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Have just remembered I have Henry and Ruth's marriage certificate and the birth certificate for their son Henry.  I know there are a lot of coincidences yet I can't get my head round how a humble fisherman who couldn't write (he signed the certificates with a cross) could possibly have become a policeman.  Does that make any sense or am I being a bit picky?  I would have thought he would at least had to have been able to write to join the police force even then.

Thank you very much.  I too have come across the coincidence of the name Churcher as opposed to Church which ties up with wife Ruth and son Henry both born in Cornwall.  Cannot quite make the link with IOM and Liverpool as 1881 according to another post has my grandmother Margaret listed as being on the IOM and yet also with parents Henry, Ruth and sibling Henry living in Liverpool! The coincidence of Henry Churcher being a policeman and married to Ruth is not to be ignored yet I cannot get the link between fisherman, as listed in the marriage records and policeman as listed soon afterwards in 1881 Liverpool. I have never heard of Hannah Churcher whose baptism details appear in Edge Hill St Catherine that is a complete revelation to me.  Is the Edge Hill the one in Birmingham? 
I have traced many dead ends for Henry Church and Churcher born in Middlesex London around 1858-60 but none of them seem to appear in Liverpool at the right time.  I also thought it quite a leap in those days to come from London to Cornwall and found a Post Office sorter who moved from London to Exeter with his son Henry who later also joined the Post Office and moved to Bedminster Bristol. 
As you may see I am new to all this so any ideas would be gratefully accepted.

Thank you so much for your help.  Unfortunately I too have found the same details as you and thought that both Ruth and Henry were born in Newlyn.  What puzzles me is that having gone on to the Cornish BMD site the evidence of Henry, Ruth and their son Henry seems to overwhelmingly suggest that the surname is Churcher and not Church.  I do know that there were a lot of variants etc. in the past and it does look as though this could well be my gt. gt. grandfather.  But....... I find that they are all listed as living on the IOM in 1881 and yet they also appear as Church on the same census for England as living in Liverpool.
Henry seems to have made a great leap from fisherman to policeman which I found rather hard to believe as I would not have thought he would have had the education.  He may have had a lifelong yearning for the sea and that was the path he took, only settling down to something with better prospects and wage once he was married and had a son and daughter to provide for.
I have posted a photograph of the man I believe to be my gt. gt. grandfather asking for info. as to the uniform and received a reply that suggested it might be a commissionnaire's uniform from Liverpool harbour board.  This information has been welcomed as my brother had said he thought somebody in the family was involved in Trinity House, also my father wanted to go to sea and his grandfather said it was too dangerous and prevented him from going.
Henry served in Liverpool City Police for 25 years retiring in 1908 though he is listed as being a policeman in 1881.
Thank you once more and any further ideas or info. will be much appreciated. 

Can anybody tell me what sort of uniform this is please?  I believe the photo is of my Gt gt grandfather who served with Liverpool City police for 25 years and retired in 1908.