Series Y/COU/5/8/4 - Watch and Fire Services Committee

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Y/COU/5/8/4

Title

Watch and Fire Services Committee

Date(s)

  • 1952-1965 (Creation)

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4 volumes

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Name of creator

(1835-1949 and 1965-1969)

Administrative history

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.

Name of creator

(1949-1965.)

Administrative history

Renamed in 1949, presumably to represent the full range of duties.
See also Chief Constable and City Police. Formerly Watch Committee (1835-1949). In 1965 the committee was split into two separate committees: the Fire and Licensing Committee and the Watch Committee.

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This volume is part indexed
18 1953-56

These three volumes are indexed
19 1956-59
20 1959-62
21 1962-65

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Open

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  • English

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    BC8

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