Collection GB 0074 B/NTG-2 - EQUITABLE GAS LIGHT COMPANY

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 0074 B/NTG-2

Titre

EQUITABLE GAS LIGHT COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1829-1870 (property records span 1766-1902). (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Collection

Étendue matérielle et support

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

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Notice biographique

The Equitable Gas Light Company was formed in 1831, with the purpose of supplying Westminster and the western suburbs of London. The Deed of Settlement is dated 1833, and the Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1842 (5 + 6 Victoria, cap. 36). The Company had gas works at Pimlico. It was amalgamated with the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company in 1871.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0074 B/NTG-2 1829-1870 (property records span 1766-1902). Collection 28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds). Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company , 1831-1871

The Equitable Gas Light Company was formed in 1831, with the purpose of supplying Westminster and the western suburbs of London. The Deed of Settlement is dated 1833, and the Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1842 (5 + 6 Victoria, cap. 36). The Company had gas works at Pimlico. It was amalgamated with the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company in 1871.

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Records of the Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company, including endorsement to be made on the deed of settlement, 1835; supplemental deed of settlement, 1838; certificate of formal registration of the company, 1844; reports of the Company's Directors; papers relating to legal proceedings and lawsuits; correspondence; agreements and contracts; papers relating to premises owned by the Company in Kensington, Westminster, Pimlico and Chelsea.

Records arranged as follows:
Corporate records: B/NTG/0057-0068;
Legal records: B/NTG/0069-0097 and 0103;
Production records: B/NTG/0098-0102 and 0104-0132;
Property records: B/NTG/0133-0402.

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 Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company see reference B/EGLC.

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 Property Energy policy Energy supply Gas supply Facilities Industrial facilities Gasworks Information sources Documents Business records Industry Power industry Gas industry Gas utilities Administration of justice Legal procedure Lawsuits Service industries Utilities Gas companies Company archives Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company , 1831-1871 Chelsea London England UK Western Europe Europe Westminster Pimlico City of Westminster Kensington Kensington and Chelsea

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Records of the Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company, including endorsement to be made on the deed of settlement, 1835; supplemental deed of settlement, 1838; certificate of formal registration of the company, 1844; reports of the Company's Directors; papers relating to legal proceedings and lawsuits; correspondence; agreements and contracts; papers relating to premises owned by the Company in Kensington, Westminster, Pimlico and Chelsea.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

Records arranged as follows:
Corporate records: B/NTG/0057-0068;
Legal records: B/NTG/0069-0097 and 0103;
Production records: B/NTG/0098-0102 and 0104-0132;
Property records: B/NTG/0133-0402.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Available for general access.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

For further records of the Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company see reference B/EGLC.

Instruments de recherche

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

Zone des sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

Descriptions associées

Zone des notes

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

Identifiant du service d'archives

London Metropolitan Archives

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

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.

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

Écriture(s)

    Sources

    Zone des entrées