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GAS COMPANIES: ANNUAL ACCOUNTS

Catalogue reference: QE24

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This record is about the GAS COMPANIES: ANNUAL ACCOUNTS dating from 1840 - 1918.

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Reference
QE24
Title
GAS COMPANIES: ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
Date
1840 - 1918
Description

The accounts of 72 commercial gas companies were deposited with the clerk of the peace in conformity with parliamentary standing orders. Eighteen of these are represented by single returns only, but 24 have returns covering more than thirty years. Holmfirth, Pudsey, Sheffield and Wakefield gas companies deposited accounts from the 1840s to 1917 (QE24/32, 55, 63, and 70)

Arrangement

The accounts were originally filed in annual bundles, but have been sorted by company for ease of access.

Held by
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield
Former department reference
A000006/5/9/5
Language
English
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7f8066bf-b497-419b-a8cf-37eed4719839/

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GAS COMPANIES: ANNUAL ACCOUNTS