From: "John B Davies" <jbdavies@maxitec.co.za> {not a subscriber} Hello Alejandro Kelly's Directory for Shropshire 1870 under Shrewsbury, Improvement Commissioners lists the Borough Surveyor and next to him "Inspector, Joseph Davies". He is also listed in the trades section as "Borough Inspector - Joseph Davies, Claremont Hill". >From this I imagine that if this is your man, his duties probably included the inspection of buildings, roads, bridges, and all sorts of other structures and to report to the Borough Surveyor. John B Davies Hermanus, South Africa -----Original Message----- From: Michael J Hulme [mailto:mike@mjhulme.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 31 March 2006 10:26 Hello Alejandro It is just possible that your relative was a Police Inspector in the Shrewsbury Borough Police but I think it is much more likely that he was an Inspector of {{??}} within the Borough, possibly highways or shops or goodness knows what. Your only way to find a proper answer to this question is to employ a researcher to look through the (unindexed) Shrewsbury Borough Quarter Sessions records for that year and possibly a few years either side to see if his name is mentioned. Please note that the Quarter Sessions CD produced by Shropshire FHS is for the County Quarter Sessions and does not include Shrewsbury Borough. Mike ______________________________________________________ AMilb36287@aol.com wrote: > I have just found a relative in the 1871 Census and his occupation is given > as Borough Inspector, Shrewsbury. He was 31, single and a boarder at the > Pineapple Inn, Shrewsbury. Can anyone tell me what would have been his duties? > Thanks! > Alejandro Milberg > Boston, Mass.