462:
188:
454:
278:
22:
293:
The chief magistrate has a large addition to his salary, in lieu of the fees taken at the office, which were formerly appropriated to his emolument, but are now carried to the public account. He also has £500 a year (equivalent to £59,453 in 2023) for the superintendence of the horse patrol. All
149:
The early 19th century saw a dramatic increase in number and scope of the police based at Bow Street with the 1805 formation of the Bow Street Horse
Patrole, which covered to the edge of London and was the first uniformed police unit in Britain, and in 1821 the Dismounted Horse Patrole which covered
496:
The final case heard in the court was that of Jason John Handy, a 33-year-old alcoholic-vagrant who was accused of breaching his anti-social behaviour order. Other cases on the last day included beggars, shoplifters, illegal minicab drivers and a terrorist hearing - the first of its kind—in which a
130:
consumption and resultant crime was at its height. There were eight licensed premises in the street and
Fielding reported that every fourth house in Covent Garden was a gin shop. In 1749, in response to calls to find an effective means to tackle increasing crime and disorder, Fielding brought
318:
In its later years, the court housed the office of the Senior
District Judge (Magistrates' Courts), who heard high-profile matters, such as extradition cases or those involving eminent public figures. Many famous accused people appeared in the court, often before
512:
for a hotel and police museum, while maintaining the facade of the old court building. In
October 2016 the site was sold on again, to the UK arm of Qatari investment firm BTC, who used the existing planning permission. A 91-room hotel, run by the New York based
945:
142:(known as the "Blind Beak of Bow Street"), succeeded his brother as magistrate in 1754 and refined the patrol into the first truly effective police force for the capital. Among those tried at the court was
131:
together eight reliable constables, known as "Mr
Fielding's People", who soon gained a reputation for honesty and efficiency in their pursuit of criminals. The constables came to be known as the
70:, the last of which opened in 1881 and incorporated the police station previously on another site on the street. It closed in 2006 and its work moved to a set of four magistrates' courts:
473:
of the building meant that it was not economic to update it to modern standards. It was accordingly considered for closure, enabling better use of a building that faces the front of the
1007:
958:
1002:
258:
began in 1878 and was completed in 1881—the date 1879 in the stonework above the door of the present building is when it had been hoped that work would finish.
289:
published that the establishment, still called generally a
Magistrates' House, consisted of "three magistrates, each attending two days in a week". He added:
254:
for a new combined magistrates' court and police station at an annual rent of £100. Work on the current building to a design by the Office of Works' surveyor
1027:
497:
terror suspect was accused of breaching his control order. The final day was heavily attended by members of the press. The court's remaining cases moved to
893:
868:
795:
251:
154:
station was also established at numbers 25 and 27 soon after the force was established in 1829. Officers were sent from there to police the
1017:
509:
498:
83:
79:
48:
39:
205:
An Act to authorise the acquisition of a Site in Bow Street for the erection of a new Police Court and Police
Station and offices.
1012:
1032:
822:
573:
210:
702:
247:
485:, and in 2004 the court was put up for sale by its joint owners, the Greater London Magistrates' Courts Authority and the
1022:
997:
394:
502:
71:
192:
438:
796:"Appointment of construction manager for conversion of Bow Street Magistrates Court into luxury Boutique Hotel"
238:
486:
799:
482:
430:
747:
442:
920:
541:
461:
434:
853:
518:
478:
94:
255:
624:
501:
which itself closed in 2011, when its work moved to the old
Marylebone Court House and renamed
200:
667:
406:
366:
295:
155:
8:
578:
489:. In July 2005 the site was bought by property developer Gerry Barrett to convert into a
320:
151:
123:
718:
645:
418:
362:
346:
132:
26:
698:
474:
271:
546:
376:
371:
286:
259:
215:
143:
75:
823:"Neri & Hu to redevelop Bow Street Magistrates Court in Covent Garden, London"
774:
950:
470:
453:
426:
331:
centres, or when being held on extradition or terrorism charges. These included:
90:
21:
490:
410:
336:
119:
111:
63:
991:
973:
960:
869:"Bow Street Magistrates Court snapped up by Qatari investor for luxury hotel"
414:
413:. Notable prisoners brought into its cells immediately after arrest included
401:
reported an assault there in 1892 and the station was threatened in the 1939
351:
267:
139:
67:
752:
422:
263:
262:'s listing entry describes the architectural style as "dignified, eclectic
228:
118:
in his home at number 4. De Veil was succeeded by novelist and playwright
894:"Forbes, 15 January 2019, New London Luxury Hotels To Check Into In 2019"
508:
In 2008 the Bow Street site was sold to
Austrian developers who obtained
398:
381:
328:
110:
The first court at Bow Street was established in 1740, when
Colonel Sir
840:
357:
341:
324:
115:
59:
25:
19th-century depiction of Bow Street Magistrates' Court, to which the
630:
514:
299:
277:
93:, - the court areas now form a hotel and the station part houses the
58:
Over the court's 266-year existence it occupied various buildings on
693:
Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher; Keay, Julia; Keay, John (2008).
779:
723:
649:
574:"London's most famous courtroom is now the capital's hottest hotel"
52:
898:
793:
402:
303:
719:"London's Bow Street Police Station to be turned into museum"
311:
307:
1008:
Former buildings and structures in the City of Westminster
542:"Bow Street Magistrates' Court and Police Station listing"
477:. The police station closed in 1992, its area and that of
405:
terrorist campaign. Police from the station clashed with
127:
82:. The senior magistrate at Bow Street until 2000 was the
598:
596:
517:, opened in May 2021, as did a public restaurant and a
692:
1003:
Grade II listed buildings in the City of Westminster
854:"Neri & Hu - Bow Street Police Museum and Hotel"
593:
294:
the magistrates belonging to this office are in the
250:
let a site on the eastern side of Bow Street to the
623:
393:Meanwhile, the police station was highly active.
989:
122:in 1747. He was appointed a magistrate for the
748:"Infamous Bow Street bows out after 271 years"
252:Commissioners of HM Works and Public Buildings
839:Neri & Hu architects are Lyndon Neri and
481:merging to form the area covered by the new
16:Former magistrates' court in London, England
571:
567:
565:
665:
536:
534:
493:, and the court closed on 14 July 2006.
84:Chief Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate
1028:Magistrates' courts in England and Wales
794:RISE Management Consulting news (2021).
745:
661:
659:
460:
452:
276:
20:
618:
616:
614:
562:
425:, whilst noted officers there included
175:Bow Street Police Court (Site) Act 1876
126:in 1748, at a time when the problem of
990:
531:
388:
80:City of Westminster Magistrates' Court
866:
656:
625:"Bow Street hits the end of the road"
602:
395:Officers there went on strike in 1890
239:Text of statute as originally enacted
611:
161:
867:Curry, Rhiannon (31 October 2016).
47:each became one of the most famous
13:
921:"NoMad London to open in December"
674:. Institute of Historical Research
646:"Judge laments Bow Street closure"
499:Horseferry Road Magistrates' Court
114:, a Westminster justice, sat as a
14:
1044:
1018:2006 disestablishments in England
939:
746:Campbell, Duncan (15 July 2006).
572:O’Flaherty, Mark (28 May 2021).
193:Parliament of the United Kingdom
186:
913:
886:
860:
846:
815:
787:
767:
519:museum of London police history
448:
323:at the Central Criminal Court,
138:Fielding's blind half-brother,
1013:1740 establishments in England
739:
711:
686:
638:
503:Westminster Magistrates' Court
1:
1033:Former courthouses in England
697:. Pan MacMillan. p. 86.
524:
487:Metropolitan Police Authority
407:Commonwealth soldiers in 1919
34:Bow Street Magistrates' Court
672:Old and New London: Volume 3
668:"Covent Garden: Part 3 of 3"
483:Charing Cross Police Station
105:
66:, immediately north-east of
7:
465:Redevelopment, October 2018
10:
1049:
812:(Access date 13 June 2021)
666:Thornbury, Walter (1878).
605:London in the 19th Century
168:United Kingdom legislation
100:
78:, Highbury Corner and the
1023:Court buildings in London
998:Legal buildings in London
437:and future commissioners
237:
227:
222:
209:
199:
185:
180:
173:
951:Bow Street Police Museum
411:striking workers in 1931
95:Bow Street Police Museum
827:World Architecture News
695:The London Encyclopedia
607:. Vintage. p. 383.
296:Commission of the Peace
270:details, rather in the
51:and police stations in
466:
458:
316:
282:
30:
775:"Bow Street bows out"
603:White, Jerry (2007).
464:
456:
291:
280:
24:
974:51.51361°N 0.12250°W
367:Christabel Pankhurst
298:for the Counties of
156:Coldbath Fields riot
970: /
873:The Daily Telegraph
579:The Daily Telegraph
510:planning permission
389:1876-1992 - Station
321:committal for trial
266:with some slightly
248:the Duke of Bedford
152:Metropolitan Police
124:City of Westminster
49:magistrates' courts
979:51.51361; -0.12250
727:. 18 December 2020
467:
459:
419:Cunninghame Graham
347:Abu Hamza al-Masri
285:In 1878 gazetteer
283:
150:suburban areas. A
133:Bow Street Runners
45:and Police Station
31:
27:Bow Street Runners
704:978-1-4050-4924-5
475:Royal Opera House
457:The court in 2006
281:The Court in 1895
244:
243:
216:39 & 40 Vict.
181:Act of Parliament
162:1876-1991 - Court
140:Sir John Fielding
1040:
985:
984:
982:
981:
980:
975:
971:
968:
967:
966:
963:
933:
932:
930:
928:
917:
911:
910:
908:
906:
890:
884:
883:
881:
879:
864:
858:
857:
850:
844:
838:
836:
834:
819:
813:
811:
809:
807:
798:. Archived from
791:
785:
784:
771:
765:
764:
762:
760:
743:
737:
736:
734:
732:
715:
709:
708:
690:
684:
683:
681:
679:
663:
654:
653:
642:
636:
635:
627:
620:
609:
608:
600:
591:
590:
588:
586:
569:
560:
559:
557:
555:
547:Historic England
538:
377:John Cyril Porte
372:General Pinochet
287:Walter Thornbury
260:Historic England
190:
189:
176:
171:
170:
144:Giacomo Casanova
89:The building is
76:Camberwell Green
1048:
1047:
1043:
1042:
1041:
1039:
1038:
1037:
988:
987:
978:
976:
972:
969:
964:
961:
959:
957:
956:
946:Map: Bow Street
942:
937:
936:
926:
924:
919:
918:
914:
904:
902:
892:
891:
887:
877:
875:
865:
861:
852:
851:
847:
832:
830:
821:
820:
816:
805:
803:
792:
788:
783:. 12 July 2006.
773:
772:
768:
758:
756:
744:
740:
730:
728:
717:
716:
712:
705:
691:
687:
677:
675:
664:
657:
652:. 11 July 2006.
644:
643:
639:
634:. 31 July 2005.
622:
621:
612:
601:
594:
584:
582:
570:
563:
553:
551:
540:
539:
532:
527:
451:
435:Yvonne Fletcher
427:Norwell Roberts
391:
386:
256:Sir John Taylor
195:
187:
174:
169:
164:
108:
103:
91:grade II listed
17:
12:
11:
5:
1046:
1036:
1035:
1030:
1025:
1020:
1015:
1010:
1005:
1000:
954:
953:
948:
941:
940:External links
938:
935:
934:
912:
885:
859:
845:
814:
786:
766:
738:
710:
703:
685:
655:
637:
610:
592:
561:
550:. 30 July 2001
529:
528:
526:
523:
491:boutique hotel
450:
447:
439:Joseph Simpson
390:
387:
385:
384:
379:
374:
369:
360:
354:
349:
344:
339:
337:Roger Casement
333:
242:
241:
235:
234:
233:15 August 1876
231:
225:
224:
220:
219:
213:
207:
206:
203:
197:
196:
191:
183:
182:
178:
177:
167:
163:
160:
120:Henry Fielding
112:Thomas de Veil
107:
104:
102:
99:
64:Central London
29:were attached.
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1045:
1034:
1031:
1029:
1026:
1024:
1021:
1019:
1016:
1014:
1011:
1009:
1006:
1004:
1001:
999:
996:
995:
993:
986:
983:
952:
949:
947:
944:
943:
923:. 8 July 2020
922:
916:
901:
900:
895:
889:
874:
870:
863:
855:
849:
842:
829:. 3 June 2011
828:
824:
818:
802:on 6 May 2015
801:
797:
790:
782:
781:
776:
770:
755:
754:
749:
742:
726:
725:
720:
714:
706:
700:
696:
689:
673:
669:
662:
660:
651:
647:
641:
633:
632:
626:
619:
617:
615:
606:
599:
597:
581:
580:
575:
568:
566:
549:
548:
543:
537:
535:
530:
522:
520:
516:
511:
506:
504:
500:
494:
492:
488:
484:
480:
476:
472:
471:listed status
463:
455:
446:
444:
440:
436:
432:
431:Robert Holmes
428:
424:
420:
416:
415:Clara Lambert
412:
408:
404:
400:
396:
383:
380:
378:
375:
373:
370:
368:
364:
361:
359:
355:
353:
352:William Joyce
350:
348:
345:
343:
340:
338:
335:
334:
332:
330:
326:
322:
315:
313:
309:
305:
301:
297:
290:
288:
279:
275:
273:
269:
265:
261:
257:
253:
249:
240:
236:
232:
230:
226:
221:
217:
214:
212:
208:
204:
202:
198:
194:
184:
179:
172:
166:
159:
157:
153:
147:
145:
141:
136:
134:
129:
125:
121:
117:
113:
98:
96:
92:
87:
85:
81:
77:
73:
69:
68:Covent Garden
65:
61:
56:
54:
50:
46:
42:
41:
35:
28:
23:
19:
955:
925:. Retrieved
915:
903:. Retrieved
897:
888:
876:. Retrieved
872:
862:
848:
831:. Retrieved
826:
817:
804:. Retrieved
800:the original
789:
778:
769:
757:. Retrieved
753:The Guardian
751:
741:
729:. Retrieved
722:
713:
694:
688:
676:. Retrieved
671:
640:
629:
604:
583:. Retrieved
577:
552:. Retrieved
545:
507:
495:
468:
449:1992-present
443:Peter Imbert
423:Bruno Manser
392:
327:or at other
317:
292:
284:
264:Graeco-Roman
245:
229:Royal assent
218:c. ccxxxviii
165:
148:
137:
109:
88:
57:
44:
40:Police Court
37:
33:
32:
18:
977: /
515:NoMad chain
399:Marie Lloyd
382:Oscar Wilde
329:Crown Court
272:Pennethorne
268:Vanbrughian
72:Westminster
38:Bow Street
992:Categories
962:51°30′49″N
841:Rossana Hu
678:31 October
525:References
358:Kray twins
342:Dr Crippen
325:Old Bailey
201:Long title
116:magistrate
60:Bow Street
36:(formerly
965:0°07′21″W
927:13 August
631:The Times
479:Canon Row
300:Middlesex
274:manner."
158:in 1833.
106:1740-1875
905:20 March
780:BBC News
724:BBC News
650:BBC News
363:Emmeline
246:In 1876
211:Citation
759:15 June
731:14 June
585:13 June
554:14 June
421:MP and
101:History
53:England
899:Forbes
878:2 July
833:2 July
701:
403:S-Plan
310:, and
304:Surrey
806:5 May
312:Essex
223:Dates
929:2020
907:2019
880:2018
835:2018
808:2015
761:2021
733:2021
699:ISBN
680:2014
587:2021
556:2021
469:The
441:and
409:and
365:and
356:The
308:Kent
135:.
128:gin
62:in
55:.
994::
896:.
871:.
825:.
777:.
750:.
721:.
670:.
658:^
648:.
628:.
613:^
595:^
576:.
564:^
544:.
533:^
521:.
505:.
445:.
433:,
429:,
417:,
397:,
306:,
302:,
146:.
97:.
86:.
74:,
43:)
931:.
909:.
882:.
856:.
843:.
837:.
810:.
763:.
735:.
707:.
682:.
589:.
558:.
314:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
