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History of Policing in Lancashire
History of Policing in Lancashire The Early Years The Anglo-Saxons The Saxons brought tribal customs to this country, including their system of Policing , the keeping of order and abiding by laws. The members of each settlement were held responsible for their own conduct and that of their own conduct and that of their families and neighbours. If someone broke the law, he had to reckon with the members of his community. Each householder was therefore a police officer. A community of about ten families was under the control of a senior man called a tythingman. Senior to him in pre-Norman England was a hundredman, as a geographical area occupied by a hundred or so families was called a "hundred". In Lancashire there were six "hundreds" - Lonsdale, Amounderness, Leyland, Blackburn, West Derby and Salford.
History of Policing in Lancashire The Early Years The Anglo -Saxons The Saxons brought tribal customs to this country, including their system of
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