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The fixed points were under discussion on another thread. I'll list them here as a point of reference. Source is Dickens's Dictionary of London 1888:
(I've modernised the spelling but altered nothing else)
Fixed Points (Police):
The under-mentioned places are appointed as fixed points where a police constable is to be permanently stationed from 9pm to 1am.
In the event of any person springing a rattle, or persistently ringing a bell in the street or in an area, the police will at once proceed to the spot and render assistance:
H or Whitechapel Division
Ben Jonson Road and White Horse St, Stepney, junction of
Brick Lane and Bethnal Green Rd, junction of
Christian St and Commercial Rd, end of
Church St, Wapping
Columbia Rd, Bethnal Green, corner of Hassard St
Commercial Rd East, corner of Bromehead St,
Commercial St, Spitalfields, corner of Thrawl St
Flower and Dean St and Brick Lane, Spitalfields, end of
George Yard, High St, Whitechapel, end of
G.E. Railway, High St, Shoreditch, front of
Great Garden St and Whitechapel Rd, opposite end of
Hanbury St, corner of Deal St, Mile End New Town
Hare Alley, High St, Shoreditch, end of
Hermitage Bridge, Wapping
Leman St, Commercial St, and High St, Whitechapel, junction of
New Gravel Lane Bridge, London Docks *
Old Gravel Lane Bridge, London Docks *
Ship Alley & St George's St East, south end of,
Shoreditch Church
Spencer St and Watney St, St George's East, corn and Mile End Rd, junction ofer of
Spitalfields Church
Stepney Railway Station, Commercial Rd East
Upper East Spitalfield, principal entrance London Docks
Warner Place and Hackney Rd, corner of
Wells St, Whitechapel, opposite Sailors' Home
Whitechapel Church
White Horse Lane and Mile End Rd, junction of
* A constable is stationed at each of these points from 3pm to 7am
(On J Division (Bethnal Green) there was a fixed point on Whitechapel Road, in front of the East London Railway Station.)
(I've modernised the spelling but altered nothing else)
Fixed Points (Police):
The under-mentioned places are appointed as fixed points where a police constable is to be permanently stationed from 9pm to 1am.
In the event of any person springing a rattle, or persistently ringing a bell in the street or in an area, the police will at once proceed to the spot and render assistance:
H or Whitechapel Division
Ben Jonson Road and White Horse St, Stepney, junction of
Brick Lane and Bethnal Green Rd, junction of
Christian St and Commercial Rd, end of
Church St, Wapping
Columbia Rd, Bethnal Green, corner of Hassard St
Commercial Rd East, corner of Bromehead St,
Commercial St, Spitalfields, corner of Thrawl St
Flower and Dean St and Brick Lane, Spitalfields, end of
George Yard, High St, Whitechapel, end of
G.E. Railway, High St, Shoreditch, front of
Great Garden St and Whitechapel Rd, opposite end of
Hanbury St, corner of Deal St, Mile End New Town
Hare Alley, High St, Shoreditch, end of
Hermitage Bridge, Wapping
Leman St, Commercial St, and High St, Whitechapel, junction of
New Gravel Lane Bridge, London Docks *
Old Gravel Lane Bridge, London Docks *
Ship Alley & St George's St East, south end of,
Shoreditch Church
Spencer St and Watney St, St George's East, corn and Mile End Rd, junction ofer of
Spitalfields Church
Stepney Railway Station, Commercial Rd East
Upper East Spitalfield, principal entrance London Docks
Warner Place and Hackney Rd, corner of
Wells St, Whitechapel, opposite Sailors' Home
Whitechapel Church
White Horse Lane and Mile End Rd, junction of
* A constable is stationed at each of these points from 3pm to 7am
(On J Division (Bethnal Green) there was a fixed point on Whitechapel Road, in front of the East London Railway Station.)
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