Metropolitan Police Divisions 1903 - 1920
Divisions in 1860s 1880-1896 1903-1920 1921-1929 1931-1933 1946-1958 1965 1985-1986 1993-1994 2000 2018-2019 T
1903 Districts
In 1903, the territorial Districts were reorganised (PO 13 November 1903):
|
District |
Divisions |
|
Northern District |
D E S X Y |
|
Eastern District |
G H J K N and Thames |
|
Southern District |
L M P R V W |
|
Western District |
A B C F T |
1909
North and South Fulham were transferred from T to B Division (PO 31 March 1909)
1910
The map by Bacon’s Geographical Establishment dated 1910 shows Metropolitan Police Divisions and railway lines:
The chart printed beside the map shows the stations on each Division:
|
Division |
Stations |
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A Whitehall |
Cannon Row, Rochester Row, Hyde Park, Wellington Arch |
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B Chelsea |
Chelsea, Walton Street, North Fulham, South Fulham, Gerald Road |
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C St James’s |
Vine Street, Great Marlborough Street |
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D Marylebone |
Marylebone Lane, Tottenham Court Road, John Street |
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E Holborn |
Bow Street, Hunter Street, Gray’s Inn Road |
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F Paddington |
Paddington, Notting Hill, Notting Dale, Kensington |
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G Finsbury |
Kings Cross Road, Old Street, City Road |
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H Whitechapel |
Leman Street, Stepney/Arbour Square, Shadwell, Commercial Street |
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J Hackney |
Bethnal Green, Hackney, Wanstead, Woodford, Victoria Park, Leyton, Loughton, Leytonstone, Claybury, Dalston, Barkingside |
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K Bow |
Limehouse, Forest Gate, Ilford, Poplar, East Ham, West Ham, Barking, Isle of Dogs, Plaistow, Dagenham, Bow, Canning Town, Chadwell Heath, North Woolwich, Blackwall, Purfleet Powder Magazine |
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L Lambeth |
Kennington Lane, Kennington Road, Carter Street, Rodney Road |
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M Southwark |
Southwark, Tower Bridge, Rotherhithe, Grange Road |
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N Islington |
Islington, Highbury Vale, Stoke Newington, St Ann’s Road, Walthamstow, Tottenham, Edmonton, Chingford, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Abbey (Royal Gunpowder Factory), Lea Bridge Road, Enfield Highway, Enfield Lock (Small Arms Factory), Cheshunt, Goffs Oak |
|
P Camberwell |
Peckham, Camberwell, Lewisham, Southend Village Catford, Brockley, Penge, Bromley, Beckenham, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, Farnborough, Sydenham, Knight’s Hill (Lower Norwood), Norwood |
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R Greenwich |
Blackheath Road, East Greenwich, Woolwich, Plumstead, Eltham, Deptford, Belvedere, Shooters Hill, Westcombe Park, Erith, Sidcup, Bexley, Chislehurst, Lee Road, St Mary Cray |
|
S Hampstead |
Albany Street, Portland Town (St Johns Wood), Hendon, Edgware, Whetstone, Bushey, Hampstead, West Hampstead, Barnet, Elstree, South Mimms, Wealdstone, Finchley, Shenley |
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T Hammersmith |
Hammersmith, Staines, Hampton, Shepherds Bush, Brentford, Sunbury, Chiswick, Hounslow, Teddington, Bedfont, Harlington, Isleworth, Twickenham, Harlington, Norwood Green |
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V Wandsworth |
Wandsworth, Wandsworth Common (Trinity Road), Battersea, Lavender Hill, Kingston, Wimbledon, Ditton, Epsom, Putney, New Malden, Roehampton, Surbiton (formerly known as Tolworth), Richmond, Barnes, East Molesey, Earlsfield (from 1914) |
|
W Clapham |
Brixton, Clapham, Battersea Park Road, Balham/Cavendish Road, Streatham, Tooting, Mitcham, Sutton, Carshalton, Banstead, Croydon, Kenley, Thornton Heath, South Norwood |
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X Kilburn |
Kilburn, Harrow Road, Pinner, Southall, Greenford, Uxbridge, Harlesden, Northwood, Hayes, Willesden Green, Ealing, Harefield, Wembley, Acton, Ruislip, Harrow, Hanwell |
|
Y Highgate |
Highgate, Kentish Town, Enfield, Somers Town, Hornsey, East Barnet, Caledonian Road, Wood Green, Potters Bar, Holloway, New Southgate, Southgate, Upper Holloway, Muswell Hill |
|
Thames |
Wapping, Barnes, Blackwall, Waterloo Pier |
1918 Districts
The four Districts were reorganised in 1918:
|
District |
Divisions |
|
No 1 District |
A B C D E T |
|
No 2 District |
F N S X Y |
|
No 3 District |
G H J K Thames |
|
No 4 District |
L M P R V W |
1920
Post Office directories show Earlsfield on W Division in 1920.
Divisions in 1860s 1880-1896 1903-1920 1921-1929 1931-1933 1946-1958 1965 1985-1986 1993-1994 2000 2018-2019 T