British Electricity History
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S Area Consolidations to 1948

Table 6

Undertaking Years in Operation New Owner
Acton Ud 1905-1911 Metropolitan ES Co.
Wareham 1923-1928 Bournemouth & Poole Co.
Hindhead 1900-1928 Mid Southern
Godalming 1912-1930 Mid Southern
Midhurst 1929-1931 Mid Southern
Frome 1904-1931 Wessex Electricity
Sherborne 1923-1931 Wessex Electricity
Wallingford 1924-1931 Wessex Electricity
Whitchurch & Pangbourne 1903-1931 Wessex Electricity
Swanage 1914-1933 Bournemouth & Poole Co.
Cowes 1903-1933 Isle of Wight EL&P Co.
Newport 1901-1933 Isle of Wight EL&P Co.
Ryde 1903-1933 Isle of Wight EL&P Co.
Sandown 1901-1933 Isle of Wight EL&P Co.
Ventnor 1899-1933 Isle of Wight EL&P Co.
Andover 1927-1933 Wessex Electricity
Malmesbury 1924-1933 Wessex Electricity
Tetbury 1924-1933 Wessex Electricity
Warminister 1923-1933 Wessex Electricity
Bourton-On-The-Water 1927-1934 Wessex Electricity
Gosport & Alverstoke 1907-1936 Portsmouth Corporation
Abingdon 1913-1937 Wessex Electricity
Cirencester 1912-1937 Wessex Electricity
Cookham 1908-1937 Wessex Electricity
Lymington 1900-1937 Wessex Electricity
Newbury 1905-1937 Wessex Electricity
Oxford Co. 1924-1937 Wessex Electricity
Thames Valley 1926-1937 Wessex Electricity
Tisbury 1928-1937 Wessex Electricity
West Wilts 1925-1937 Wessex Electricity
Yeovil 1923-1937 Wessex Electricity
Chepping Norton 1912-1944 Wessex Electricity
Amesbury 1922-1945 Wessex Electricity
Downton 1929-1945 Wessex Electricity
Municipal Takeover of Company Undertaking
Fareham UD 1896  
Southampton CB 1896  
Winchester MB 1911  
Witney UD 1912  
Chichester MB 1922  
Oxford CB 19311  
Reading CB 1934  
High Wycombe (as Chipping Wycombe) 1939