Divisions 1921-1929

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1921 

A new Z Division was formed (PO 24 February 1921), to reflect the growing importance of Croydon which had previously been policed by W Division.   The new Z Division included Kenley, Thornton Heath, South Norwood, Gipsy Hill (from P Division), and Knights Hill.  Also in 1921, Wandsworth, Clapham and Battersea Park Road (Nine Elms) were transferred from W to L Division.   Carter Street was transferred from L to M Division which then comprised Southwark, Carter Street, Deptford, Grange Road, Rodney Road, Rotherhithe and Tower Bridge.

 1925 Bacon map

 The Bacon map for 1925 shows the new Z Division and other changes:

 The chart with this 1925 map does not show names of Divisions: 

Division

Stations

A

Cannon Row, Rochester Row, Hyde Park, Wellington Arch

B

Chelsea, Walton Street, North Fulham, Walham Green, Gerald Road

C

Vine Street, Great Marlborough Street

D

Marylebone Lane, Crawford Street,  Tottenham Court Road

E

Bow Street, Hunter Street, Gray’s Inn Road

F

Paddington, Kensington, Notting Hill, Notting Dale, Adam & Eve Mews

G

Kings Cross Road, Old Street, City Road

H

Leman Street, Commercial Street, Arbour Square / Stepney, Shadwell  

J

Hackney, Victoria Park, Bethnal Green, Dalston, Wanstead, Leyton, Leytonstone, Barkingside, Woodford, Loughton, Claybury

K

Limehouse, Poplar, Isle of Dogs, Bow, West Ham, East Ham, Forest Gate, Plaistow, Canning Town, North Woolwich, Ilford,  Barking, Dagenham, Chadwell Heath, Purfleet Powder magazine

L

Kennington Lane, Kennington Road, Clapham, Lavender Hill, Nine Elms, Battersea

M

Southwark, Grange Road, Tower Bridge, Deptford, Rotherhithe, Carter Street, Rodney Road

N

Stoke Newington, St Ann’s Road, Islington, Highbury Vale, Tottenham, Edmonton, Walthamstow, Chingford, Lea Bridge Road, Enfield Highway, Cheshunt, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Factory,  Goffs Oak,  Enfield Lock (Small Arms Factory)

P

Peckham, Camberwell, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, Penge, Lewisham, Southend Village Catford, Sydenham, Brockley, Bromley, Beckenham, Farnborough

R

Blackheath Road, Westcombe Park, East Greenwich, Woolwich, Abbey Wood,  Plumstead, Belvedere, Erith, Bexleyheath, Lee Road, Eltham, Shooters Hill, Sidcup, Chislehurst, St Mary Cray

S

Albany Street, St John’s Wood, Hampstead, West Hampstead, Finchley, Hendon, Whetstone, Barnet, South Mimms, Shenley, Edgware, Bushey, Elstree, Wealdstone, Golders Green

T

Hammersmith, Shepherds Bush, Chiswick, Bedfont, Harlington, Staines, Brentford, Hounslow, Isleworth, Norwood Green, Hampton, Sunbury, Teddington, Twickenham.  

V

Wandsworth, East Molesey, Putney, Roehampton, Kew, Wimbledon, New Malden, Richmond, Kingston, Ditton, Surbiton (formerly known as Tolworth)

W

Brixton, Earlsfield, Wandsworth Common (Trinity Road), Balham/Cavendish Road, Mitcham, Tooting, Sutton, Streatham, Epsom Town, Wallington, Banstead.

X

Harrow Road, Kilburn, Harlesden, Willesden Green, Wembley, Harrow, Pinner, Greenford, Northwood, Ealing, Acton, Hanwell, Southall, Uxbridge, Hayes (Middlesex), Harefield, Ruislip

Y

Kentish Town, Somers Town, Caledonian Road, Holloway, Upper Holloway / Archway, Highgate, Hornsey, Wood Green,  New Southgate, Muswell Hill, Enfield Town, East Barnet, Potters Bar, Southgate, Winchmore Hill.

Z Croydon

Croydon, Kenley, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Norwood, South Norwood, Knights Hill  (Lower Norwood)

Thames

Wapping, Barnes, Blackwall, Waterloo Pier, Erith

 1929 Divisions

 By 1929, JF Moylan, a Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District, published Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police containing a list of the Divisions and a map as they stood then.   The details are much the same as earlier lists.   Some stations changed their names (eg Walham Green for South Fulham on B Division; John Street and Crawford Place on D Division):

 

Division

Stations

A Whitehall

Cannon Row, Rochester Row, Hyde Park, Wellington Arch

B Chelsea

Chelsea, Walton Street, North Fulham (closed on 1 January 1938), Walham Green, Gerald Road

C St James’s

Vine Street, Great Marlborough Street

D Marylebone

Marylebone Lane, Tottenham Court Road, Crawford Place

E Holborn

Bow Street, Hunter Street, Gray’s Inn Road

F Paddington

Paddington, Notting Hill, Notting Dale, Kensington

G Finsbury

Kings Cross Road, Old Street, City Road

H Whitechapel

Leman Street, Shadwell, Commercial Street, Arbour Square, Wapping

J Hackney

Bethnal Green, Hackney, Wanstead, Woodford, Victoria Park, Leyton, Loughton,  Leytonstone, Claybury, Dalston, Barkingside

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

L Lambeth

Kennington Lane, Kennington Road, Nine Elms, Battersea, Lavender Hill, Clapham

M Southwark

Southwark, Tower Bridge, Rotherhithe, Grange Road, Carter Street, Rodney Road, Deptford

N Islington

Islington, Highbury Vale,  Stoke Newington, St Ann’s Road, Walthamstow, Tottenham, Edmonton, Chingford, Waltham Abbey,  Lea Bridge Road, Enfield Highway, Cheshunt, Goffs Oak

P Camberwell

Peckham, Camberwell, Lewisham, Southend Village Catford, Brockley, Penge, Bromley, Beckenham, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, Farnborough, Sydenham

R Greenwich

Blackheath Road, East Greenwich, Woolwich, Plumstead, Eltham,  Belvedere, Shooters Hill, Westcombe Park, Erith, Sidcup, Bexley, Chislehurst, Lee Road, St Mary Cray, Abbey Wood (from 1925)

S Hampstead

Albany Street, Hendon, Edgware, Whetstone, Bushey, Hampstead, Barnet, Elstree, West Hampstead, South Mimms, Wealdstone, Finchley, Shenley, St Johns Wood, Golders Green, Mill Hill, Aldenham

T Hammersmith

Hammersmith, Staines, Hampton, Shepherds Bush, Brentford, Sunbury, Chiswick, Hounslow, Teddington, Bedfont, Isleworth, Twickenham, Harlington, Norwood Green

V Wandsworth

Wandsworth,  Kingston, Wimbledon, Ditton, Putney, New Malden, Roehampton, Surbiton (formerly known as Tolworth), Richmond, Barnes,  East Molesey, Kew

W Clapham

Brixton, Balham/Cavendish Road, Wandsworth Common (Trinity Road), Streatham, Tooting, Mitcham, Sutton, Wallington, Banstead, Epsom, Earlsfield

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 Town, Somers Town, Hornsey, East Barnet, Caledonian Road, Wood Green, Potters Bar, Holloway, New Southgate, Southgate, Upper Holloway, Muswell Hill, Winchmore Hill

Z Croydon

Croydon, Norbury, Knights Hill (Lower Norwood), Gipsy Hill, Thornton Heath, South Norwood, Kenley, Norwood (as in 1921)

Thames

Wapping, Barnes, Blackwall, Waterloo Pier

Royal Docks

Woolwich (1st Division), Portsmouth (2nd), Devonport (3rd) Chatham (4th), Pembroke (5th)

 

 Divisions 1931-1933

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