Collection GB 0074 B/NTG-6 - LONDON GAS LIGHT COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 B/NTG-6

Title

LONDON GAS LIGHT COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1833-1883 (property records span 1740-1902) (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

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

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The London Gas Light and Coke Company Deed of Settlement was formed in 1832-1833. It was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1844 (7-8 Victoria cap. 95); 1849 (12-13 Victoria cap. 37) and 1852 (15-16 Victoria cap. 82). The Company had Gas Works at Nine Elms, Vauxhall. It was amalgamated with the (Chartered) Gas Light and Coke Company in 1883.

Archival history

GB 0074 B/NTG-6 1833-1883 (property records span 1740-1902) Collection 28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds). London Gas Light and Coke Company

The London Gas Light and Coke Company Deed of Settlement was formed in 1832-1833. It was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1844 (7-8 Victoria cap. 95); 1849 (12-13 Victoria cap. 37) and 1852 (15-16 Victoria cap. 82). The Company had Gas Works at Nine Elms, Vauxhall. It was amalgamated with the (Chartered) Gas Light and Coke Company in 1883.

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Records of the London Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Company to the Shareholders; contracts for lighting parts of Chelsea, Saint Pancras and the Tothill Fields districts; agreements with various road authorities concerning the laying down of gas mains in South London; and papers relating to premises in Lambeth and Battersea.

Corporate records: B/NTG/1455-1483;
Production records: B/NTG/1484-1491;
Property records: B/NTG/1492-1795.

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 London Gas Light and Coke Company see B/LGLC. See also records of the London Gas Light 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 London Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Company to the Shareholders; contracts for lighting parts of Chelsea, Saint Pancras and the Tothill Fields districts; agreements with various road authorities concerning the laying down of gas mains in South London; and papers relating to premises in Lambeth and Battersea.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Corporate records: B/NTG/1455-1483;
Production records: B/NTG/1484-1491;
Property records: B/NTG/1492-1795.

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 London Gas Light and Coke Company see B/LGLC. See also records of the London Gas Light Company, reference LMA/4438.

Finding aids

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

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Description identifier

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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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