Sussex Police Authority

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1836-2012
Places:	Sussex
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (local) > Police authorities and forces
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C29002 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O43590 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1836-1969: East Sussex, Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings Constabularies: headquarters,divisional and personal records	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	SPA	NRA 32894 Sussex Police
2	West Sussex records	West Sussex Record Office	POL
3	1856-1977: East Sussex station records	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	SPS	NRA 32894 Sussex Police
4	1858-1986: records incl reports and station plans	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	A6310-6312, 6350,6383, 6492	See Annual Return 1994
5	c1839-1979: additional records, incl disciplinary records and photographs of detective training courses	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	Acc 8987, 9017, 9035, 9036, 9072	See Annual Return 2004
6	1857-1921: Hove Constabulary: copies of corresp and reports (originals destroyed)	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ACC 6572	See Annual Return 1995
7	1847-1967: constables' journals, discipline books	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	A6793, 6894, 6945, 6983, 6990	See Annual Report 1996/7
8	20th cent: Bognor division records incl crime registers and beat books	West Sussex Record Office	Acc 16359	See Annual Return 2011
9	1940-2004: additional photographs and papers	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ACC 9135	See Annual Return 2005
10	c1940-69: photographs, Fletching police house daily occurrence book (1940-45)	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ACC 9396, ACC 9397	See Annual Return 2006
11	1940-71: Plumpton production record book and occurrence book	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	9635	See Annual Return 2007
12	1950s-1960s: Battle Police Station charge books	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ACC 11695
13	1950-95: additional records incl charge and cell registers for Lewes Police Station	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	10601	See Annual Return 2010
14	1951-1967: East Sussex Constabulary: Bexhill division inspectors conferences minutes, Hailsham division circulars	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	A7827	See Annual Report 1998/9
15	1963-2011: orders, manuals and register of non-indictable offences	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ACC 11311
16	1964-2006: Chief Executives' papers rel to police forces merger debate	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ACC 10056	See Annual Return 2008
17	1972-2012: additional minutes	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ACC 12122	See Annual Return 2015
18	c1960-1980: Brighton Police Museum photographs	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ACC 12171	See Annual Return 2015
19	2019: scans of Second World War aircraft crash site cards	West Sussex Record Office	19929	See Annual Return 2020
20	c1980-1990: Papers	West Sussex Record Office	19974	See Annual Return 2021
21	1881-1890: Uckfield Police Station log book	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	14045	See Annual Return 2022