| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | D P Battery Company |
| Also Known As | Dujardin-Plante Battery Company |
| Place | Bakewell |
| Epithet | industrial battery manufacturers |
| Dates | 1888-1970 |
| History | The Dujardin-Plante Battery Company had been founded in Charlton, London in 1888 by Walter Claude Johnson (1848-1928) and Bernard Mervyn Drake (1858-1931). Cotton spinning ceased at Lumford Mill in the mid 1890s and in 1898 the premises were occupied by The Dujardin-Plante Battery Company. Until 1955 the D P Battery Company made use of the two waterwheels (built in 1827 and 1852) for power generation. The business was ended in Bakewell in 1970. |
| Key Events | DP Battery Company of Bakewell, |
| Address | Lumford Mill, Bakewell |
| Source | - Grace's Guide 'D.P. Battery Co.', https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/D._P._Battery_Co
- British Newspapers Archive
- Historic England, Scheduled Monument List, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1012436 |
| Authorised Form of Name | Bakewell; D P Battery Company; 1888-1970; industrial battery manufacturers |
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