Collection GB 0074 B/NTG-7 - NORTH WOOLWICH UNDERTAKING

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 B/NTG-7

Title

NORTH WOOLWICH UNDERTAKING

Date(s)

  • 1774-1801 (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 North Woolwich Undertaking was founded in 1850. It was taken over in 1858 by the Victoria Docks Gas Company, which was in turn taken over by the Gas Light and Coke Company in 1871.

Archival history

GB 0074 B/NTG-7 1774-1801 Collection 28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds). North Woolwich Undertaking , gas supply company

The North Woolwich Undertaking was founded in 1850. It was taken over in 1858 by the Victoria Docks Gas Company, which was in turn taken over by the Gas Light and Coke Company in 1871.

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Records of the North Woolwich Undertaking, comprising papers relating to a messuage called "the Gallions" and 115 acres in North Woolwich, and 10 acres in the parish of Barking, 1774-1801.

Records arranged in one series: B/NTG/1796-1801: Property records.

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 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 Energy supply Gas supply Facilities Industrial facilities Gasworks Deeds Information sources Documents Business records Industry Power industry Gas industry Gas utilities Service industries Utilities Gas companies People People by roles Property owners Energy policy Property Company archives North Woolwich Undertaking , gas supply company Barking and Dagenham London England UK Western Europe Europe Greenwich Barking Essex Woolwich

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the North Woolwich Undertaking, comprising papers relating to a messuage called "the Gallions" and 115 acres in North Woolwich, and 10 acres in the parish of Barking, 1774-1801.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged in one series: B/NTG/1796-1801: Property records.

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

Finding aids

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

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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