According to the Clerk of the Peace, police officers were posted to the following towns and villages when the police force started.
Berkeley Cheltenham Chipping Campden Chipping Sodbury Cirencester Coleford Dursley Fairford Gloucester Great Barrington | Kingswood Lydney Marshfield Minchinhampton Mitchledean Moreton-in-Marsh Nailsworth Newent Newnham-on-Severn Northleach | Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud Tetbury Tewkesbury Thornbury Westbury-on-Trym Whitminster Winchcombe Winterbourne Wotton-under-Edge |
In 1840 Chief Constable Lefroy decided to put his own stamp on the distribution of the police force by stationing police officers at these places.
Berkeley Campden Cheltenham Chipping Sodbury Cirencester Coleford Dursley Fairford Frogmill Gloucester Great Barrington | Hambrook Hanham Marchfield (Marshfield) Mitchledean Moreton-in-Marsh Nailsworth Newent Newnham-on-Severn Northleach Painswick | Quinton * Stow-on-the-Wold Stroud Tetbury Tewkesbury Thornbury Westbury Whitminster Winchcombe Wotton-under-Edge |
- Quinton is south of Stratford upon Avon. It was transferred from Gloucestershire to Warwickshire in 1935.
In 1902 the following places were listed as operational police stations.
Cheltenham District | Tewkesbury District | Gloucester District |
Charlton Kings Cheltenham Prestbury | Beckford Bishops Cleeve Coombe Hill Kemerton Tewkesbury Twyning Winchcombe | Cheltenham Road Churcham Churchdown Corse Dymock Fretherene Gloucester Hardwicke Hartpury Newent Tuffley Upton St. Leonards Whitminster |
Bristol District | Forest District | Stroud District |
Filton Frampton-Cottrell Hallen Hanham Kingswood Hill Lawfords Gate Mangotsfield Marshfield Oldland Common Pucklechurch Shirehampton Southmead Staple Hill Stoke Bishop Stoke Gifford Westbury-on-Trym Wick Winterbourne | Blakeney Cinderford Drybrook Littledean Longhope Lydbrook Lydney Mitcheldean Newnham-on-Severn Parkend Ruspidge St.Briavels Tidenham Westbury-on-Severn Woolaston Yorkley | Avening Birdlip Bisley Brimscombe Horfield Cainscross Chalford Horsley Minchinhampton Nailsworth Painswick Stonehouse Stroud Whiteshill |
Dursley District | Chipping Sodbury District | Cirencester District |
Berkeley Cambridge Charfield Dursley Kingscote Newport North Nibley Sharpness Tetbury Uley Wotton-under-Edge Wickwar | Acton Turville Almondsbury Alveston Chipping Sodbury Didmarton Falfield Hawkesbury Upton Iron Acton Old Sodbury Redwick Thornbury | Bibury Cirencester Fairford Kemble Lechlade Sapperton South Cerney |
Chipping Campden District | Stow on the Wold District | |
Chipping Campden Long Marston Moreton-in-Marsh Stanton Northleach Stow-on-the-Wold Windrush Withington | Andoversford Bourton-on-the-Water Chedworth Guiting |
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I remember the old Coleford Police Station ,we lived up lords hill and next door neighbour were Wally long and Johnie Johnstone ,and my father was station sergeant around 59-61
There was a Police Station at Ampney Crucis, in Cirencester area, occupied latterly by Alan Beese who later moved to the Poulton Police Station, which also isn’t mentioned. I took over there when Alan went to Fairford in the mid 70’s. I’ll see if I can obtain any info on Ampney Crucis.
Thank you
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