Fonds
Records of Anglian Water Authority
Catalogue reference: X 613
What’s it about?
This record is about the Records of Anglian Water Authority dating from 1865-1970s.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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X 613
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Title (The name of the record)
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Records of Anglian Water Authority
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Date (When the record was created)
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1865-1970s
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Description (What the record is about)
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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X 613/1 Bedford Borough Waterworks 1865-1961
X 613/2 Biggleswade Water Board 1900-1973
X 613/3 Biggleswade Rural District Council 1904-1962
X 613/4 Bedford Rural District Council 1910-1948
X 613/5 Kempston Urban District Council 1928
X 613/6 Ampthill & Newport Pagnell (Joint) Rural District Councils 1934-1961
X 613/7 North-Bedfordshire Water Board 1951-1966
X 613/8 Sandy Urban District Council 1956-1962
X 613/9 Linslade Urban District Council 1960
X 613/10 Luton Water Company 1961
X 613/11 Mid-Bedfordshire Water Board 1962-1966
X 613/12 Bedfordshire Water Board 1966-c.1970s
X 613/13 Internal Drainage Board 1941-1970
X 613/14 River Ivel Internal Drainage Board 1941-1970
X 613/15 River Ivel Internal Drainage Board New Area 1961-1962
X 613/16 River Ouzel Drainage Board 1961-1970
X 613/17 Anglian Water Authority c.1970s
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>See also Z 293/1 for more records of the Anglian Water Authority.</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Anglian Water Authority</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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17 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The Records of Anglian Water Authority (later Anglian Water Services Ltd) were deposited in the Bedfordshire Record Office via Brian Lodge between 5th November 1980 and 20th December 1995.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Biggleswade Water Board was set up under the Biggleswade Water Act 1901, which authorised the constitution of a joint Board with powers to construct works of water supply to the district. The Biggleswade Rural District Water Committee was called the Prescribed Parishes Committee until June 1953.
Clapham Road Treatment Works was opened in 1960, supplying Bedford, Kempston and most of Bedford Rural District.
Bedfordshire Water Board was formed in 1966 by the amalgamation of Mid-Bedfordshire and North Bedfordshire Water Boards. Bedford and the northern part of the county being supplied with water from the Board's source on the River Great Ouse at Clapham Road, Bedford. The Board has eight other sources where water is pumped from boreholes in the Lower Greensand. These works are at Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Birchmoor (Aspley Guise), Pulloxhill, Clophill, Meppershall, Newspring and Dunton.
Anglian Water Authority was established in 1974.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/abf41d0d-44b6-4922-b888-77ec2b0c7de8/
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Records of Anglian Water Authority