Police in Kent - Alfred Hollands

[CambsBurgess]

Alfred Hollands was born in 1849, Higham, Kent. On the 1871 Census he's working as a Police Constable and living in Minster Police Station. By 1881 he's married Eliza Barnes and they're now living in Knockholt. By 1891 they've moved back to Minster and he's now Sargent. In 1901 he's made it up to Superintendent in Sandgate.

What I'm really asking is are there any other sources I could be looking at concerning the police in Kent? He seems to jump around the county rather, but with him making it up to Super I would have thought there are some records somewhere about him.

[casalguidi]

The Kent Police museum gives a little history of the Kent Police Force http://www.kent-police-museum.co.uk/core_pages/history.shtml and the research page there says that there are some records at the Centre for Kentish Studies at Maidstone but they are patchy.

It might be worth looking through the photos on the above site if you haven't done already too.

There is an Alfred HOLLANDS death registration September quarter 1926 Elham district age 77 ref. 2a 1142 - could this be him?

If so, Alfred HOLLANDS of 47 St Leonards Road, Hythe, Kent died 22 Aug 1926 with administration of effects going to Eliza HOLLANDS widow £493.

An obituary might be interesting.  Folkestone library hold the local newspapers for the time.  I'm not sure if the Hythe Reporter was still in production then but, if not, there are always the Folkestone newspapers of which there were several.  They will do a lookup (up to 20 minutes) for free http://www.kent.gov.uk/KCC.Libraries.Web.Sites.Public/LibraryDetails.aspx?aid=0&lid=32

At that time some people were still being buried in Hythe and Saltwood churchyards otherwise the records for the local borough cemeteries are with Shepway District Council - the likely ones at that date if he was buried in a local council cemetery would be Spring Lane in Seabrook or Cheriton Road in Folkestone http://www.shepway.gov.uk/content/view/2077/30/

Eliza HOLLANDS widow of 47 St Leonard's Rd, Hythe died 12 Feb 1833.  Probate to Arthur Harry HOLLANDS fruiterer £137

We'd be interested to hear how you get on.

Casalguidi

[mrs.tenacious]

Many thanks, casalguidi, for the Kent Police Museum website link.

Censuses from 1891 to 1911 show my gg uncle as a Police Constable, then Sergeant for KCC, and I've emailed them in the hope of further information on him. It's a very interesting site - don't know why I hadn't found it before.

Mrs. T.

[mrs.tenacious]

Just a postscript....

Got a fantastic reply from the Curator - apparently my ggUncle's service records are available to view at the Centre for Kentish Studies in Maidstone (just down the road from me) - and she even attached a full list of the various books I would find these records in, in order to save me time in asking for them!

How about that for service - am so excited for my next visit 
What a great site.

Thanks again casalguidi 

Mrs. T.