The North Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary was the territorial police force for the

North Riding of Yorkshire The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres). From the Restoration it was used as ...

from 1856 to 1968. Formed in 1856 as a result of the

County and Borough Police Act 1856 The County and Borough Police Act 1856 or the Police Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict c 69) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was one of the Police Acts 1839 to 1893.The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2 The Act made it ...

it covered all of the North Riding except for the boroughs of Middlesbrough, Richmond and Scarborough, which had their own Borough Constabularies. Initially the force consisted of a Chief Constable, Captain Thomas Hill, and 50 men. In 1968, the North Riding Constabulary was amalgamated with

York City Police North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. As of September 2018 the force had a strength of 1,357 police officers, 127 ...

and the

East Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary The East Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary was the territorial police force for policing the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1856 to 1968. Formed as a result of the County and Borough Police Act 1856, it covered all of the East Riding and initially co ...

to form the

York and North-East Yorkshire Police The York and North East Yorkshire Police was a police force in England from 1968 to 1974, covering the North Riding of Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the county borough of York. It was a merger of the two riding forces (the North R ...

. ;Chief Constables * 1856–1898 : Captain Thomas Hill * 1898–1927 : Major Sir

Robert Lister Bower Major Sir Robert Lister Bower (12 August 1860 – 13 June 1929) was a British Army, colonial and police officer who served as Chief Constable of the North Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary from 1898 until his death in 1929. Bower came from an ...

, CMG, KBE (except 1914–16) * ?1927–1956 : Lt-Col. John Clevaux Chaytor, DSO, MC * 1956–1968 : Harold Hubert Salisbury

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