York Gas Company

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

York Gas Company

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • York Gas Company; 1912-1948

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1912-1948

      History

      Formed by a merger of the two competing local private gas companies. The inherited Monk Bridge gas generating site was extended in 1847 and the Hungate site sold in 1850. The works and supply areas were extended various times by Act of Parliament. There was tension between the private company and the Corporation who sought to buy it in 1871 (unsuccessfully) and attempted to block its expansion in Parliament in 1912. Control was transfered to the North-Eastern Gas board in 1948 when electricity and gas were nationalised.
      Formed by merger of York Gas Light Company and York Union Gas Light Company in 1844.
      Changed name to York Gas Company in 1912

      Places

      Legal status

      Suppy area extended by Act of Parliament:\n1844: 7 & 8 Vic c.74 (local and personal act)\nGas works extended:\n1878: 41 Vic c.43 (local act). \nName changed and supply area extended to 7 mile radius of Ouse Bridge:\n1912: 2 & 3 Geor V c.71.\nNationalised:\n11 & 12 Geo VI c.67

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Supplied gas for lighting purposes originally, then for cooking from 1884. A new gas works was built in 1880-85 with direct railway connection for supply of coal. The plant was closed down in the 1950s.

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      General context

      Formed by a merger of the two competing local private gas companies. The inherited Monk Bridge gas generating site was extended in 1847 and the Hungate site sold in 1850. The works and supply areas were extended various times by Act of Parliament. There was tension between the private company and the Corporation who sought to buy it in 1871 (unsuccessfully) and attempted to block its expansion in Parliament in 1912. Control was transfered to the North-Eastern Gas board in 1948 when electricity and gas were nationalised.

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      York United Gas Light Company (1844-1912)

      Identifier of related entity

      GB0192-25

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      York United Gas Light Company is the predecessor of York Gas Company

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

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      Occupations

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      GB0192-38

      Institution identifier

      GB0192

      Rules and/or conventions used

      International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

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          Sources

          VCH York.

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