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Wantage Borough Police was the police force responsible for policing the town of
Wantage Wantage () is a historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England. Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974. T ...
in
Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...
, England until 1856. Unusually, and in contrast to the establishment of most borough police forces across England in the 1830s, this small police force was not established as a result of the
Municipal Corporations Act Municipal Corporations Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in the United Kingdom for legislation relating to municipal corporations. List *The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will 4 c 76) *The Municipal Corporation (Bou ...
of 1835, but by a local improvement act. The long title of this parliamentary act was "An Act for the lighting, watching, cleansing, paving and otherwise improving the town of Wantage in the County of Berks". This act received Royal Assent on 19 June 1828. The act provided for night watchmen and a day patrol. Wantage Borough Police was amalgamated into
Berkshire Constabulary Berkshire Constabulary is a former Home Office police force which was responsible for policing the county of Berkshire in Southern England. Berkshire Constabulary was merged with four other adjacent police forces in 1968 to form the Thames Valley ...
in 1856. Wantage is today policed by the successor to Berkshireshire Constabulary,
Thames Valley Police Thames Valley Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the Thames Valley, covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. It the largest non-metropolitan police force in England and Wales, covering a ...
.


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Defunct police forces of England
Constabulary Constabulary may have several definitions: *A civil, non-paramilitary (police) force consisting of police officers called constables. This is the usual definition in the United Kingdom, in which all county police forces once bore the title (and som ...
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