REF.

DESCRIPTION

COMMENT

DATES

INDEX

LOCATION

AM

Miscellaneous Agreements

In Box Files

Index Book

Roof Archive

AS

Sundry Agreements

In Box Files

Typed Index Book

Roof Archive

BL

Board Resolutions

Bound Volumes

Archive Room

BM

Board Minute Books

Bound Volumes, Re-bound in Recent Years

1853 - 1996

Archive Room

BR

Board Reports

Bound Volumes

1900s - 1996

Archive Room

CM

Company Magazine

1933 - Present

Archive Room

CP

Press Cuttings – Various Topics

Archive Room

D1

Drawings

Rolled Up & Unsorted

None

Roof Archive

D2

Drawings

Unsorted

None

Roof Archive

DW

Details of Works – Descriptions of Pumping Stations and Reservoirs Together with Statistical Information

Roof Archive – Some Samples in Archive Room

ES

Engineering Specifications – Detailed Specifications, Mainly Relating to Pumping Stations

Bound Volumes

Index in Each Volume

Roof Archive

FA

Annual Accounts

Roof Archive

FL

Financial Ledgers & Journals

Roof Archive

FR

Annual Reports – Yearly and Half Yearly Financial Reports

Roof Archive – Some Samples in Archive Room

FS

Grey Books (Annual Financial / Statistical Summaries)

Roof Archive

G1

General Correspondence – Letters to and from suppliers, railway companies, local authorities, accounts, maps and plans etc.

Bound Volumes

1853 – c.1900

Sequential, Handwritten

Roof Archive – Sample in Archive Room

G2

General Correspondence – Similar to G1

Steel Document Chests & Cardboard File Boxes

1853 – 1950s

Typed Index & Computer Database

Roof Archive – Sample in Archive Room

G3

General Correspondence ( Engineer in Chief’s Copy Books)

1880s – 1900s

Roof Archive – Some Samples in Archive Room

GS

Collection of Miscellaneous Documents Relating to All Company's Works Filed Chronologically.

Mainly in Binders and Envelopes

1853 – 1960s

Individual Typed Indexes & Approximately 60% on Computer Database

Roof Archive – Sample in Archive Room

HY

Hydrology / Hydrogeology - Mainly Reports on Proposals for New Water Sources

1890s – 1920s

Roof Archive – Some Samples in Archive Room

ID

Indexes

Roof Archive

IR

Records of Interviews (F.J.Dixon) – Typed Copies of Fred Dixon’s (Engineer in Chief 1917 – 1944) Interviews with Landowners, Local Authority Managers, Suppliers etc.

1920s / 1930s

Archive Room

LP

Legal & Parliamentary

Mainly SSWW Parliamentary Bills

Roof Archive

MR

Mainlaying Records – Details of Lengths of Water Mains Laid, classified by Diameter.

Tabulated Books

Roof Archive

OM

Maps – Various types, some showing protected areas around boreholes

Mianly Linen Backed and Folded

1920s Onwards

Archive Room

P1

Photograph Collection – Company Pumping Stations, Treatment Works, Reservoirs, Water Towers, Depots and Offices

Stored in Plastic Wallets Within Box Files

Mainly 1920s onwards (a small number dating from 19^th Century)

Filed Alphabetically by Location

Archive Room

P2

Albums

1920s Onwards

Some Handwritten Sheets

Archive Room

P3

Photograph Collection – Company Staff Members, Individual Portraits, Formal Group Photographs, Work Situations, Social Events etc. Some Identified, Some Not.

Stored in Plastic Wallets Within Box Files

1920s Onwards.

Archive Room

P4

Photographic Plates

Roof Archive

P5

Oversize Photographs – Various Subjects, Some Mounted

In Plan Chest Drawer

1920s Onwards

Archive Room

PE

Tabulated Books, Binders and Loose Documents in Wallets

1890s – 1960s

Roof Archive – Some Samples in Archive Room

SR

Registers of Shareholders

Bound Volumes

Roof Archive

ST

Share Transfers

Bound Volumes

Roof Archive