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A History of the County of Oxford
… parish council voted against being supplied with water and electricity by the Rural District Council. 78 Electricity was introduced before 1949, 79 gas before 1939, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for Blakeney were not provided until the mid 20th century. Electricity was laid on to the village by the West …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… rejected a mains water supply in 1931 as too expensive. Electricity was provided in 1947 but water was not supplied …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney R.D.C. took over the water supply before 1939, and electricity, supplied by the Wessex Electric Co., was … c. 1934; street lighting was by gas from c. 1907 and electricity by 1939. 29 There was a sewage works on Buckland …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the water-power by 1821 and both were replaced by electricity between 1928 and 1931. 436 In 1969 the building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… under the Education Act of 1902. 170 The supply of gas, electricity, and water was in the hands of private companies, … cross in 1930, and by 1945 the whole town was lighted with electricity. 366 In 1833 the Banbury Gas Light and Coke Co. … 375 In 1899 the town council delegated the right to supply electricity to the Electrical Power Distribution Co., and a …