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Records of the Southern Gas Board relating to Berkshire

Catalogue reference: D/SG10

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This record is about the Records of the Southern Gas Board relating to Berkshire dating from 1931-1987.

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Reference
D/SG10
Title
Records of the Southern Gas Board relating to Berkshire
Date
1931-1987
Arrangement

1 Minutes
2 Title deeds and related papers
3 Maps and plans (including technical drawings)
4 Contracts, specifications etc
5 Operation of gasworks
6 Property: miscellaneous
7 Supply of gas to customers
8 Photographs

Held by
Royal Berkshire Archives
Creator(s)
Southern Gas Board
Physical description
4 vols, 39 bdls, 5 files, 47 rolls, 11 docs
Immediate source of acquisition
Deposited in August 1982 (acc. 3117); November 1983 (acc. 3327 part); March 1989 (acc. 4377 part); September 1989 (acc. 4465); June 1991 (acc. 4824 part); October 1991 (acc. 4864 part); August 1994 (acc. 5475); December 1994 (acc. 5537); March 1995 (acc. 5595); October 1995 (acc. 5689); August 1996 (acc. 5859); January 1999 (acc. 6373); July 2000 (acc. 6602 part)
Unpublished finding aids
A full catalogue is available via http://ww2.berkshirenclosure.org.uk/CalmView/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=DSG10
Administrative / biographical background

The gas industry was nationalised in 1949 under the Gas Act 1948. The Southern Gas Board was one of 12 regional bodies which took over all the existing private and municipal gas undertakings in the country. The Gas Act 1972 merged all the area boards into the British Gas Corporation.

In the 1970s natural gas from the North Sea replaced the coal burning process.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/95c5984d-b7bb-453f-8ba2-43d6e4bdd9cf/

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Records of the Southern Gas Board relating to Berkshire