The archive charts the history of South Wales Police from its origins in 1841, when it was called the Glamorgan Constabulary, through to its amalgamation with Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil Police forces in 1969 and its subsequent renaming as the South Wales Constabulary, to its final name change to South Wales Police in 1996.
The richness of the South Wales Police archives, which thanks to the work of Mr Edward Ronald Baker, Deputy Chief Constable of the Glamorgan Constabulary and founder of the South Wales Police Museum, are one of the most complete in the United Kingdom, mean that this is very much a work in progress.
These archives have been researched with publically available information contained in the Glamorgan records office including newspaper articles from the time. The opinions contained within these archives are not those of South Wales Police.
Please find listed below a list of articles on the history of South Wales Police: