Table 6 South Western England Consolidation of Electricity Supply before 1948
Undertaking | Years in Operation | New Owner |
Devonport Cb | 1902-1914 | Plymouth |
Keynsham Co. | 1889-1921 | Bristol |
Newton Abbot Co. | 1902-1922 | Torquay |
Topsham Co. | 1904-1924 | Exeter |
Budleigh Salterton Co. | 1904-1924 | East Devon Co. |
Exmouth Co. | 1905-1930 | East Devon Co. |
Sidmouth Ud | 1923-1930 | East Devon Co. |
Crediton Ud | 1927-1932 | Exe Valley Co. |
Totnes Co. | 1904-1935 | Torquay |
Frome Co. | 1904-1935 | Wessex Electricity1 |
Callington Co. | 1925-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co.2 |
Camborne Co. | 1902-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
East Cornwall Co. | 1930?-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
Illogan Co. | 1903-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
Launceston & District Co. | 1912-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
Liskeard Gas & Electric Co. | 1929-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
Newquay Co. | 1906-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
Penzance Co.. | 1911?-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
Redruth Co. | 1902-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
Truro Co. | 1926?-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
West Cornwall Co. | 1928?-1936 | Cornwall Electric Power Co. |
Braunton E L & P Co.3 | 1909-1936 | Bideford Co. |
Porlock & District Co.4 | 1911-1937 | Minehead Co. |
Yeovil Co. | 1923-1937 | Wessex Electricity1 |
Notes: 1 Wessex Electricity Ltd became part of the Southern Electricity Board in 1948. 2 Details from E. Edmonds, “Electricity in Cornwall part 2”, Histelec Supplement S23 (2003). wpehs.org.uk 3 Braunton E L & P Co. was a Non-Statutory undertaking until 1929. 4 Porlock & District was a Non-Statutory undertaking until 1927.