Collection GB 0074 B/NTG-4 - IMPERIAL GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY

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

GB 0074 B/NTG-4 1816-1908 (property records span 1391-1920). Collection 28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds). Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company

The Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company was formed after a merger of the Coal Light Company (founded 1816) and the Metropolis Gas Light and Coke Company (founded 1820). It was incorporated by several Acts of Parliament: 1821: 1-2 George IV cap. 117 1823: 4 George IV cap. 95 1829: 10 George IV cap. 12. The Company had works at Bromley, Fulham, Saint Pancras, Shoreditch, Bow and Limehouse. In 1876 it was amalgamated with the (Chartered) Gas Light and Coke Company.

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Records of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, including copy of the Bill for establishing an Imperial Gas Light and Coke company to light certain parts of the metropolis, and later Acts relating to the Company; Parliamentary papers; half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors to the Shareholders; return of officer's sureties, showing officer's signature, name and address of sureties and a note on their responsibility; contracts and agreements; papers and correspondence relating to legal proceedings; minutes of Proceedings before Commissioners appointed by the Board of Trade to revise the scale of illuminating power and gas prices of the Imperial G.L.C.: and Commissioners' certificate; schedules of deeds, bonds and debentures; registers of deposits and withdrawals of various documents; sundry insurance policies relating to the company's properties; various leases, agreements, reports and other papers concerning the company's properties.

Also map showing areas served by the Hornsey Gas Co. and the Imperial Gas Co. and their boundaries as affected by the Imperial Gas Act 1854, the Metropolis Gas Act 1860, and the Hornsey Gas Act 1866; ordnance survey map showing boundary between the Imperial Gas Company and the Hornsey Gas Company from St. Pancras to North Hackney.

Corporate records: B/NTG/0546-0560;
Legal records: B/NTG/0561-0713 and 0727-1242;
Financial records: B/NTG/0716-0726;
Production records: B/NTG/0714-0715;
Property records: B/NTG/1243-1384.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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

Further records of the company can be found at reference B/IMP/GLC. See also records of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company at LMA/4438.

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.

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Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Records of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, including copy of the Bill for establishing an Imperial Gas Light and Coke company to light certain parts of the metropolis, and later Acts relating to the Company; Parliamentary papers; half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors to the Shareholders; return of officer's sureties, showing officer's signature, name and address of sureties and a note on their responsibility; contracts and agreements; papers and correspondence relating to legal proceedings; minutes of Proceedings before Commissioners appointed by the Board of Trade to revise the scale of illuminating power and gas prices of the Imperial G.L.C.: and Commissioners' certificate; schedules of deeds, bonds and debentures; registers of deposits and withdrawals of various documents; sundry insurance policies relating to the company's properties; various leases, agreements, reports and other papers concerning the company's properties.

Also map showing areas served by the Hornsey Gas Co. and the Imperial Gas Co. and their boundaries as affected by the Imperial Gas Act 1854, the Metropolis Gas Act 1860, and the Hornsey Gas Act 1866; ordnance survey map showing boundary between the Imperial Gas Company and the Hornsey Gas Company from St. Pancras to North Hackney.

Corporate records: B/NTG/0546-0560;
Legal records: B/NTG/0561-0713 and 0727-1242;
Financial records: B/NTG/0716-0726;
Production records: B/NTG/0714-0715;
Property records: B/NTG/1243-1384.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

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English

Further records of the company can be found at reference B/IMP/GLC. See also records of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company at LMA/4438.

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

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.

• anglais