Anglesey Constabulary was the Home Office

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force for the county of

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from 1856 until 1950.

History

The Constabulary was formed in 1856, under the

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, to replace the existing parish constables responsible for enforcing the law in local areas. The Chief Constable's Office was located in

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. Under the

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, it

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with

Caernarvonshire Constabulary Caernarvonshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Caernarvonshire, Wales from 1856 until 1950. History The Constabulary was formed in 1856, under the County and Borough Police Act 1856, to replace the existing par ...

and Merionethshire Constabulary to form the

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in 1950, which was later renamed

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in 1974. The Constabulary's archives are held at Anglesey Archives.

History

Chief Constables

Footnotes

See also