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The old baby farmer, the wretched Miss Dyer At the Old Bailey her wages is paid. In times long ago, we'd 'a' made a big fy-er And roasted so nicely that wicked old jade. [13] Adoption laws were subsequently made stricter, giving local authorities the power to police baby farms in the hope of stamping out abuse.
An advertisement that baby farmers John and Sarah Makin AKA The Hatpin Murderers responded to (from the Evening News 27 April 1892). The use of foster care in 18th-century Britain by middle-class parents was described by Claire Tomalin in her biography of Jane Austen, who was fostered in the 1760s in this manner, as were all her siblings, from when they were a few months old until they were ...
Berkshire Constabulary was merged with four other adjacent police forces in 1968 to form the Thames Valley Constabulary, later known as Thames Valley Police. Formed in 1856, the Constabulary was headquartered near Forbury Gardens in Reading , until it moved in 1952 to Sulhamstead House (then called the "White House"), purchased by the Berkshire ...
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Thames Valley Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the Thames Valley region, covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in South East England. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is the largest non-metropolitan police force in England and Wales , covering 2,218 square miles (5,740 km 2 ) and a population of 2.42 ...
Oxford City Police was the police force of the City of Oxford, England.It policed the city from 1 January 1869 until 31 March 1968. It was established to succeed a "watch and ward" force that had been founded in 1835. On 1 April 1968 it and four other forces merged to form the Thames Valley Constabulary, wh
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Police was a BBC Television documentary television series about Thames Valley Police, first broadcast in twelve episodes from 4 January to 22 March 1982. Produced by Roger Graef and directed by Charles Stewart, it won the BAFTA award for best factual series.