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COMMERCIAL GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 B/CGC

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

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 AND 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.

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 1965 (AC/65/025)

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

See also B/NTG/2928-2996

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business administration | Business
Business management | Management
Companies | Enterprises
Corporate minutes | Business records | Documents | Information sources
Gas companies | Utilities | Service industries
Gas utilities | Gas industry | Power industry | Industry
Press cuttings | Newspaper press | Press
Business x Enterprises
Business administration x Business management
Company archives

Personal names

Corporate names
Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company | 1839-1949

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