Signed minutes of Bath City Council Watch Committee

Reference Number
BC/2/1/158
Level of Description
Series
Title
Signed minutes of Bath City Council Watch Committee
Date
1836-1966
Extent
Extent: 20 vols
Description
The 1835 Municipal Corporations Act required boroughs to organise and maintain a police force. To supervise the police force, boroughs were required to establish a Watch Committee.

Over time, many other responsibilities were added to the work of the Watch committee.
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