this is a framed reproduction of the original rules laid down by the first chief constable J. Woodford in 1839. Lancaster was one of the first police forces to be established. I believe that the us a rare document and I have never seen one for sale previously. This was a copy my father who was a serving police Superintent in Lancashire County during the 1960s-1970s frame is wooden and measures 45 cm by 35 cms