Police Charge Books
From 1836 until 1889, when it was absorbed into the Warwickshire County Force, the Stratford-upon-Avon Corporation maintained its own police force. Its surviving records are catalogued as part of the Corporation Archives under the reference BRR67. Two of the surviving volumes (BRR67/4-5) are charge books covering the years 1863-1880, recording the details of those arrested in the town, what crimes and misdemeanours they were charged with, and how the cases were dealt with. These details have all been entered on this database, which can be searched by person, crime, age, gender and date. The Stratford police force only patrolled within the limits of the original borough boundary. Thus not only were the hamlets of Bishopton and Shottery excluded from their jurisdiction but also much of Old Town and the housing developments lying to the north of Guild Street.
NB Names in this database are in the format 'Forename Surname' and a picklist will appear as you type, based on the beginning of the forename. A search can be made by typing the surname only, BUT NO picklist will appear.
Charge | Person Charging (Name) | Age | Address (Town) | Occupation | Year | Person Charged | |
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Absent from Work | Mr J Walker | 19 | Stratford upon Avon | Cabinet Maker | 1863 | Edward Courtenay | More |
Assault | Mr Thomas Dawkes | 37 | Coventry | 1863 | Joseph Hodgkins | More | |
Drunk / Assault | Sergt Cross | 41 | Stratford upon Avon | Labourer | 1863 | William Wilkins | More |
Drunk | Sergt Cross | 39 | Stratford upon Avon | Labourer | 1863 | George Clarke | More |
Drunk | PC Brain | 45 | Alveston | Carpenter | 1863 | Thomas Baker | More |
Stealing | Mr William Francis | 17 | Stratford upon Avon | Moulder | 1863 | Frederick Francis | More |
Drunk / Assault | Sergt Cross | 16 | Stratford upon Avon | Prostitute | 1863 | Rosetta Harrison | More |
Threats | Mrs Mary Ann Collier | 37 | Stratford upon Avon | 1863 | Thomas Collier | More | |
Drunk | Sergt Cross | 66 | Stratford upon Avon | Labourer | 1863 | William Fardon | More |
False Pretences | Mr R Griffin & Mr J Horseman | 32 | Birmingham | Hawker | 1863 | William Lilly | More |
Drunk | Supt Richardson | 20 | Birmingham | Hawker | 1863 | William Foster Hunt | More |
Damage | Mr H Cranmer | 26 | Norwich | Labourer | 1863 | William Jones | More |
Assault | Robert Griffen | 0 | Stratford upon Avon | Lodging House Keeper | 1863 | William Dunn | More |
Stealing | Mrs C Callaway | 50 | Stratford upon Avon | 1863 | Elizabeth Parsons | More | |
Stealing | Mr Charles Cranmer | 52 | Stratford upon Avon | Labourer | 1864 | William Hodgkins | More |
Desertion | The Stratford Board of Guardians | 33 | Stratford upon Avon | Labourer | 1864 | Mathew Timms | More |
Stealing | Mr G Candler | 48 | Stratford upon Avon | Hairdresser | 1864 | John Hopcroft | More |
Stealing | James Sherlock | 19 | Stratford upon Avon | 1865 | Henry Cotterill | More | |
Stealing | James Sherlock | 26 | Stratford upon Avon | Prostitute | 1865 | Ann Stanley | More |
False Pretences | Mr Joseph Wright | 32 | Stratford upon Avon | Cooper | 1865 | John Branson | More |
Neglect of Work | Mr Henry Mills | 34 | Stratford upon Avon | Tailor | 1865 | Francis Reece | More |
Stealing | Mrs G Medcraft | 40 | Stratford upon Avon | Straw Hat Maker | 1865 | Caroline Heeley | More |
Drunk | PC Moule | 40 | Ireland | Labourer | 1865 | Florence Driscoll | More |
Stealing | John Hughes | 18 | Stratford upon Avon | Labourer | 1865 | Thomas Rose | More |
Desertion (Army) | Sergt Cross, PC Moule | 26 | 1865 | John Landaff | More | ||
Drunk | PC Moule | 39 | Ireland | Labourer | 1865 | James Scott | More |
Drunk | PC Clarke | 30 | London | Wheelwright | 1865 | Thomas Adams | More |
Stealing | Thomas Careless | 61 | Stratford upon Avon | Labourer | 1865 | John Cowley | More |
Drunk | PC Clarke | 44 | Tramp | 1865 | Thomas Murrell | More | |
Drunk | PC Moule | 40 | Birmingham | Hawker | 1865 | Thomas Douglass | More |
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