• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • collections@thestorydurham.org
DRO logo

Durham Record Office

Durham County Record Office: the official archive service for County Durham and Darlington

  • About us
    • Projects
    • What we do
    • News
    • Friends of Durham County Record Office (FODCRO)
    • Governance
    • Policies
  • Our records
    • Coal mining and Durham collieries
    • Durham Light Infantry Archives
    • Information guides
    • Maps
    • Picture Gallery
  • Ask us
  • Family history
    • Birth, marriage and death records
    • Census records
    • Parish registers
    • Place names index
    • Nonconformist Church Registers
    • Wills
    • A to Z of other family history sources
  • Learning Zone
    • The Story of Jimmy Durham
    • Crook
    • Durham Market Place
    • Arts Award
  • Exhibitions
    • ‘Almost too horrible for words’ – the liberation of Belsen concentration camp, 1945
    • ‘Marvellous Diggers’ – The 1st Battalion DLI in Korea, 1952-53
    • ‘Adventurers and Pirates’ – Hetton Coal Company, 1820
    • Looking back at Consett Steel Works
  • Shop
    • Apply for quick search
    • Apply for research service
    • Order and pay for copies
    • Fees and charges
    • Publications
  • Search Options
    • Search the catalogue
    • Search Church Registers
    • Search Durham Collieries
    • Search Durham’s Hidden Depths
    • Search place names
    • Search interactive maps
You are here: Home / Search options / Search the catalogue / Catalogue search results / Catalogue

Catalogue

Durham Constabulary

Reference: CCP 13 Catalogue Title: Durham Constabulary Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Newspapers

Covering Dates: 1888-2011

Return to your search results
Related Information
  • Get help understanding and using this data

Catalogue Index

Use Expand image and Expanded image to reveal/hide the structure of the catalogue index (requires Javascript to be enabled in your internet browser options). Click to jump directly to information at a specific level of the catalogue.

  • Durham Constabulary
    • Newspapers (Ref: CCP 13)
    • Newspaper Cuttings (Ref: CCP 13/404-419, 422-432)
    • Police newspapers (Ref: CCP 13/513-521/1-8)
    • Copper Plate: the official newspaper of Durham Constabulary (Ref: CCP 13/546/1-65)

Catalogue Contents

Newspapers (Ref: CCP 13)Newspaper Cuttings (Ref: CCP 13/404-419, 422-432)Ref: CCP 13/404

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 11 December 1964 - 8 January 1969 Endorsed: Book No. 2, property of Det. Insp. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/405

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 20 January 1969 - 19 May 1970 Endorsed: Book No. 3, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/406

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 8 April 1970 - 27 July 1971 Endorsed: Book No. 4, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/407

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 7 August 1971 - 14 April 1972 Endorsed: Book No. 5, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/408

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, most concerning police issues in Durham County, 17 April - 9 August 1972 Endorsed: Book No. 6, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/409

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 9 August - 3 November 1972. Endorsed: Book No. 7, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/410

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 5 November 1972 - 22 February 1973 Endorsed: Book No. 8, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/411

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 26 February - 31 August 1973 Endorsed: Book No. 9, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/412

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 29 August 1973 - 1 March 1974 Endorsed: Book No. 10, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/413

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 8 March - 24 October 1974 Endorsed: Book No. 11, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/414

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 30 October 1974 - 12 March 1975 Endorsed: Book No. 12, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/415

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 12 March 1975 - 14 December 1976 Endorsed: Book No. 13, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/416

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 20 December 1976 - 23 February 1978 Endorsed: Book No. 14, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/417

Press cuttings, mainly from local newspapers, mostly concerning police issues in Durham County, 28 February - 24 October 1978 Endorsed: Book No. 15, property of Chief Supt. L.A. Wright
(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: CCP 13/418

Newspaper cuttings concerning Supt. Henry Webster, giving details of his career in the police force, 3 December 1897
(2 papers, mounted on card)

Ref: CCP 13/419

Newspaper cutting relating to the death of ex-Police Superintendent Phizacklea of 43 Hutton Avenue, West Hartlepool, who joined the Durham County Constabulary on 1 April 1896, and retired on 30 June 1934, n.d., c.1935
(1 card)

Ref: CCP 13/422

Photocopy of a newspaper article concerning the retirement of Detective Inspector Ralph Walter Lee of Jarrow, aged 58, n.d., c. 1960 of Jarrow 1 card)

Ref: CCP 13/423

Newspaper cutting concerning the Police Social Club Annual Ball at the Stockton Police Social and Sports Club, Stockton, with a photograph of the guests, including the Mayor and Mayoress of Stockton, Ald. W. Lillystone and Mrs. V. Broadbent; the Chief Constable of Durham, Lt. Col. T. E. St. Johnston; Chief Superintendent T. Gargate; and Superintendent C. W. Richie, 7 February 1947
(1 paper)

Ref: CCP 13/424

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo, reporting a speech given by Inspector R. W. Simpson to the Durham County Road Safety Committee concerning car-parking in Barnard Castle, 17 September 1968
(1 paper)

Ref: CCP 13/425

Copy of a newspaper cutting from the Sunderland Echo, concerning the retirement of Det. Chief Inspector Harry Scott, n.d. See: CCP 13/318/320
(1 paper, mounted on card)

Ref: CCP 13/426

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Echo, concerning ex-Police Sergeant James Gibbon of Kenilworth, Bishop Auckland, who served in the Durham County Constabulary from 7 November 1927 to 6 November 1957, April 1978
(1 paper, mounted on card)

Ref: CCP 13/427

Newspaper cutting from North Eastern Daily Gazette, depicting a caricature of Superintendent Edward Headen of the Bishop Auckland Division, Vice President of Durham County Constabulary Sports, 2 December 1927
(1 paper, mounted on card)

Ref: CCP 13/428

Cartoon of a darts match between the following individuals: ex-P.C. Walter Shiels, ex- P.C. D. McKay, Martin Scott and Fred Foster, n.d.
(1 card, 39.7 cm. x 31.7 cm.)

Ref: CCP 13/429/1

Cartoon of Durham police sports team including the following: E.V., Harold Thomas, Jim McNab, Fred Foster and Martin Scott, 1935
(1 paper)

Ref: CCP 13/429/2

Newspaper cutting from the Durham Advertiser, with cartoon of Durham police sports, 16 July 1937
(1 paper, mounted on card)

Ref: CCP 13/430/1

Cartoon of a bull fight entitled 'The Toreador' showing ex-constable Walter Shiel as a toreador, against The Durham Ox, and with Fred Foster, Don McKay, and others, as onlookers, n.d.
(1 card, 39.3 cm. x 31.7 cm.)

Ref: CCP 13/430/2

Newspaper cutting entitled 'The Durham "Toreador"' relating to ex-P.C. Walter Dodds Shiell of the Durham City Police Force on being granted the licence of the Gilesgate Inn, n.d., c.1937
(1 paper, mounted on card)

Ref: CCP 13/431

Newspaper cutting and photocopy of a cartoon, which appeared in a local paper, after the Durham County Constabulary Club Sports, 1925 The members of the club are named
(1 paper, mounted on card)

Ref: CCP 13/432

Cartoon, entitled 'Major incident', drawn by 'Seddeg', 1961
(1 card, 35 cm. x 26 cm., coloured)

Police newspapers (Ref: CCP 13/513-521/1-8)Ref: CCP 13/513

The Police Review, 19 June 1936 Endorsed: Sergeant Ogle
(3 papers, printed)

Ref: CCP 13/514

The Police Review, 12 May 1950
(4 papers, printed)

Ref: CCP 13/515

The Police Review, 19 May 1950
(4 papers, printed)

Ref: CCP 13/516

The Police Review, 26 May 1950
(4 papers, printed)

Ref: CCP 13/517/1-6

The Illustrated Police News, Law Courts and Weekly Record containing reports concerning the Whitechapel Murders, 8 & 22 September, 6 & 22 October, 17 November 1888; reprinted by Peter Way Ltd., 55 Conduit Street, London, 1974 Includes: cover to the reprints, 1974
(6 papers, printed)

Ref: CCP 13/518/1-7

Glass transparencies of departmental organisation of the Metropolitan police, as follows: Metropolitan police, list of departments and who reporting to (M1), n.d. 'A' Department (M2), n.d. 'B' Department (M3), n.d. 'C' Department (M4), n.d. 'D' Department (M5), n.d. 'E' Department (M6), n.d. list of officers in 'C' and 'D' Departments, n.d.
(7 glass transparencies, 8.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: CCP 13/519/1-4

Glass transparencies of Oxford County Constabulary departmental organisations, as follows: Oxford County Constabulary, a list of departments, n.d. Administration Department, n.d. Traffic Department, n.d. C.I.D. Department, n.d.
(4 glass transparencies 8.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: CCP 13/520/1-4

Glass transparencies of Cambridge Borough Police departmental organisation, as follows: Cambridge Borough Police, a list of departments, n.d. Adminstration Department, n.d. Accident prevention/C.I.D./Training departments, n.d. Process/traffic/Police Women departments, n.d.
(4 glass transparencies 8.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Ref: CCP 13/521/1-8

Glass transparencies of Sheffield City Constabulary departmental organsiation, as follows: City of Sheffield Constabulary, a list of departments and who reporting to, n.d. Warrant and Prosecutions Department, n.d. Traffic Department, n.d. Charge Office and Information room, n.d. Administrations Department, n.d. Recruiting and Training Department, n.d. Police Women, n.d. Criminal Investigation Department, n.d.
(8 glass transparencies, 8.5 cm. x 8.5 cm., black and white)

Copper Plate: the official newspaper of Durham Constabulary (Ref: CCP 13/546/1-65)Ref: CCP 13/546/1-37

Copper Plate, issues 19-55, December 1999 - December 2005 Issues 20-21, 25 missing
(1 packet)

Ref: CCP 13/546/38-65

Copper Plate, issues 56-83, February 2006 - March 2011 Issues 20-21, 25 missing
(1 packet)



Durham County Council logo Accredited Archive Service logo

The Story
Mount Oswald
South Road
Durham
DH1 3TQ
collections@thestorydurham.org

  • Top of Page |
  • Legal Information | 
  • Accessibility Statement | 
  • Contact Us |

Copyright © 2025 · Developed by Durham County Council