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Date(s)
- 1845-1870 (property records span 1712-1894). (Creation)
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Extent and medium
28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds).
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Name of creator
Biographical history
The Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company was founded in 1845. It was taken over by the Gas Light and Coke Company, 1872-73.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 B/NTG-8 1845-1870 (property records span 1712-1894). Collection 28.5 linear metres (extent of whole collection, not this subfonds). Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company
The Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company was founded in 1845. It was taken over by the Gas Light and Coke Company, 1872-73.
Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.
Records of the Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Western Gas Light Company Limited to the shareholders; certificates of registration of the company; return of schedule to the deed of settlement, showing name, address and profession of shareholders; list of proprietors of the company, showing name, address and number of shares held by each; assignment of debts and shares as security for repayment; contract for lighting part of Notting Hill lighting district; agreements and licences for laying mains in various districts; schedule of deeds, drafts and correspondence for company premises in various locations including Kensington, Westminster, Marylebone and Kensal Green.
Corporate records: B/NTG/1802-1817;
Financial records: B/NTG/1818-1819;
Production records: B/NTG/1820-1825;
Property records: B/NTG/1826-1863.
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
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 Company archives Property Contracts Contract law Energy policy Energy supply Gas supply Business records Finance Investment Financial markets Share dealing Facilities Industrial facilities Gasworks Information sources Documents Deeds Industry Power industry Gas industry Gas utilities Transport infrastructure Street furniture Street lighting Service industries Utilities Gas companies Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company Mary-le-bone City of Westminster London England UK Western Europe Europe Westminster Marylebone Brent Kensal Green Notting Hill Kensington and Chelsea Kensington Saint Marylebone Civil law Legal systems Law
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited in multiple accessions in 1957 and 1958.
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Scope and content
Records of the Western (Cannel) Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Western Gas Light Company Limited to the shareholders; certificates of registration of the company; return of schedule to the deed of settlement, showing name, address and profession of shareholders; list of proprietors of the company, showing name, address and number of shares held by each; assignment of debts and shares as security for repayment; contract for lighting part of Notting Hill lighting district; agreements and licences for laying mains in various districts; schedule of deeds, drafts and correspondence for company premises in various locations including Kensington, Westminster, Marylebone and Kensal Green.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Corporate records: B/NTG/1802-1817;
Financial records: B/NTG/1818-1819;
Production records: B/NTG/1820-1825;
Property records: B/NTG/1826-1863.
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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
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- Civil law » Contract law
- Energy policy
- Energy policy » Energy supply
- Finance
- Finance » Investment
- Finance » Investment » Financial markets
- Industrial facilities
- Information sources
- Documents
- Industry
- Industry » Power industry
- Industry » Power industry » Gas industry
- Transport infrastructure
- Service industries
- Civil law
- Law » Legal systems
- Law
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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