Fixed Points

Locations "appointed as fixed points where a PoliceConstable^? is to be permanently stationed from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

"In the event of any person springing a rattle, or persistently ringing a bell in the street or in an Area, the police will at once proceed to the spot and render assistance."

• Charles Dickens, Jr., Dickens's Dictionary of London 1888 (see LondonGuidesAndMaps). Dickens provides a complete list of all fixed points, but it takes many pages of tiny script.

-- ChrisLehrich^? - 28 Dec 2004

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