Records of the Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Company, 1904-1948

The minute books are all signed. There are five directors' minute books covering 1911-1948 (BEL 1). They record the proceedings of the meetings of the company's board of directors. The early books concentrate on the financial and share aspects of the company while the later volumes offer more detail on the company's power generation and supply activities.

There is also a signed shareholders' minute book covering 1904-1948 (BEL 2). They contain minutes of meetings to which shareholders were invited along with accompanying copies of accounts and notices of meetings.

The Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Company was incorporated in 1902 under the Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Act (1902). The company's customer base lay in Leicestershire and Warwickshire. The Corporations of Leicester and Hinckley were among its larger customers. The firms of Balfour Beatty and Tramways Light and Power Company Ltd were early suppliers of power and infrastructure. The company supplied power generated by power stations in 'Avon' (presumably Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire), Hinckley (Leicestershire) and Warwick. 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.

The volumes have been sorted chronologically.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers subject to restrictions concerning personal information.

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 collection. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of the collection 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, apparently retained by the East Midland Electricity Board, was given to The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in April 2000 by PowerGen.