Divisions 1946 -1958
Divisions in 1860s 1880-1896 1903-1920 1921-1929 1931-1933 1946-1958 1965 1985-1986 1993-1994 2000 2018-2019
1946 Police Act changes to MPD
The outer boundaries of the MPD were adjusted to simplify the issue of financial contributions from Local Authorities that were only partly within the MPD. Dartford, Watford, Caterham, St Peter Royal and Warlingham were wholly excluded from the MPD; Banstead, Cheshunt, Coulsdon, Purley, Crayford, Esher and Orpington were brought completely into the MPD. Cobham was transferred from Surrey to V Division. A new station at Radlett on S Division was opened about this time. Adjustments were therefore made to the outer Divisions concerned. In Scotland Yard by Sir Harold Scott (Andre Deutsch 1954) a map shows the parts of P, V,W and Z Divisions that were transferred to the MPD in 1947, and those parts of S and Z that were transferred out.
1958 Divisions
The Book for Police published a map of the divisions in 1958:
The map of Divisions outlined in this 1958 book were:
A Division |
Cannon Row, Rochester Row, Hyde Park, Wellington Arch |
B |
Chelsea, Walton Street, Gerald Road, Walham Green, North Fulham |
C |
West End Central, Tottenham Court Road |
D |
Marylebone Lane, Paddington, St John’s Wood |
E |
Bow Street, Gray’s Inn Road, Kings Cross Road |
F |
Kensington, Hammersmith, Notting Hill, Shepherd’s Bush, Chiswick |
G |
City Road, Islington, Old Street, Commercial Street |
H |
Bethnal Green, Bow, Leman Street, Arbour Square, Poplar, Isle of Dogs, Blackwall, Shadwell, Wapping |
J |
Hackney, Leyton, Leytonstone, Walthamstow, Wanstead, Woodford, Barkingside, Claybury, Chigwell, Loughton, Chingford, Waltham Abbey |
K |
West Ham, East Ham, Forest Gate, Plaistow, North Woolwich, Barking, Ilford, Chadwell Heath, Dagenham |
L |
Brixton, Clapham, Carter Street, Camberwell, Peckham |
M |
Southwark, Kennington Road, Tower Bridge, Grange Road, Rotherhithe, Deptford |
N |
Stoke Newington, Caledonian Road, Holloway, Highbury Vale, St Ann’s Road |
P |
Lewisham, West Dulwich, East Dulwich, Brockley, Sydenham, Catford, Penge, Beckenham, Bromley, Chislehurst, St Mary Cray, Farnborough |
R |
Blackheath Road, East Greenwich, Westcombe Park, Lee Road, Woolwich, Shooters Hill, Eltham, Sidcup, Plumstead, Belvedere, Bexley, Erith |
S |
Hampstead, West Hampstead, Golders Green, Hendon, Finchley, Whetstone, Edgware, Bushey, Elstree, Shenley, Barnet, South Mimms, Potters Bar |
T |
Acton, Ealing, Brentford, Southall, Hanwell, Norwood Green, Hounslow, Twickenham, Teddington, Hampton, Staines, Sunbury, Feltham, Bedfont, Harlington |
V |
Wandsworth, Putney, Barnes, Richmond, Kingston, Wimbledon, New Malden, Surbiton, East Molesey, Esher, Cobham |
W |
Battersea, Lavender Hill, Earlsfield, Wandsworth Common (Trinity Road), Tooting, Mitcham, Sutton, Banstead, Epsom |
X |
Harrow Road, Kilburn, Willesden Green, Harlesden, Wembley, Greenford, Harrow, Wealdstone, Pinner, Ruislip, Northwood, Harefield, Uxbridge, Hayes, Northolt |
Y |
Highgate, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, Wood Green, Tottenham, Edmonton, Winchmore Hill, Southgate, Enfield, Enfield Highway, Cheshunt, Goffs Oak |
Z |
Croydon, Streatham, Gipsy Hill, Norbury, South Norwood, Kenley, Wallington |
Divisions in 1860s 1880-1896 1903-1920 1921-1929 1931-1933 1946-1958 1965 1985-1986 1993-1994 2000 2018-2019