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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	Q/UBOX/8
Title	Box 8 - Offenders at large 1772-1773 and Explosives Licensing 1893-1895
Date	1772-1895
Description	- 'Bow Street list of offenders at large, 1772-1773' (1 file), containing: Notices from J[ohn] Fielding, Public Office, Bow Street, London variously to Mayors, Chief Magistrates, Clerks of the Peace, Town Clerk: commends sharing of information about criminals at large throughout the country; proposes that the homes of High Constables on major roads leading from London should be distinguished by a name board to enable travellers to report thefts; proposes a tax on places of public entertainment to fund High Constables’ expenditure; celebrates (in very ornate language) the success of his policies; asks for names and abodes of High Constables and for information about appointment of gaol chaplains; refers to compilation and circulation of lists of offenders at large and to “The Public Hue and Cry,” a national publication; reports that the King approves of his plan. Also including Letter from Henry Chawner of Vernons Oak: lists 48 parishes in the Hundred of Appletree (in relation to constables), 22 Oct 1772 Letter from C Brough, [Kirk?]Langley: gives number of High Constables and Headboroughs in the Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, 15 Oct 1772 List giving number of offenders lists to be sent to High Constables of the six Derbyshire Hundreds, undated Letters from James Grove, High Constable of High Peak: sends lists of High Constables and Headboroughs [lists not present], 2 and 5 Nov 1772 Letter from Thomas Hill, Drakelow: there are 30 petty constables in the Hundred of Repton and Gresley, 26 Oct 1772 Letter from J Latham, Tissington: lists parishes of constables in the Hundred of Wirksworth, 22 Oct 1772 - Registers of Explosive Store Licences (Derbyshire), 1893-1895 (1 file) Includes names and addresses of individual and company licensees, the nature of their business and the location of their dynamite or mixed explosive store
Extent	2 files
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Derbyshire County Quarter Sessions
Format	Document
Acknowledgements	Box-listed by volunteer Roger Jennens, November 2025.

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