Collection GB 0074 B/CPG - CRYSTAL PALACE DISTRICT GAS COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 B/CPG

Title

CRYSTAL PALACE DISTRICT GAS COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1853-1949 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.75 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The Crystal Palace District Gas Company served Norwood, Dulwich, Streatham, Brixton, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Beckenham, Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth and Anerley.

History:

Deed of settlement, 10 March 1854, registered 1854 under Joint Stock Companies Act. By deed of demise from Sydenham Gas and Coke Company, 16 August 1854, acquired that company's works. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1858. Name changed to South Suburban Gas Company from 1 August 1904. Nationalised in 1949 and placed under the control of the South Eastern Gas Board.

Archival history

GB 0074 B/CPG 1853-1949 Collection 1.75 linear metres Crystal Palace District Gas Company , 1854-1904 x South Suburban Gas Company , 1904-1949

The Crystal Palace District Gas Company served Norwood, Dulwich, Streatham, Brixton, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Beckenham, Bromley, Croydon, Lambeth and Anerley.

History:

Deed of settlement, 10 March 1854, registered 1854 under Joint Stock Companies Act. By deed of demise from Sydenham Gas and Coke Company, 16 August 1854, acquired that company's works. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1858. Name changed to South Suburban Gas Company from 1 August 1904. Nationalised in 1949 and placed under the control of the South Eastern Gas Board.

Deposited in 1977 (AC/77/013).

Records of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company, later called the South Suburban Gas Company, 1853-1949. The records include deeds of settlement, proprietors' and directors' meeting minutes and committee meeting minutes and a volume relating to a Parliamentary Bill, 1903.

Deed Of Settlement: B/CPG/I; Proprietors' Meetings, Minutes: B/CPG/II; Directors' Meetings, Minutes: B/CPG/III; Committee Meetings, Minutes: B/CPG/IV; Parliamentary Bill: B/CPG/VII.

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 1977 (AC/77/013).

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Scope and content

Records of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company, later called the South Suburban Gas Company, 1853-1949. The records include deeds of settlement, proprietors' and directors' meeting minutes and committee meeting minutes and a volume relating to a Parliamentary Bill, 1903.

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System of arrangement

Deed Of Settlement: B/CPG/I; Proprietors' Meetings, Minutes: B/CPG/II; Directors' Meetings, Minutes: B/CPG/III; Committee Meetings, Minutes: B/CPG/IV; Parliamentary Bill: B/CPG/VII.

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Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

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Copyright rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Finding aids

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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.

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  • English

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