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