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Christy
Brothers was founded in 1883 as an electrical engineering and contracting firm. The company started to provide electric lighting of towns and villages from about 1900. It acquired a controlling interest in eight electric power companies.
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West Devon
Electric Supply Company Limited was registered on 23 December 1931, and formed to acquire and take over the various small undertakings in West Devon. Shares were offered to the value of £250,000 in November 1933.
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The
Christy Brothers and Company Limited and all its constituent companies were abolished on 31 March 1948 when the British Electricity Industry was nationalised. The generating plant and transmission systems devolved to the
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Aldeburgh
Electric Supply Company Limited, registered 18 July 1911, formed to carry on the business of electricity supplier, Electric Lighting Order 1911 transferred supply responsibilities to Christy Brothers in
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was a UK electricity engineering company which provided equipment, staffing and management to a number of electricity undertakings, worked as subsidiary companies, in
Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Suffolk.
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The company was one of five electricity undertakings that operated over large geographical areas. Its assets were divided between two or more Area
Electricity Boards. The five companies were:
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Holsworthy Gas and
Electric Supply Company Limited, registered 11 February 1910 to assume responsibility from the Holsworthy Gas company and for electricity from W.H. Harkell of
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Bude
Electric Supply Company Limited, registered 7 October 1907, formed to adopt an agreement with Christy Brothers to carry on the business of electricity supplier in
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Burnham and
District Electric Supply Company Limited, registered 17 July 1913, formed to carry on the business of electricity supplier around
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and the distribution systems to the appropriate geographical Electricity Board, for example the
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and
District Electric Supply Company Limited on 29 September 1911, changed its name to the Clevedon
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The principal operating parameters of the constituent companies in 1947 is shown in the table.
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The principal operating parameters of the constituent companies in 1937 is shown in the table.
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North Somerset, West Devon, Culm Valley, Bude, Burnham, Aldeburgh, Holsworthy, Mid Somerset
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In March 1933 Christy company offered £225,000 worth of shares on the Stock Exchange.
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North Somerset Electric Supply Company Limited, originally founded as the
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The annual turnover and profit of Christy Brothers 1926-32 was as shown.
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Note: oil is oil-fired plant, water is water powered (hydro-electric)
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The generating capacity of the plant at each company was as follows.
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The company's registered address was 171 Broomfield Road,
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List of pre-nationalisation UK electric power companies
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Defunct electric power companies of the United Kingdom
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Midland Counties Electric Supply Company Limited, see
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Culm Valley Electric Supply Company Limited (Devon).
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990:Manual of Electrical Undertakings 1914-15 vol. 18
888:Electrical Finance and Securities Company Limited
826:Frank Christy (chairman, joint managing director)
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1060:. London: Electricity Council. pp. 45, 60.
894:Midland Electric Light and Power Company Limited
1003:"West Devon Electric Supply Company Limited".
829:Leonard Fell Christy (joint managing director)
875:British Power & Light Corporation Limited
185:and District Electric Supply Company Limited.
224:Mid Somerset Electric Supply Company Limited
883:Edmundsons Electricity Corporation Limited
832:Charles Ernest Smith (director since 1913)
261:3 × 225 water, 2 × 500 oil, 3 × 650 water
835:Henry Joseph Aylott (director since 1924)
1113:Electric power infrastructure in England
1058:Electricity Supply in the United Kingdom
934:"Christy Brothers and Company Limited".
1118:Energy companies disestablished in 1948
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158:Christy Brothers and Company Limited
17:Christy Brothers and Company Limited
1108:Electric power companies of England
1041:Ministry of Fuel and Power (1949).
992:. London: Electrical Press Limited.
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1056:Electricity Council (1987).
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173:The constituent companies:
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861:Eastern Electricity Board
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1081:"Electricity Act 1947".
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328:Electricity supply 1937
266:1 × 75 oil, 1 × 100 oil
988:Garcke, Emile (1915).
952:Lamb, Peter (2000).
245:Generating plant kW
119:£239,069 (1932)
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147:Subsidiaries
70:Headquarters
22:Company type
962:21 December
728:Turnover £
673:Holsworthy
573:West Devon
478:Holsworthy
378:West Devon
304:Holsworthy
258:West Devon
206:, Somerset.
199:, Cornwall.
85:Area served
1097:Categories
1067:085188105X
912:References
844:Chelmsford
653:Aldeburgh
545:Purchased
542:Generated
458:Aldeburgh
350:Purchased
347:Generated
296:Aldeburgh
229:Operations
219:Holsworthy
214:, Suffolk.
183:Portishead
165:Background
126:Net income
95:Key people
1083:The Times
1005:The Times
936:The Times
850:Abolition
846:, Essex.
818:Directors
731:Profit £
212:Aldeburgh
900:See also
805:239,069
794:196,575
783:163,332
772:148,731
761:138,581
750:169,823
739:126,720
715:Finances
633:Burnham
559:109,554
528:Company
438:Burnham
333:Company
288:Burnham
242:Company
221:, Devon.
179:Clevedon
151:See text
104:Services
30:Industry
867:, etc.
808:29,755
797:17,130
786:14,233
775:15,233
764:17,187
753:12,826
582:13,991
568:30,962
565:31,459
562:96,563
390:10,778
373:20,835
367:29,586
364:34,207
204:Burnham
78:England
54:Defunct
46:Founder
38:Founded
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708:1,336
702:2,952
699:3,155
648:1,445
642:1,797
639:1,918
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622:1,915
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608:3,015
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602:7,906
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588:7,782
585:5,190
579:7,025
576:9,720
513:1,125
470:1,486
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387:4,625
381:5,305
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725:Year
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548:Sold
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353:Sold
315:None
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280:Bude
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1062:ISBN
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