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Petty Sessional
Divisions in the Metropolitan Police District.—in those portions of the
Sessional Divisions which are within the limits of any metropolitan
police-court, the criminal business is taken to the police-court but Petty
Sessions are held for all parochial or other civil business.
BEACONTREE, Essex (K and N divs.), Petty Sessions Room,
adjoining House of Correction, in the parish of Little Ilford, Essex, Saturdays,
at 11 am.
BLACKHEATH DIVISION, Kent (R div.), Green Man Hotel, Blackheath, at appointed times throughout the
year. For civil business only.
BOROUGH OF KINGSTON, Surrey (V div.), the Petty Sessions
for the borough are held every
Wednesday at 10 am, in the Town Hall.
BRENTFORD DIVISION, Middlesex (T and X divs.), Town Hall,
New Brentford, Mondays and Saturdays, at 11 am.
BROMLEY DIVISION, Kent (P and R divs.), 1st and other
Mondays in the month at Bromley, where the principal sittings are held; 3rd
Monday at Chislehurst. The whole of the Petty Sessional Division is within the
metropolitan police district, excepting the parishes of Chelsfield, Cudham, and
Knockholt.
CHESHUNT DIVISION, Herts (Y div.), Session Rooms, St.
Mary’s Hall, Cheshunt, Wednesdays, at 11
am.
CHIPPING BARNET DIVISION Herts (S and Y divs.), Town
Hall, Union-st, Barnet, Mondays, at 11 a.m. Police cases are occasionally taken
from parts of Finchley and Friern Barnet, in the Highgate Division (County of
Middlesex), and Shenley and Tottenidge (County of Herts), to the Chipping Barnet
Petty Sessions. Cases which arise in the districts of Bushey, Aldenham, and a
part of Elstree (County of Herts) are taken to Watford Petty Sessions, without
the limits of the metropolitan district, and beyond the limits of the
metropolitan police district.
CROYDON DIVISION, Wallington Hundred, Surrey (P, V, and W
divs.), Town Hall, Croydon, Saturdays, at 11 am.
DARTFORD DIVISION, Kent (R div.), Court House, Dartford,
alternate Saturdays, at 1 p.m. Pier Hotel, Erith, last Wednesday in month, at 3
p.m. Charges taken in the parishes of East Wickham, Bexley, Crayford, and Erith
are heard at Woolwich Police-court. Summonses are decided at Dartford Petty
Sessions on alternate Saturdays at 1 p.m. Offences under Metropolitan Police
Act, Mr. Beedle’s office, Erith, at 3 p.m., first Wednesday.
EDGWARE DIVISION (Gore Hundred), Middlesex (S and X
divs.), Court-house, Edgware, alternate Wednesdays, at 11 a.m. The greater
portion of the
criminal business from Willesden in the Kensington Division, all the other
parishes of which are in a police-court district, is taken to the Edgware Petty
Sessions, but all the parish business, &c., which must be done in the
division, is transacted at the Vestry Hall, Kensington, at appointed times
throughout the year. The whole of Harrow is in this division for civil business.
EDMONTON HUNDRED, Middlesex (N and Y divs.), County
Court, Edmonton, Mondays, at 11 am. The whole of Enfield is in this division of
civil business.
ENFIELD, Middlesex (Y div.), clerks office, Enfield Town,
Fridays, at 11 am.
EPSOM DIVISION (Copthorne Hundred), Surrey (V and W
divs.), Petty Sessions Court, Epsom, every Monday, at 10.30 a.m.
HAMPSTEAD, Middlesex (S div.), Police-station, Hampstead,
every Wednesday.
HANOVER.SQUARE DIVISION, Middlesex (B and C divs.), Board
Room, Mount-st. For civil
business only.
HIGHGATE OR FINSBURY DIVISION Middlesex (S and Y divs.),
police-station, Highgate, Mondays
at 9.30 am. For police cases only. Police cases which arise in parts of Finchley
and Friern Barnet are occasionally taken before the justices sitting at the
Barnet Petty Sessions.
HIGHGATE OR FINSBURY DIVISION Middlesex (G, N, S andY
divs) Sessions House, Clerkenwell, occasionally on Saturdays, at 10.30 am. For
civil business only.
HOLBORN DIVISION, Middlesex (E, G, and S divs.),
Freemasons’ Tavern, Great Queen-st. For civil business only.
HUNDREDS OF KINGSTON AND ELMIBRIDGE, Surrey (V div.), the
Petty Sessions for the Hundred are held in the Grand Jury Room in
Kingston-upon-Thames, every Thursday, at 11 am.
KENSINGTON DIVISION, Middlesex (B, T, and X divs.),
Vestry Hall, Kensington. For civil business only.
LIBERTY OF THE TOWER OF LONDON (H div.), Court House,
Well-close-square. For civil business only.
MARYLEBONE DIVISION, Middlesex (D, E, and S div.), Court
House, Marylebone-lane. For civil business only.
PADDINGTON DIVISION, Middlesex (D and X divs.), Vestry
Hall, Paddington- green.
For civil business only.
RICHMOND DIVISION, Surrey (V div.), Petty Sessions Court,
Richmond, Wednesdays, at 11
a.m.
ST. JAMES’S DIVISION, Middlesex (C div.), St. James’s
Vestry Hall, Piccadilly. For civil business Only.
ST. MARGARET’S DIVISION, Middlesex (A and B divs.),
Sessions House, Westminster. For civil. business only.
ST. PANCRAS DIVISION Middlesex
(E, G, S, and Y), St. Pancras Vestry Room, Pancras-rd. For civil business only.
Part of this parish is in the Finsbury Division for police cases. Those parts of
the parishes of Hampstead and St. Pancras which are not included in a
police-court district come within this district occasionally.
SOUTH MIMS DIVISION, Middlesex ( S div.),
the ordinary magisterial business of this division is transacted at the County
Court, Chipping Barnet, every Monday, at 11 a.m. Special Sessions for parochial
business are held at appointed times throughout the year at Hart’s Horn Inn,
High-st., Barnet.
SPELTHORNE DIVISION or HUNDRED Middlesex
(T div.), White Lion, Staines; Red Lion
Inn, Hampton; and Running Horse, Sunbury-common,
alternate Mondays, at 12 a.m.
STRAND DIVISION, Middlesex (E div.), Vestry Rooms, St.
Martin’s-in-the-fields. For civil business only.
TOWER DIVISION, Middlesex (G, H, K, and N divs.), County
Court, Great Prescot-st, Whitechapel, E. For civil business only.
UXBRIDGE DIVISION (Elthorne Hundred), Middlesex (T and X
divs.), Public Rooms, Uxbridge, Mondays, at 11 a.m.
WALTHAM ABBEY DIVISION (Epping Hundred), Essex (N andY
divs.), County Court, Waltham Abbey, Tuesdays, at 10.30 a.m.
WANDSWORTH DIVISION, Surrey (V div.), County Court House,
Wandsworth, specially, at appointed times throughout the year. For civil business
only.
Charles Dickens (Jr.), Dickens's Dictionary of London, 1879