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The Bow Street Horse Patrols were a set of anti-highwaymen mounted police organised in London, England. They were the first uniformed police force in...

Bow Street Runners were the law enforcement officers of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court in the City of Westminster. They have been called London's first...

The Bow Street Foot Patrols were an armed and salaried foot patrol set up in London, England, in the winter of 1782–83 by Sampson Wright and supported...

court's 266-year existence it occupied various buildings on Bow Street in Central London, immediately north-east of Covent Garden, the last of which opened...

demonstrations. Mounted sections also participate in ceremonial duties. The Bow Street Horse Patrol, founded in 1763, are the oldest uniformed police force in the...

is the mounted police branch of London's Metropolitan Police. It is part of Met Operations. The Bow Street Horse Patrol was formed in 1763, but ceased...

Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus...

inside to store official identification and documents. In 1805 the Bow Street Horse Patrol, the first form of uniformed policing seen in the capital, was...

prevalent, leading to the development of early police forces such as the Bow Street Runners and the Thames River Police. Capital and corporal punishment such...

mounted riders for patrol and reconnaissance, and military horse units are also used for ceremonial and educational purposes. Horses are also used for...

M. Beattie (2012) The First English Detectives. The Bow Street Runners and the Policing of London, 1750–1840. Oxford University Press. p. 257–58 ISBN 978-0-19-969516-4...

Station; Bow Road Police Station, Tower Hamlets; Tower Bridge Magistrates Court and adjoining Police Station; and 19–21 Great Marlborough Street, Westminster...

within London into the Metropolitan Police such as the Thames River Police and the Bow Street Runners. Since January 2012, the Mayor of London is responsible...

language that word meant any projectile, for example arrows shot from a bow. The equivalent form of words in modern English would be either "Honourable...

Isle of Dogs; it is later incorporated into West India Docks. The Bow Street Horse Patrol is re-established as a police force. The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich...

wedding at Westminster Abbey since the 14th century. March: The "Battle of Bow Street" takes place between North American servicemen and the Metropolitan Police...

Davies's bookshop in Covent Garden. Bow Street Horse Patrol are established to deal with highway robberies in the London area. 1764 February: Joshua Reynolds...

Beattie, J. M. (2012). The first English detectives: the Bow Street Runners and the policing of London, 1750-1840. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199695164...

bread might be dragged through the streets on a hurdle behind horses, with his bad loaves tied around his neck. London was home to several important monastic...

Derry. IRA bombs exploded in three stores in Oxford Street, London. 28 January 1994: a British army patrol escaped injury when only the detonator on an IRA...