Notes to Map 9.1
North of the 1bames:- Paddington
- St Marylebone
- StGeorge, Hanover Square
- StMary, Kensington
- St Luke, Chelsea
- St John, Westminster
- St Margaret, Westminster
- St Martin-in-the-Fields
- St James, Piccadilly
- St Anne, Soho
- St Pancras
- St George, Bloomsbury
- St Giles-in-the-Fields
- St Paul, Covent Garden
- St Mary-le-Strand
- St aement Danes
- St George-the-Martyr
- St Andrew, Holbom
- Ely Place liberty
- St James, Oerkenwell
- St Mary, Islington
- St Luke, Old Street
- St Leonard, Shoreditch
- St John, Hackney
- St Matthew, Bethnal Green
- Christchurch, Spitalfields
- StMary, Whitechapel
- St Catherine
Charlies to Bobbies 15128a. The lbwer of London- St John, Wapping
- St Paul, Shadwell
- St George-in-the-East
- St Dunstan, Stepney
- Mile End, Old 1bwn
- Mile End, New 1bwn
- Poplar and Blackwall
- St Anne, Limehouse
- St Leonard, Bromley
- St Mary, Bow
South of the Thames:- StMary, Battersea
- St Mary, Lambeth
- St Mary, Newington
- St George-the-Martyr
- Christchurch
- St Saviour
- StThomas
- St Olave
- St John, Horselydown
- St Mary, Bermondsey
- St Giles, Camberwell
- St Mary, Rotherhithe
- St Paul, Deptford
- Greenwich
Source: PRO, MEPO 1/1 and 1/2.
rightly asserted: ' ... its police was considered so efficient that its discipline and
regulations formed the groundwork of the discipline and regulations of the
New Police .. .'.^13 The organization of the new police was designed to enhance
the surveillance and thus preventive functions of the police constable.
The decision concerning uniforms also reinforced the preventive role of the
new police. The key advantage of uniforms was their visibility. They caught the
eye of criminals and the law-abiding public so both would know the police
were on hand.^14 They also meant that the new police could not be labelled
spies. Uniforms enhanced discipline because a constable who neglected his
duty would be recognizable and liable to be reported to his superiors. Police
constables wore their number and the letter of their division on their collar, so
that they could be individually identified.^15 In many parishes, such as St Anne,
Soho, and St Marylebone, the watchmen had greatcoats marked with their
parish and the number of their beat for the same reasons.