Collectie GB 0074 B/NTG-11 - COMMERCIAL GAS COMPANY

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 0074 B/NTG-11

Titel

COMMERCIAL GAS COMPANY

Datum(s)

  • 1838-1948 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Collectie

Omvang en medium

28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds).

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

The Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company was formed in 1837 to combat the British Gas Light and Coke Company after it had obtained a monopoly. Commercial later bought the British's London district for a knockdown figure. Deed of settlement, 1839. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1847. Nationalised 1949, placed under control of North Thames Gas Board.

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Geschiedenis van het archief

GB 0074 B/NTG-11 1838-1948 Collection 28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds). Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company , 1839-1949

The Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company was formed in 1837 to combat the British Gas Light and Coke Company after it had obtained a monopoly. Commercial later bought the British's London district for a knockdown figure. Deed of settlement, 1839. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1847. Nationalised 1949, placed under control of North Thames Gas Board.

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Records of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company, including half yearly report and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Commercial Gas Company to the Proprietors; reports of proceedings of ordinary half yearly meetings; register of stockholders attending ordinary annual meetings of the Commercial Gas Company; original prospectus of the company; bye laws of the company; letters about Robert Jones and copies of articles by and about him; petition presented on behalf of stokers and gas workers; statement of average rates of wages paid during the year to various grades; photograph of the centenary dinner of the company, and two letters from the Rt. Hon. Hugh Gaitskell, M.P., Ministry of Fuel and Power; deed of trust and settlement of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company; alphabetical list of shareholders recording their receipt of the first dividend; agreement with other companies as to sphere of influence of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company, and indemnity and map; minutes of evidence before committee of inquiry into the company's proposed bill; Act for incorporating the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company; Act to convert stock of the Commercial Gas Company and insurance policy on the company's works at Jonsons Fields, Stepney.

Arranged as follows:
Corporate records: B/NTG/2928-2984;
Personnel records: B/NTG/2975;
Financial records: B/NTG/2976;
General records: B/NTG/2977-2980;
Production records: B/NTG/2985-2987;
Legal records: B/NTG/2988-2992, 2996;
Property records: B/NTG/2993-2995.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For further records of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company see reference B/CGC.

For further information about gas companies and works see: E.G.Stewart, Historical Index of Gasworks past and present in the area now served by the North Thames Gas Board, 1806-1957 (1957) and Supplement to the Historical Index of Gasworks (1970); LMA Library reference 24.41 NTGB; and Stirling Everard, The History of the Gas Light and Coke Company (1949), LMA Library reference 24.41 EVE. Other works relating to the history of gas supply can also be found at reference 24.4.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

November 2009 to February 2010 Energy supply Gas supply Finance Investment Financial markets Share dealing Facilities Industrial facilities Gasworks Industry Power industry Gas industry Gas utilities Information sources Documents Business records Service industries Utilities Gas companies Energy policy Company archives Gaitskell , Hugh Todd Naylor , 1906-1963 , statesman Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company , 1839-1949 Tower Hamlets London England UK Western Europe Europe Stepney

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

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Bereik en inhoud

Records of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company, including half yearly report and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Commercial Gas Company to the Proprietors; reports of proceedings of ordinary half yearly meetings; register of stockholders attending ordinary annual meetings of the Commercial Gas Company; original prospectus of the company; bye laws of the company; letters about Robert Jones and copies of articles by and about him; petition presented on behalf of stokers and gas workers; statement of average rates of wages paid during the year to various grades; photograph of the centenary dinner of the company, and two letters from the Rt. Hon. Hugh Gaitskell, M.P., Ministry of Fuel and Power; deed of trust and settlement of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company; alphabetical list of shareholders recording their receipt of the first dividend; agreement with other companies as to sphere of influence of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company, and indemnity and map; minutes of evidence before committee of inquiry into the company's proposed bill; Act for incorporating the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company; Act to convert stock of the Commercial Gas Company and insurance policy on the company's works at Jonsons Fields, Stepney.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

Arranged as follows:
Corporate records: B/NTG/2928-2984;
Personnel records: B/NTG/2975;
Financial records: B/NTG/2976;
General records: B/NTG/2977-2980;
Production records: B/NTG/2985-2987;
Legal records: B/NTG/2988-2992, 2996;
Property records: B/NTG/2993-2995.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Available for general access.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

For further records of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company see reference B/CGC.

Toegangen

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

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    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik