SOUTH METROPOLITAN GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 B/SMETG |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full 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 & 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.
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
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
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