Hi Don't know if it is of any use but my great,great grandfather was a Police Constable who joined in 1803. He is in the 1841 census at 33 Crispin Street, Spitalfields - however his wife and family were at 41 Crispin Street identified as "Police house". The local "police station" (Spitall Fields Watch House) was in in Spital Square and was at that time, 1803, where H division (Whitechapel) was policed from. So it seems quite usual for police constables to be in different locations at the census whilst on duty. Robert in N Wales -----Original Message----- From: london-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 8:00 AM To: london@rootsweb.com Subject: LONDON Digest, Vol 6, Issue 203 There is a webpage for the the London List at : www.londonlist.org.uk/ This mailing list works in parallel with the London surname interest list on the web at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/london.html . Check for matching interests and add your own ! Today's Topics: 1. Re: Stepney police stations (Jeanette de Montalk) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 10:15:07 +1200 (NZST) From: Jeanette de Montalk <jmdemontalk@xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: [LON] Stepney police stations To: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com>, "LONDON@rootsweb.com" <LONDON@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <230033.8788.qm@web96005.mail.aue.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I know Nivard - that's the problem. I don't know where he was born - possibly Ireland, and between 1810-1820.(at the time police recruits had to be 20-30 years of age).? If I could find him on the 1841 census I'd have a modicum of further information. All I have is his name on the baptism record of his son Thomas William Portland Smith, in October 1841, and the 1841 census entry for his wife Barbara and child Thomas William at Arbour Square.? Regards, Jeanette ________________________________ From: Nivard Ovington <ovington1@sky.com> To: J.M.de Montalk <jmdemontalk@xtra.co.nz>; LONDON@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 21 May 2011 12:58 AM Subject: Re: [LON] Stepney police stations Hi Jeanette When and where was your man born ? There are around 3,000 Robert SMITHs in the 1841 census :-( Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Does anyone know of names of police stations situated in Stepney in 1841? > > My man Robert Smith (policeman) is missing from the 1841 census, but I've > found his wife and child living in Arbour Square. I've always assumed that > the would have been based at the Arbour Square station, but I've just > found out that construction only commenced on it July 1841 so he must have > been based somewhere else - presumably close by? Arbour Square is in the > Commercial Rd area. > > Jeanette ------------------------------ To contact the LONDON list administrator, send an email to LONDON-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the LONDON mailing list, send an email to LONDON@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LONDON-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of LONDON Digest, Vol 6, Issue 203 **************************************