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Description: | R.Stokes, the last of the old 'Charleys' or night watchmen, predecessors of the 'Peelers'. Seen dressed in a thick overcoat with attached capes, he wears a sword and carries a constable's staff, rattle and a tin and horn lantern. The brick night watchman's box, behind him, was surmounted by a bell and located outside No.160 Brixton Road. | License: | http://www.lambethlandmark.com/terms.html | Subjects: | Working Police Boxes Victorian Police Dress Styles | Temporal: | 1850-01-01T00:00:00/1875-12-31T23:59:00 | Source: | Lambeth Landmark | Creator: | Lambeth Libraries | Identifier: | http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_p... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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