WESTERN GAS LIGHT COMPANY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 B/WGL
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WESTERN GAS LIGHT COMPANY
Date(s)	: 1821-1860
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1.48 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Western Gas Light Company

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Western Gas Light Company was incorporated by Act of Parliament 1845 and the deed of settlement is dated 1846. It was amalgamated with the (Chartered) Gas, Light and Coke Company, 1872.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Western Gas Light Company, 1821-1860, including deed of settlement, Acts of Parliament relating to the Company, licences, papers relating to property, legal case papers, minutes of Directors' meetings and minutes of Shareholders' meetings.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

In three sections: Legal Records; General Records; Minutes.

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 by 1966 (AC/66/054).

Allied Materials

Related material:

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