1886 - Police Station - Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain.
N 51° 29.646 W 003° 10.519
30U E 487829 N 5704787
Ye Olde Coppe Shoppe - The old Police Station on Crwys Road in Cathays, Cardiff, Built 1886. One of the first Police stations in Cardiff, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMGJVT
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/13/2013
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The 1886 Police Station is still an active Station, but there is no walk in desk. Located in the Cathays area of Cardiff, Capitol of Wales.
"Administrative and biographical history: Following the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, Cardiff Borough Council (Glamorgan) appointed a watch committee, for the purpose of establishing and administering a local police force. The Cardiff Borough Police Force was set up and administered separately from the Glamorgan Constabulary, and Jeremiah Box Stockdale, a London policeman, was appointed the first superintendent. By 1922, the force had 302 officers assigned to four divisions, covering the following stations: A - Central (Law Courts), Docks, (Bute St.); B - Canton (Cowbridge Rd.), Grangetown (Clive St.); C - Roath (Clifton St.), Cathays (Crwys Rd.), Moors (Janet St.); and D - Headquarters (Law Courts). The Cardiff borough police force, other borough police forces, and the Glamorgan Constabulary were combined in 1969 to form South Wales Police, under the management of the South Wales Police Authority. The Cardiff Borough Police Force was sometimes called the Cardiff Constabulary." Text source: (
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Zip - CF24 4NA
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