IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 B/PHG
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PHOENIX GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY
Date(s): 1824-1880
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.35 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament (5 Geo.IV, c. lxxviii) in 1824. The Company served Southwark, Brixton, Deptford and Greenwich. It was amalgamated with the South Metropolitan Gas Light and Coke Company in 1876.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company, 1824-1880, including Proprietors' meeting minutes; Directors' meetings signed minutes; minutes of the Committee of Directors on extravagant burning; and minutes of the Accounts Committee of Directors.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
In sections: Proprietors Meetings; Directors Meetings; Committee Meetings. Chronological within each section.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Some minutes been severely affected by damp. Some volumes are very badly stained and fragile at the foot; the bindings also have been weakened
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 23 February 1977.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: July to October 2009