Bridgwater Borough Police was a police force responsible for policing the borough of Bridgwater, Somerset in England from 1836 to 1940.[1] The force was formed as a result of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, Bridgwater being one of the 178 boroughs originally named in the Act.[2] A government return from 1852 shows that the police force at that time had 5 police officers at a cost to the borough of £245 and 18 shillings for the previous year.[3] Throughout its 104 year history its establishment was never more than 20 officers. In 1940 the force was abolished and voluntarily became part of Somerset Constabulary.[4] Today the area is policed by Avon and Somerset Constabulary.

References

  1. ↑ "The History of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, The First 150 Years". HMICFRS. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  2. ↑ Britain, Great; Rickards, Sir George Kettilby (1835). The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. His Majesty's statute and law printers. constable.
  3. ↑ Commons, Great Britain Parliament House of (1852). Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons. Ordered to be printed.
  4. ↑ Clark, Peter (2015). Police Reference:England and Wales. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-9858978-0-2.
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