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D3040 - Severn Trent Water Authority and predecessor bodies, including Derwent Valley Water Board - 19th-20th cent
- LW - Water Board records - 19th-20th cent

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3040/LW/5
Title	Chesterfield Gas And Water Board
Date	1825-mid 20th cent
Description	Finance committee minutes 1896-1920, Linacre Reservoirs observation books 1869-1921, correspondence 1894-1912, acts of parliament 1825-1920
Level	SubFonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Chesterfield Gas And Water Board
Archive Creator	Severn Trent Water Authority
Administrative History	The Chesterfield Gas and water Company was incorporated in 1825 to supply these utilities. Reservoirs were constructed at Linacre to help provide the water supply. It was taken over in 1896 by the Chesterfield Gas and Water Board, consisting of Chesterfield Borough Council and the Urban District Councils of Newbold-cum-Dunston and Whittington. This was in turn absorbed into the Chesterfield and Bolsover Water Board in 1933
Organisation Sub-Type	Water companies
Term	Business

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