Watch Committee

Zone d'identification

Type of entity

Collectivité

Forme autorisée du nom

Watch Committee

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Watch Committee; 1836-1949

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Watch and Fire Services Committee (1949-1965) Watch Committee (1965-1969)

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    Description area

    Dates d’existence

    1836-1949

    Historique

    Following the reform of the corporation, a police force was set up in 1835 and first chief constable apppointed.
    Full responsibility for policing transferred to Corporation in 1835 (from Magistrates, Parish Constables and City Commissioners). See also Chief Constable and City Police. Responsibility for prisons transferred to Home Secretary in 1877. Renamed Watch and Fire Services Committee in 1949. Gained fire brigade responsibilites from Yorkshire Insurance Company in 1875.

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    Statut légal

    Required by Municipal Corporations Act 1835.

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Independent statutory committee governing the police force including appointments, practices and finance. Included responsibility for prisons until 1877. Committee also organised the fire brigade from 1875, which consisted of designated policemen (the fire service had been outsourced to Yorkshire Insurance Company between 1830-1875). Fire brigade professionalised in 1940. Delegated fire responsibilities to a sub-committee 1948-1949.

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    Contexte général

    Following the reform of the corporation, a police force was set up in 1835 and first chief constable apppointed.

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    Occupations

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    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    GB0192-110

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    GB0192

    Rules and/or conventions used

    International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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        Sources

        JBM How York Governs Itself.

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