Collection GB 0074 LMA/4223 - NORTH THAMES AND SOUTH EASTERN GAS BOARDS AND PREDECESSORS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4223

Title

NORTH THAMES AND SOUTH EASTERN GAS BOARDS AND PREDECESSORS

Date(s)

  • 1893-1989 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

6.4 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The London Gas Museum, Bromley-by-Bow, held material inherited from the North Thames Gas Board and its predecessors. In 1998 the museum began to disperse its collections as it prepared to close.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4223 1893-1989 Collection 6.4 linear metres Gas Light and Coke Company , 1812-1949 x Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Brentford Gas Light Company , 1821-1926
North Thames Gas Board , 1949-1973
South Thames Gas Board

The London Gas Museum, Bromley-by-Bow, held material inherited from the North Thames Gas Board and its predecessors. In 1998 the museum began to disperse its collections as it prepared to close.

Donated to the Archive in 1998 and 1999.

Records donated by the London Gas Museum, comprising some 400 Ordnance Survey sheets of various scales and editions, 1893-1989. Many have been amended to show property owned or leased by the Gas Light and Coke Company, the Brentford Gas Company or the North Thames Gas Board. These properties tend to be gas works or showrooms. The plans cover only parts of the area north of the River Thames. There are no sheets for areas south of the Thames. A later deposit consisted of staff magazines and photographs for both the North Thames Gas Board and the South Eastern Gas Board.

The plans have been coded as LMA/4223/01, and sorted according to the use to which they were put as well as by sheet number. As far as possible plans of the same county, scale and edition have been kept together. LMA/4223/02: North Thames Gas Board site, publications, photographs and plans LMA/4223/03: South Eastern Gas Board site, publications, photographs and plans.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright rests with the City of London.
English

Fit

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

For records of the North Thames Gas Board see ACC/0638 and B/NTG; for the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company see ACC/0638, ACC/2216 and B/GLCC; for the Brentford Gas Light Company see ACC/0638 and ACC/0880.
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. July to October 2009 Maps Facilities Industrial facilities Gasworks Information sources Documents Business records Industry Power industry Gas industry Gas utilities Visual materials Plans Service industries Utilities Gas companies Gas supply Energy supply Energy policy Companies South Thames Gas Board North Thames Gas Board , 1949-1973 Brentford Gas Light Company , 1821-1926 Gas Light and Coke Company , 1812-1949 x Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company Enterprises

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated to the Archive in 1998 and 1999.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records donated by the London Gas Museum, comprising some 400 Ordnance Survey sheets of various scales and editions, 1893-1989. Many have been amended to show property owned or leased by the Gas Light and Coke Company, the Brentford Gas Company or the North Thames Gas Board. These properties tend to be gas works or showrooms. The plans cover only parts of the area north of the River Thames. There are no sheets for areas south of the Thames. A later deposit consisted of staff magazines and photographs for both the North Thames Gas Board and the South Eastern Gas Board.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The plans have been coded as LMA/4223/01, and sorted according to the use to which they were put as well as by sheet number. As far as possible plans of the same county, scale and edition have been kept together. LMA/4223/02: North Thames Gas Board site, publications, photographs and plans LMA/4223/03: South Eastern Gas Board site, publications, photographs and plans.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For records of the North Thames Gas Board see ACC/0638 and B/NTG; for the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company see ACC/0638, ACC/2216 and B/GLCC; for the Brentford Gas Light Company see ACC/0638 and ACC/0880.

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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