Oxfordshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Oxfordshire, England, excluding the city of Oxford itself, from 1857 until 1968.
History Oxfordshire Constabulary was established in 1857. It absorbed Chipping Norton Borough Police and Henley Borough Police immediately. Banbury Borough Police was also amalgamated into the force 69 years later in 1925. In 1965 it had an establishment of 423 and an actual strength of 297.The Thin Blue Line, Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965
On 1 April 1968 Oxfordshire Constabulary was amalgamated with Buckinghamshire Constabulary, Berkshire Constabulary, Oxford City Police and Reading Borough Police to form Thames Valley Constabulary.
Chief Constables 1857–1888: Captain "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Jackson's Oxford Journal, 8 Sept. 1894. British Library Newspapers, https://link-gale-com.rp.nla.gov.au/apps/doc/Y3202714737/GDCS?u=nla&sid=GDCS&xid=29c7e25a. Accessed 30 Nov. 2019. 1888–1917: Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Edward Alexander Holmes à Court (died 1923) 1917-1920: Major Douglas Roberts (died 1920)"News in Brief." Times, 9 Aug. 1917, p. 3. The Times Digital Archive, https://link-gale-com.rp.nla.gov.au/apps/doc/CS51317001/GDCS?u=nla&sid=GDCS&xid=ca1326eb. Accessed 2 Dec. 2019."News in Brief." Times, 13 Dec. 1920, p. 9. The Times Digital Archive, https://link-gale-com.rp.nla.gov.au/apps/doc/CS153423757/GDCS?u=nla&sid=GDCS&xid=acd8657d. Accessed 2 Dec. 2019. 1921–1940: Captain Ernest Kennaway Arbuthnot 1940–1944: Colonel Sir Eric St Johnston (afterwards Chief Constable of Durham, 1944–50) 1945–1954: Lt.-Col. Herman Rutherford (afterwards Chief Constable of Lincolnshire, 1954–56)"Naval Appointments." Times, 1 Apr. 1954, p. 8. The Times Digital Archive, https://link-gale-com.rp.nla.gov.au/apps/doc/CS135746177/GDCS?u=nla&sid=GDCS&xid=0a3c420f. Accessed 2 Dec. 2019. 1954-1964: James Edward Bailey (died 1964)Daily Telegraph Reporter. "Oxfordshire Police Chief Dies at 58." Daily Telegraph, 12 May 1964, p. 17. The Telegraph Historical Archive, https://link-gale-com.rp.nla.gov.au/apps/doc/IO0706235428/GDCS?u=nla&sid=GDCS&xid=6394776c. Accessed 2 Dec. 2019. 1964-68: David Holdsworth (previously Chief Constable of Wiltshire Constabulary) (afterwards Deputy Chief Constable of Thames Valley Constabulary) 1968 : Merged with other forces to form Thames Valley Police
See also List of defunct law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom
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