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'''Arbour Square police station''' was a police station at [[Arbour Square]], [[Stepney]], on the junction of East Arbour and Aylward Street. Built alongside it in the 1970's was [[Thames Magistrates Court]]. |
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'''Arbour Square police station''' was located in [[Stepney]], London. Built in the 1840s by the [[Metropolitan Police]], it became known for holding [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] members and the [[Kray Twins]]. It was closed down in 1999 and [[squatted]] twice before being redeveloped into apartments. |
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== History == |
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Arbour Square was opened in 1923. It was built as the headquarters of 'H' division of the [[Metropolitan Police Service]], station-code 'HD' (the letter D depicting it to be a divisional headquarters) covering the [[Metropolitan Borough of Stepney]]. |
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The site on the corner of Aylward Street and East Arbour Street near [[Arbour Square]] in [[Stepney]] was rented by the [[Metropolitan Police]] from the [[Worshipful Company of Mercers]] in 1841. A three storey redbrick police station was built, with a court beside it which became [[Thames Magistrates Court]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s4422/Arbour%20Square%20Police%20Station.pdf| title = Planning Applications for Decision and Conservation area consent. | access-date = 2021-11-18| archive-date = 2021-11-18| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211118204659/https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s4422/Arbour%20Square%20Police%20Station.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Sanderson">{{cite book |last1=SANDERSON |first1=EILEEN |title=LONDON POLICE STATIONS. |date=2020 |publisher=AMBERLEY Publishing |isbn=978-1398100169}}</ref> The land was bought in 1888 for £7,500.<ref name="Bell">{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Neil R. A. |title=Capturing Jack the Ripper |date=2014 |location=Stroud, Gloucestershire [England] |isbn=9781445621685}}</ref> The station was upgraded in the 1920s and then sustained wartime damage in 1944 from a [[V-1 flying bomb]].<ref name="Sanderson" /> It became the divisional headquarters of H division in 1947, taking over from Leman Street.<ref name="Survey">{{cite web |title=Survey of London: Leman Street Police Station, 74 Leman Street |url=https://surveyoflondon.org/map/feature/73/detail/ |website=surveyoflondon.org}}</ref> |
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It suffered bomb damage during [[The Blitz|the blitz]] in 1944<ref> London Police Stations by Eileen Sanderson</ref> |
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When the Social Democratic Federation held a rally in 1885, eight people were arrested and taken to Arbour Square. At the court case the next day, [[William Morris]] was arrested and charged with assaulting the police.<ref name="Morris">{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=William |title=The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume II, Part B: 1885-1888 |date=14 July 2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-5893-4 |page=456 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zfv_AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA456 |language=en}}</ref> In the 20th-century, the station became known for holding [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] members and the [[Kray Twins]] in its custody block.<ref name="MLR" /> The building was deemed surplus to requirements in 1999, and was left derelict before being [[squatted]] in 2004.<ref name="MLR">{{cite journal |last1=Cobb |first1=Neil |last2=O'Mahony |first2=Lorna Fox |title=Taxonomies of Squatting: Unlawful Occupation in a New Legal Order |journal=The Modern Law Review |date=2008 |volume=71 |issue=6 |pages=878–911 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00721.x |jstor=25151250 |s2cid=28777029 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151250}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Sean |last=O’Neill |author2=Nicola Woolcock |title=Squatters find police station is good home without any charges |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article413446.ece |work=Times Online |publisher=News International Group |date=2005-01-17 |accessdate=2008-04-06 |location=London |archive-date=2021-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213010238/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After the squatters were evicted in 2005, it remained empty until 2011 when it was again squatted.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/squatters-take-over-former-police-station-7165819.html| title = Squatters take over former police station| work =Evening Standard| date = 13 April 2012| access-date = 18 November 2021| archive-date = 18 November 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211118204657/https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/squatters-take-over-former-police-station-7165819.html| url-status = live}}</ref> The station has now been redeveloped into residential apartments.<ref name="Sanderson" /> |
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On Leman Street Police Station opening in 1970 and being designated as divisional headquarters, it was redesignated 'HA'. |
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Following the opening of Bethnal Green Police Station in 1993 (and the subsequent alignment of MPS police divisions to local authority boundaries, leading to many divisions merging), the front desk closed in 1999<ref>https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s4422/Arbour%20Square%20Police%20Station.pdf</ref>. The Court also closed, with high-profile cases being heard at [[Woolwich Crown Court]] instead. Famed for housing [[IRA]] terrorists and the [[Kray Twins]] in its custody block, it was disposed of by the Metropolitan Police in 2003 and subsequently squatted and vandalised before being sold to a private developer in 2012 <ref>{{cite news |first=Sean |last=O’Neill |author2=Nicola Woolcock |title=Squatters find police station is good home without any charges |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article413446.ece |work=Times Online |publisher=News International Group |date=2005-01-17 |accessdate=2008-04-06 | location=London}}</ref> |
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<ref>https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/squatters-take-over-former-police-station-7165819.html</ref>. |
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Latest revision as of 04:25, 15 September 2023
Arbour Square police station was located in Stepney, London. Built in the 1840s by the Metropolitan Police, it became known for holding IRA members and the Kray Twins. It was closed down in 1999 and squatted twice before being redeveloped into apartments.
History[edit]
The site on the corner of Aylward Street and East Arbour Street near Arbour Square in Stepney was rented by the Metropolitan Police from the Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1841. A three storey redbrick police station was built, with a court beside it which became Thames Magistrates Court.[1][2] The land was bought in 1888 for £7,500.[3] The station was upgraded in the 1920s and then sustained wartime damage in 1944 from a V-1 flying bomb.[2] It became the divisional headquarters of H division in 1947, taking over from Leman Street.[4]
When the Social Democratic Federation held a rally in 1885, eight people were arrested and taken to Arbour Square. At the court case the next day, William Morris was arrested and charged with assaulting the police.[5] In the 20th-century, the station became known for holding IRA members and the Kray Twins in its custody block.[6] The building was deemed surplus to requirements in 1999, and was left derelict before being squatted in 2004.[6][7] After the squatters were evicted in 2005, it remained empty until 2011 when it was again squatted.[8] The station has now been redeveloped into residential apartments.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Planning Applications for Decision and Conservation area consent" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c SANDERSON, EILEEN (2020). LONDON POLICE STATIONS. AMBERLEY Publishing. ISBN 978-1398100169.
- ^ Bell, Neil R. A. (2014). Capturing Jack the Ripper. Stroud, Gloucestershire [England]. ISBN 9781445621685.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Survey of London: Leman Street Police Station, 74 Leman Street". surveyoflondon.org.
- ^ Morris, William (14 July 2014). The Collected Letters of William Morris, Volume II, Part B: 1885-1888. Princeton University Press. p. 456. ISBN 978-1-4008-5893-4.
- ^ a b Cobb, Neil; O'Mahony, Lorna Fox (2008). "Taxonomies of Squatting: Unlawful Occupation in a New Legal Order". The Modern Law Review. 71 (6): 878–911. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00721.x. JSTOR 25151250. S2CID 28777029.
- ^ O’Neill, Sean; Nicola Woolcock (17 January 2005). "Squatters find police station is good home without any charges". Times Online. London: News International Group. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
- ^ "Squatters take over former police station". Evening Standard. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.