X William PARRATTDear Angela,Thank you for your nicely worded request forinformation concerning William you would besurprised how many enquires we get from people whonever say please or thank you, but first I have topoint out a few things. Sadly we do not have aphotograph as I said it is basically that Williamwas a member of the Stockport Borough Police, thisforce being totally independent it being formed in1870. It remained independent from this date until1967 and only then did it become part of theCheshire Constabulary. Police Officer records fromStockport are indeed scarce to say the least, infact there is only one volume heldThe Cheshire Constabulary was formed in April1857; there are many thousands of records, theseare held by the Cheshire Record Office, Chester.As a retired Police officer and voluntary PoliceMuseum Researcher I am slowly extracting theserecords. Stockport Borough Police Enrolmentrecords are held under CJP20/10/4 and this volumeonly runs between 1890 and 1931.I say all this because I want to try and reassureyou that what I give you is as it appears in therespective volume. However if you so wish, you canof course have the records confirmed by theChester Records Office Archivist. But it would beremiss of me if I did not point out that TheRecord Office will charge you a minimum of £27 persearch per volume. The Museum charges are on areducing scale i.e. dependant on the informationrecorded, the maximum amount payable is £10, whichrepresents good value. Your remittance is £5 andas we are working on a trust basis please forwardpayment by cheque made payable to the "Museum ofPolicing in Cheshire" and forward it to TheCurator, Mr. Peter Wroe, Museum of Policing inCheshire, Warrington Police Station, ArpleyStreet, Warrington, Cheshire. WA1. 1LQ.If you also read the history of the CheshireConstabulary "To the Best of Our Skill andKnowledge" which is on the Museum Web Site, thiscontains a great deal of information about theStockport area and indeed it appears to have beena difficult place to Police. There was very littledifference between a Cheshire County PoliceOfficer and a Borough Police Officer and I feelcertain that a useful picture can be obtained oflife in the force at the time, my own opinion isthat discipline was draconian and those whostrayed outside the rule's were fined way abovewhat they earned or dismissed. Also therestrictions on their private life, an officer wasnot allowed to drink on or off duty even in hisown home.I trust you will enjoy what follows and can I askyou when you get a moment would you send a quickmail so I can mark of your enquiry as completed.If you have any further questions please don'thesitate to contact me. Jim Talbot. Trustee andResearcher, Cheshire Museum of Policing.Collar Number/Rank. Police Sergeant 5 WilliamPARRATTBorn. 1836 Nantwich, Cheshire.Date of Entry. 15th May 1868Date of Leaving. 6th March 1891Final Date of Leaving. 6th March 1891How Discharged. To pension.Initial Posting. Stockport Borough Police.Other Postings and Dates. Only within theboundaries of the Borough of Stockport.Miscellaneous Information. Previous OccupationShoemaker. Religion Church of England, Height 5'8", Age 53 years 9 months on 01 January 1890, EyesGrey, Hair Turning Grey, Complexion Fresh, BuildProportional. Distinguishing Marks Nil. MaritalStatus, Married, Children, Five. Died 28th January1915.Promotion/Misconduct. 12th July 1875 Usinginsubordinate language at 9am, Suspended for 5days by the Chief Constable. 1st November 1876Drunk when leaving duty, Fined 5/-by the ChiefConstable. 29th May 1885 Drunk and absent fromduty, severely reprimanded by the Chief Constable.20th June 1885 absent from duty without leave,Fined 5/- by the Chief Constable. 15th January1886 Promoted 2nd class Sgt. 13th December 1889Promoted 1st class Sgt. 6th March 1891 Dischargedon a pension of £1. 2s. 0d per week.Awards/Good Conduct/Other information. Nonerecorded. 1881 Census 7 Cross Street, Stockport.1890 Residence shows 35 Ardern Grove, Stockport.