This collection consists of phone books of the Lancashire Telephone Exchange Limited and Lancashire and Cheshire Telephonic Exchange Company Limited (c1880-86) and secretariat records including legal papers and share documents (1881-89).
Records created and used by the Lancashire and Cheshire Telephonic Exchange Company Limited
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- ReferenceGB 1814 TPD
- Dates of Creation1881-1889
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description2 volumes; 20 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Lancashire and Cheshire Telephonic Exchange Company Limited was formed as a subsiduary of the United Telephone Company on 21 May 1881 with a capital of £250,000 to operate in Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man, Westmorland and North Wales. The Company commenced operations in Liverpool and Manchester by absorbing The Lancashire Telephonic Exchange Limited, and later other small telephone concerns in the area.
On 1 May 1889 the Company merged with the United Telephone Company and the National Telephone Company to form a new company under the title of the National Telephone Company.
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Available for research at BT Group Archives, see www.bt.com/archives.
Acquisition Information
These records were transferred by the Post Office Archives between 1 June 1991 and 30 April 1992.
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