COMMERCIAL GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 B/CGC |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : COMMERCIAL GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY |
Date(s) | : 1844-1949 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 1.45 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company | 1839-1949 |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company was formed in 1837 to combat the British Gas Light and Coke Company after it had obtained a monopoly. Commercial later bought the British's London district for a knockdown figure. Deed of settlement, 1839. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1847. Nationalised 1949, placed under control of North Thames Gas Board.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company, 1844-1949. The records include minutes of directors' meetings, correspondence, half-yearly reports of the company, newspaper cuttings and miscellaneous papers. Also notice of meeting of shareholders of Crystal Palace District Gas Company.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
B/CGC/01 - B/CGC/27
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
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 1965 (AC/65/025)
Allied Materials
Related material:
See also B/NTG/2928-2996
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
July to October 2009
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