Collection GB 0074 B/WPCG - WOOLWICH, PLUMSTEAD AND CHARLTON CONSUMERS GAS COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 B/WPCG

Title

WOOLWICH, PLUMSTEAD AND CHARLTON CONSUMERS GAS COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1844-1884 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

0.2 linear metres

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Biographical history

The Woolwich Equitable Gas Company was formed in 1832. Dissension about the price of gas in Woolwich led in March 1844 to the formation of the Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company with gasworks fronting the River Thames at Hog Lane. The company was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1855 (18 and 19 Victc.ii) as the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company. Around 1862 it moved to new works in Glass Yard, Woolwich. In 1884 both the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company and the Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company were amalgamated with the South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company.

Archival history

GB 0074 B/WPCG 1844-1884 Collection 0.2 linear metres Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company x Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company

The Woolwich Equitable Gas Company was formed in 1832. Dissension about the price of gas in Woolwich led in March 1844 to the formation of the Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company with gasworks fronting the River Thames at Hog Lane. The company was incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1855 (18 and 19 Victc.ii) as the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company. Around 1862 it moved to new works in Glass Yard, Woolwich. In 1884 both the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company and the Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company were amalgamated with the South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company.

Deposited in 1977 (AC/77/013).

Records of the Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company, later the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company, 1844-1884, comprising minutes of meetings of the Directors and the Proprietors, and deed of settlement.

Deed of Settlement: B/WPCG/I/001; Proprietors' Meetings Minutes: B/WPCG/11/II/001; Directors Meetings Minutes: B/WPCG/11/III/001-002.

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the depositor.

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

B/SMETG: South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company B/WEQG: Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company

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 1977 (AC/77/013).

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Scope and content

Records of the Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company, later the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company, 1844-1884, comprising minutes of meetings of the Directors and the Proprietors, and deed of settlement.

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System of arrangement

Deed of Settlement: B/WPCG/I/001; Proprietors' Meetings Minutes: B/WPCG/11/II/001; Directors Meetings Minutes: B/WPCG/11/III/001-002.

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Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

B/SMETG: South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company B/WEQG: Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company

Finding aids

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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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  • English

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