The caption to this framed photograph reads: Opening of New Town Hall, Oswestry 1892 (1893) Police Contingent led on horseback by Superintendent John LANGFORD who served in Shropshire Constabulary 1870-1896. He died after being injured following the arrest of a felon on The Horsemarket, Oswestry. The original photograph was donated to Shrewsbury Police by Inspector John Langford, Superintendent Langford’s grandson. This copy courtesy of Christine BRUNNING and Margaret BATTEN (nee Langford) January 2009 – Also listed under Church Street where the photograph was taken.
