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The Manchester City Police (also known as the Metropolitan Manchester City Police and from 1842 to 1853 the Manchester Borough Police [1] ) was, from the early 19th century until 1968, the territorial police force of the city of Manchester, in northern England.

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Under the provisions of the Police Act 1964, Manchester City Police merged with the Salford City Police to create the Manchester and Salford Police.

Charge-books of the Manchester Division of the Lancashire County Constabulary 1842 to 1854, and summons-books 1847 to 1862, are held in the Lancashire Record Office. [2]

Sir Robert Peacock was Chief Constable of Manchester from 1898 to 1926. [3]

In 1927, Manchester City Police were the first force in the UK to employ a female police surgeon when they appointed Nesta Wells. [4]

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  1. Manchester obtained city status in the United Kingdom in 1853
  2. Frangopulo, N. J., ed. (1962) Rich Inheritance. Manchester: Education Committee; p. 276
  3. Sir Robert Peacock
  4. "Wells [née Perry], Nesta Helen". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/58141.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)