01 census images on an attachment 1871 Heanor 1881 Ashbourne 1891 Dronfield 1901 Dronfield,Wife Ruth Head Widow. Peter |
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RMMee
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replied on: 2/21/2005 11:55:10 PM Peter Many thanks - I'm forwarding Joan's email address to you (with her approval), so that you can pass the details on to her. But are you able to help with my query? Where was Heanor Police Station in each of the census years (and who lived there)? |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 2/22/2005 12:03:33 AM Hi, Robert. I've searched the 1891 Census, but no joy with the Derby Rd; Police House/station - as yet. Azzabuv. |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 2/22/2005 1:41:37 PM 1881 census shows an address Mansfield Road Police Station complete with Superintendent of Police John Hancock and 12 Prisoners. A house listed as private is listed between The Nottingham House Pub and Tag Hill Drapers as the home of Police Officer Francis C Marshall and family |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 2/22/2005 1:55:34 PM Peter, are the names of the 12 prisoners listed? If so, it would be interesting to see if there were any past family miscreants. Azzabuv. |
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suegill
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replied on: 2/22/2005 6:18:09 PM Here they are Henry Ball abt 1853 Shardlow, Derbyshire, England Prisoner Heanor Alfred Band abt 1843 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Prisoner Heanor Bernard Better abt 1832 Ireland Prisoner Heanor George Wm. Brand abt 1854 Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Prisoner Heanor Stephen Newton abt 1852 Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England Prisoner Heanor William Richardson abt 1850 Sunderland, Durham, England Prisoner Heanor John Sallis abt 1852 Sandiacre, Derbyshire, England Prisoner Heanor William Straw abt 1857 Sunderland, Durham, England Prisoner Heanor Thomas Davis abt 1836 Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales Prisoner Heanor Emma Williams Abt 1830 Handley, Staffordshire, England Prisoner Heanor Isaac Quells Abt 1850 Hemmingway, Leicester, England Prisoner Heanor William Kelly Abt 1849 Walsall Wood, Staffordshire, England Prisoner Heanor |
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RMMee
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replied on: 2/22/2005 9:38:17 PM The Mansfield Road Police Station is actually Langley Mill Station, rather than Heanor - I know lots about this, as the police in Langley Mill is one of my areas of research - more in due course. It was the main station in the area at the time, more important even than Ilkeston! I know little about the stations in Heanor itself (even less apparently than I thought I did!) The most interesting thing about the list of prisoners on census night is what they did with them all - there were only 4 cells, and one of the prisoners was a woman!! Oh well, times change. |
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suzard
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replied on: 2/25/2005 6:03:20 PM In the 1950's-60's there was a police house on Plumptre Rd Aldercar |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 2/25/2005 8:50:17 PM During my school days 1941 to 1950 one of the occupants of the Police House on Plumtree Road was Bobby(as in policeman) Smith.Some Years ago when Robert started the chat area section as we no it today i related a story to him about Bobby Smith about the Banana's Orange's and Lemon's |
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RMMee
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replied on: 2/25/2005 11:25:28 PM Whereabouts on Plumptree Road was the police house? |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 2/26/2005 11:33:49 AM Walking down Plumtree Road from Cromford Road towards the Farm it was between Oak Avenue and the farm on the left Hand Side.These Houses belonged to the Council and would have been built mid 1930s The Houses on the Right being private again built 1930s.We moved into into a house on Milnhay Road 1937/38 and the previous tenant moved to A private house on Plumtree. Milnhay Road had a Police house Between Lime Avenue and Towson Avenue also Council owned this was on the left hand side walking back toward the Pottery.Only Policeman i recall was Bobby Adcock. |
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RMMee
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replied on: 2/26/2005 11:43:34 AM I know the houses you mean. Obviously, the force's premises were effectively Council property in those days - they're separate entities nowadays. A lot of police houses, though, were somehow slightly different from the standard council houses, whereas those on Plumptre Road (and Milnhay Road) are the same as the surrounding properties. Thanks for the census records you sent by email. |
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Samantha Hunter
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replied on: 4/6/2005 8:38:53 PM Hi, Do you know if a William Whittaker was a police constable in the Heanor area? He was born in Sutton Coldfield, but his son married in Heanor 1907. He is recorded as an ex-Police Constable on the marriage certificate. Where/how do you access records about Police Constables?? Thanks. |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 4/7/2005 2:17:57 PM Samantha Have you got a name for the son who married in 1907. Peter |
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Samantha Hunter
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replied on: 4/7/2005 8:49:01 PM Hi again, William Whittaker, born Sutton Coldfield, Ex - Police Constable, his son who married in 1907 was Thomas Henry Whittaker, he married Harriett Pearson on Dec 25 1907 in the Heanor parish church. I have since found William on the 1881 and 1891 census, so I guess I have answered my own question regarding where he was a policeman. 1881 William Whittaker, Police Constable in Church Street, Sandiacre, Shardlow. Aged 24 1891 William Whittaker, Police Constable in Bridge End, Baslow. Aged 34 William married twice, Martha Marshall of Sheffield in 1879, had four children and she died following the birth of the 4th child in 1886. William then married in 1887 Mrs. Eliza Sarah Johnston of West Underwood, and they had at least 6 children, plus one from her previous marriage. Do you have any information about Police Stations in Sandiacre and Baslow at all? William's father was a farm labourer, so I am interested how he might have got into what I assume was a financially comfortable and socially respected position as a Police Constable, during the 1880's. I'd welcome any info to put William into context. Thanks. |
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