the Constabulary was formed in 1856, under the County and Borough Police Act 1856, to replace the existing parish constables responsible for enforcing the law in local areas. The Constabulary included divisions or districts, including Holywell, Mold, Overton and Rhyl.[1]
flintshire, constabulary, home, office, police, force, county, flintshire, wales, from, 1856, until, 1967, agency, overviewformed1856dissolved1, october, 1967jurisdictional, structureoperations, jurisdictionflintshire, wales, united, kingdomgeneral, naturecivi. Flintshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Flintshire Wales from 1856 until 1967 Flintshire ConstabularyAgency overviewFormed1856Dissolved1 October 1967Jurisdictional structureOperations jurisdictionFlintshire Wales United KingdomGeneral natureCivilian policeOperational structurePolice officers256 1965 Contents 1 History 2 Chief Constables 3 Footnotes 4 See alsoHistory editthe Constabulary was formed in 1856 under the County and Borough Police Act 1856 to replace the existing parish constables responsible for enforcing the law in local areas The Constabulary included divisions or districts including Holywell Mold Overton and Rhyl 1 In 1965 the force had an establishment of 256 and an actual strength of 231 2 The force amalgamated with Denbighshire Constabulary and Gwynedd Constabulary in 1967 under the Police Act 1964 to form a new Gwynedd Constabulary which was renamed North Wales Police in 1974 The Constabulary s archives are held at North East Wales Archives Hawarden 1 Chief Constables edit1857 88Peter Browne 1888 1909Maj R T Webber c 1927 37Robert Yarnell Davies MBE 1942 47Albert Edwin Lindsay 3 c 1951 66John Fenlli Roberts MBE c 1966 67Reginald AtkinsFootnotes edit a b FLINTSHIRE CONSTABULARY RECORDS Archives Hub archiveshub jisc ac uk Retrieved 2022 10 28 The Thin Blue Line Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements 1965 Western Mail 24 5 1947See also editNorth Wales Police nbsp This United Kingdom law enforcement agency article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Flintshire Constabulary amp oldid 1119083631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,