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Do you know anything about the Bow Street Runners from the top of your head?

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Do you know anything about the Bow Street Runners from the top of your head?

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  1. They were the first Police force in London. (Possibly started by Robert Peel, not too sure about  this bit)


  2. If I remember rightly, they were a police force started by Henry Fielding...

  3. Early London police force - that's what immediately comes to mind.

  4. The Bow Street Runners have been called London's first professional police force. They were founded in 1749 by the author Henry Fielding and originally numbered just eight.

  5. Yeah they were the first Police of London

  6. They were set up by the blind brother of the author of Tom Jones
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