[f. CONSTABLE + -WICK.]
† 1. The office or jurisdiction of a constable (in the earlier sense). Obs. rare.
a. 1618. Raleigh, in Gutch, Coll. Cur., I. 79. G. de la Mare … had by inheritance the constablewick of the abby of Peterborow.
2. The district under the charge of a (petty) constable. arch.
1678. Hale, Hist. Placit. Cor. (1736), I. 582. If directed to the constable of D. he is not bound to execute the warrant out of the precincts of his constablewick.
1764. Burn, Poor Laws, 191. The petty constables visit weekly the houses in their respective constablewicks.
1869. De la Pryme’s Diary (Surtees), 155, note. The village of Cleethorpe, though a separate constablewick, is a hamlet to the … parish of Clee.
1873. Act 36 & 37 Vict., c. 71 § 36. The same powers and privileges, as a constable … has … in his constablewick.
