River, Drainage and Water records

The University of Nottingham holds the records relating to the historic activities of the Trent River Authority and its predecessors in the Trent basin.

The records include material from the Hatfield Chase Corporation, the Brigg Court of Lincolnshire Commissioners of Sewers and the Trent Navigation Company. Most of the material pre-dates the establishment of the Severn Trent Water Authority in 1974, which took over the Trent River Authority's functions.

The University also holds the records of the Nottingham Corporation Waterworks and the Stoke Bardolph Sewage works and Bulcote Model Farm, which were also taken over by the Severn Trent Water Authority in 1974. 

• Browse the Manuscripts Online Catalogue for descriptions of all River, Drainage and Water collections
• Find out more about the records and the organisations which created them in Collections in Context - Water Resources
• See photographs from the Trent River Authority collection on our Digital Gallery

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