Great Dunmow Police Station

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Overview

Nation   England

County   Essex

Location   Stortford Road (opposite Foakes Hall)  Great Dunmow

Map location   exact or closely approximate

Year opened   1843

Year closed   2008

Century of Operation   1800-1899, 1900-1999

Building Type   Police Station

Remarks   First purpose-built police station in Essex. On its opening in 1843, the lock-up located in North Street (https://www.prisonhistory.org/lockup/great-dunmow-lock-up/) became redundant. The police moved to new premises in 2008. Now repurposed as the Uttlesford Community Hub and occupied by charitable organisations. Artefacts from the cells were moved to the Essex Police Museum, and the reconstructed police cell in the museum was modelled on the cells at the Great Dunmow station.

Description

'The POLICE STATION is a neat and substantial building, erected in 1842, by the County Magistrates, at the cost of £1200; and has a court room, in which Petty Sessions, are held for Dunmow Hundred, on the first Monday of every month.'

White's Directory of Essex, 1848 (https://historyhouse.co.uk/placeG/essexg16aa.html)

Featured Images

  • Exterior of the former Great Dunmow Police Station, now the Uttlesford Commnunity Hub, c.2014Photo © Robin Webster (cc-by-sa/2.0)
  • Original cell door from Great Dunmow Police Station, now at Essex Police Museum. Label by the door reads: 'A Victorian Cell. This cell door is from the original Great Dunmow Police Station and was used from 1842 until the 1960s.'© Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)
  • Back of cell door from Great Dunmow Police Station, now at Essex Police Museum© Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)
  • Close-up of lock on the cell door from Great Dunmow Police Station, now at Essex Police Museum© Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)
  • View into recreated cell at Essex Police Museum, modelled on cells at Great Dunmow Police Station© Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)
  • Toilet, in recreated cell at Essex Police Museum, modelled on cells at Great Dunmow Police Station© Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)

Description: Exterior of the former Great Dunmow Police Station, now the Uttlesford Commnunity Hub, c.2014

Photo by: Photo © Robin Webster (cc-by-sa/2.0)

Description: Original cell door from Great Dunmow Police Station, now at Essex Police Museum. Label by the door reads: 'A Victorian Cell. This cell door is from the original Great Dunmow Police Station and was used from 1842 until the 1960s.'

Photo by: © Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)

Description: Back of cell door from Great Dunmow Police Station, now at Essex Police Museum

Photo by: © Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)

Description: Close-up of lock on the cell door from Great Dunmow Police Station, now at Essex Police Museum

Photo by: © Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)

Description: View into recreated cell at Essex Police Museum, modelled on cells at Great Dunmow Police Station

Photo by: © Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)

Description: Toilet, in recreated cell at Essex Police Museum, modelled on cells at Great Dunmow Police Station

Photo by: © Essex Police Museum (with kind permission)

SOURCES

    Essex Police Museum, Factfile, Police Stations

  • https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/great-dunmow-former-police-station-used-by-voluntary-groups-is-reopened-after-revamp-1-3792785

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