Tagged with Robert Peel
Resource : Metropolitan Police officer
In 1829, the Metropolitan Police – England’s first professional ‘Peelian’ police force – was established. Initially, the force was responsible only for the area within a seven-mile radius of Charing Cross, but this was soon to change, marking a radical new and organised approach to law and order.
Resource : Rebecca and her daughters
In the late 1830s and early 1840s, a series of riots took place in south and mid Wales. Male farmers and labourers – many of them dressed in women’s clothes – rioted in protest against unfair laws and taxes, low wages and toll roads. The rioters called themselves ‘Rebecca’s daughters’ and their actions became known as the Rebecca riots.
