Bow Street Magistrates' Court and Police Station each became one of the most famous magistrates' courts and police stations in England.
19th-century depiction of Bow Street Magistrates' Court, to which the Bow Street Runners were attached.
The Court in 1895
The court in 2006
Redevelopment, October 2018
Bow Street Runners
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The Bow Street Runners were the law enforcement officers of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court in the City of Westminster. They have been called London's first professional police force. The force orig
Bow Street Magistrates' Court and Police Station
…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 Bow Street Runners. Fielding's blind half-brother, Sir John Fielding (known as the "Blind Beak of Bow Street"), succeeded his brother as magistrate in 1754 and refined…
"Oliver waited on by Bow Street Runners", an engraving in The Writings of Charles Dickens, volume 4, Oliver Twist
Plaque at 19–20 Bow Street
Sir John Fielding