IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 B/WWG
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WANDSWORTH, WIMBLEDON, EPSOM AND DISTRICT GAS COMPANY
Date(s): 1913-1949
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.9 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Epsom and District Gas Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Epsom and District Gas Company was formed in 1913 as the amalgamated company of the Wandsworth and Putney Gas Light and Coke Company, the Mitcham and Wimbledon District Gas Light Company, and the Epsom and Ewell Gas Company by 2 and 3 geo.V, c.xlvii, Wandsworth Wimbledon and Epsom District Gas Act 1912.
In 1930 the company amalgamated with the Kingston Upon Thames Gas Company and then the Sutton Gas Company in 1931 when the name changed to the Wandsworth and District Gas Company. In 1949, was nationalised and placed under the control of the South Eastern Gas Board.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Epsom and District Gas Company, 1913-1949, comprising minutes of Proprietors and Directors meetings, agenda books, and papers relating to the Pension Trust.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
-Proprietors' Meetings, Minutes, B/WWG/II/001 -Directors' Meetings, Minutes, B/WWG/III/001-011 (indexes) -Agenda Books, B/WWG/V/001 -Wandsworth and District Gas Pension Trust Ltd, B/WWG/VIII/001
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 depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in 1977 (AC/77/013).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
B/WPG: Wandsworth and Putney Gas Light and Coke Company
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009