Records of the Tamworth District Electric Supply Company Limited, 1930-1944

The records comprise a minute book covering the period May 1930-December 1944 and contains minutes of the board of directors of the Tamworth District Electric Supply Company Limited. They record in detail the activities and finances of the company, and its relationship and agreements with its customers and the Pooley Hall Colliery Company.

The Tamworth District Electric Supply Company Limited was incorporated in 1930. The company's registered office was at Polesworth in Tamworth, Staffordshire. It was closely associated with the Pooley Hall Colliery Company Limited and the company minutes often record details about the colliery. The Tamworth District Electric Supply Company had agreements to supply electricity to the Corporations of Tamworth and Birmingham as well as undertaking the conversion of many surrounding villages to electric street lighting. The company was nationalised with the rest of the electric power industry in 1948 and its activities were taken over by the East Midlands Electricity Board.

No archival arrangement has been necessary.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

This description is the only finding aid available for the minute book. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of the minute book must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk). The Department will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but this is often difficult and the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the person wishing to publish.

LANGUAGE: English

The fate of the bulk of the company's archive is not known. The present collection comprising only of minutes, retained by East Midlands Electricity Board, was given to The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in April 2000 by PowerGen.