http://www.lowewood.com Your guide to local history, news and events in East Hertfordshire Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:34:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/law-and-order http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/law-and-order#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:12:20 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?p=187 The story of law and order as we know it didn’t really start in our area until 1839 when the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829, introduced by Robert Peel (who was Home Secretary at the time), was extended. The area to be covered by the Metropolitan Police “to be within 15 miles of Charing Cross” which [...]]]> http://www.lowewood.com/goffsoak/law-and-order/feed 0 http://www.lowewood.com/goffs-oakonline http://www.lowewood.com/goffs-oakonline#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:39:30 +0000 admin http://www.lowewoodmuseum.org.uk/?page_id=49 http://www.lowewood.com/goffs-oakonline/feed 0