Collection GB 0074 B/NTG-5 - INDEPENDENT GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 B/NTG-5

Title

INDEPENDENT GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1824-1948 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

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

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Name of creator

Biographical history

A deed of settlement for the Independent Gas Light and Coke Company was recorded in 1824. The Company was incorporated in 1829 by the Act of Parliament, 10 George IV, cop.118. The Company Gas Works were at Haggerston. The Company amalgamated with the (Chartered) Gas Light and Coke Company in 1876.

Archival history

GB 0074 B/NTG-5 1824-1948 Collection 28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds). Independent Gas Light and Coke Company , 1824-1876

A deed of settlement for the Independent Gas Light and Coke Company was recorded in 1824. The Company was incorporated in 1829 by the Act of Parliament, 10 George IV, cop.118. The Company Gas Works were at Haggerston. The Company amalgamated with the (Chartered) Gas Light and Coke Company in 1876.

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Records of the Independent Gas Light and Coke Company, including Directors' reports and statements of accounts; correspondence; certificates for the transfer of stock; notice of proposed bill for incorporating the company; minutes of evidence of the Select Committee on the company's bill; schedule of deeds and papers belonging to the company; papers relating to premises owned by the Company in Haggerston and Whitechapel; agreement between the Independent Gas Light Company and the Imperial Gas Light Company as to areas of supply; bonds and securities made by senior officials of the company; and general agreements.

Corporate records: B/NTG/1385-1415;
Legal records: B/NTG/1416-1417; 1427-1446;
Property records: B/NTG/1418-1425; 1447-1454;
Production records: B/NTG/1426.

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 Company see reference B/IND/GLCC and O/487. See also records of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company, reference 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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Independent Gas Light and Coke Company, including Directors' reports and statements of accounts; correspondence; certificates for the transfer of stock; notice of proposed bill for incorporating the company; minutes of evidence of the Select Committee on the company's bill; schedule of deeds and papers belonging to the company; papers relating to premises owned by the Company in Haggerston and Whitechapel; agreement between the Independent Gas Light Company and the Imperial Gas Light Company as to areas of supply; bonds and securities made by senior officials of the company; and general agreements.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Corporate records: B/NTG/1385-1415;
Legal records: B/NTG/1416-1417; 1427-1446;
Property records: B/NTG/1418-1425; 1447-1454;
Production records: B/NTG/1426.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For further records of the Company see reference B/IND/GLCC and O/487. See also records of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company, reference LMA/4438.

Finding aids

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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