Issue 83 West Derby & Croxteth Park May 2013
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ON THE BEAT by Stephen Guy, West Derby Society
Methods of keeping the peace and maintaining law and order remained virtually unchanged forcenturies. It was the growth of towns and cities, changing Britain from an agricultural society into a largely urban nation, which brought
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After the Norman Conquest West Derby had a small population living mostly in the village. Everyone knew everybody else so troublemakers were often quickly identified and dealt with.
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The manor court in the centre of the Village did not deal
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with serious crimes. Its main function was to settle land issues linked to the Molyneux family who owned much of the surround-
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ing property and land including Liverpool. Some misdemeanours were dealt with by a fine or summary punishment such as a spell in the stocks. Crimes like murder and theft were dealt with at Lancaster - the punishment was death. In the years after the conquest, landed families including the Molyneuxes were responsible for maintaining order on their lands. They would appoint constables to enforce the law. This is why some police officers still refer to their beat or patch as their manor.
The Statute of Winchester (1285) was the main legislation regulating the policing of the country until the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829 set up the modern police force. Avariety of constables, watchmen and thief-takers aimed to uphold the law until the advent of London’s Bow Street Runners in 1749. The word Police first appeared in documents setting up the Commissioners of Police for Scotland in 1714. Police are nicknamed Bobbies after
Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel who introduced the 1829 Police Act. The role of the police was and is to keep the Queen’s Peace and uphold the law. Until the 1960s many police officers lived in police houses and were available around the clock, particularly in country areas. Two police houses were part of the old West Derby Police Station in Meadow Lane (pictured). Demolished and replaced by Eaton Road Police Station about 40 years ago, they were
built in Victorian times when West Derby was still largely rural. Traditional forms of punishment were consigned to history when the Victorians developed police and prison systems to enforce the law. West Derby’s stocks were last used around 1860 but are still technically legal.
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