IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 B/SMETG
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY
Date(s): 1834-1965
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.95 linear metres
Name of creator(s): South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company was founded in 1834 to serve Southwark and other places in what was then Surrey and Kent.
The following companies were amalgamated with the South Metropolitan: Surrey Consumers, 1879 (established 1854); Phoenix, 1880 (established 1824); Woolwich, Charlton and Plumstead, 1884 (established 1855); Woolwich Equitable, 1884 (established 1855).
The Company was nationalised in 1949 and placed under the control of the South Eastern Gas Board. It was the sole trustee of the South Metropolitan Gas Company's Officers' Pension Fund. It was wound up voluntarily, as the Pension Fund was wound up, on 1 April 1964 in accordance with the Gas (Superannuation Schemes) (Winding Up) Regulations, 1964.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company, 1834-1965. The records include the deed of settlement, minutes of the proprietors' and directors' meetings, reports of general meetings, acts and orders in council and items relating to the South Metropolitan Pension Fund Securities Limited.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
B/SMETG/I: Deed of settlement; B/SMETG/II-III: Minutes; B/SMETG/IV: Reports; B/SMETG/VII: Acts and Orders; B/SMETG/VIII: Pension Fund
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 on 23 February 1977.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
B/PHG: Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company B/SLONG: South London Gas Light and Coke Company B/WEQG: Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009