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Businesses (257)
- Aldeburgh Gas Light Co Ltd Aldeburgh, Suffolk
- Alford Gas Co Alford, Lincolnshire
- Alfreton Gas Co Alfreton, Derbyshire
- Ambergate, Crich, Bull Bridge & Fritchley Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd Ambergate, Derbyshire
- Ampthill Gas & Coke Co Ampthill, Bedfordshire
- Annfield Plain & District Gas Co Annfield Plain, Durham
- Arundel Gas Co Arundel, Sussex
- Ascot District Gas & Electricity Co Ascot, Berkshire
- Ashbourne Gas Co Ltd Ashbourne, Derbyshire
- Ashby De La Zouch Gas Co Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
- Aspley Guise & Woburn Sands Gas Light & Coke Co Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire
- Attleborough Gas Co Ltd Attleborough, Norfolk
- Aylsham Gas Co Ltd Aylsham, Norfolk
- Baldock Gas Light & Coke Co Baldock, Hertfordshire
- Barnet & District Gas & Water Co Barnet, Hertfordshire
- Barnsley Gas Co Barnsley, Yorkshire
- Barrow upon Humber Gas Co Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire
- Barton Gas Co Barton upon Humber, Lincolnshire
- Baslow Gas Light & Coke Co Baslow, Derbyshire
- Beccles Water & Gas Co Beccles, Suffolk
- Bedford District Gas Co Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Berkhampstead Gas Co Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
- Bingham Gas Light & Coke Co Bingham, Nottinghamshire
- Bishops Stortford, Epping & District Gas Co Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire;Harlow, Essex;Epping, Essex
- Bolsover Gas Light & Coke Co Bolsover, Derbyshire
- Boston Gas Light & Coke Co Boston, Lincolnshire
- Boston Spa Gas Co Ltd Boston Spa, Yorkshire
- Bourne Gas Co Bourne, Lincolnshire
- Boxmoor Two Waters & Crouchfield Gas & Coke Co Boxmoor, Hertfordshire
- Bradford Gas Light Co Bradford, Yorkshire
- Braintree & Bocking Gas Co Braintree, Essex;Bocking, Essex
- Brentford Gas Co Brentford, Middlesex
- Bridlington Gas Co Bridlington, Yorkshire
- Brigg Gas Co Brigg, Lincolnshire
- Brightlingsea Gas & Coke Co Ltd Brightlingsea, Essex
- Brighton Gas Light and Coke Co Brighton, Sussex
- Brighton, Hove & Worthing Gas Co Brighton, Sussex;Hove, Sussex;Worthing, Sussex
- British Gas Corporation
- British Gas Light Co Ltd London;Norwich, Norfolk;Hull, Yorkshire
- British Gas plc
- Broadstairs Gas Co Broadstairs, Kent
- Burton Latimer Gas Co Ltd Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire
- Bury St Edmunds Gas Co Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
- Caistor Gas & Coke Co Caistor, Lincolnshire
- Calverley & Horsforth District Gas Co Calverley, Yorkshire;Horsforth, Yorkshire
- Cambridge University & Town Gas Light Co Ltd Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Capitol Housing Association Ltd London
- Castleford & Whitwood Gas Light & Coke Co Castleford, Yorkshire
- Chesham & District Gas Co Chesham, Buckinghamshire
- Chesterfield Gas & Water Board Chesterfield, Derbyshire
- Clay Cross Gas Co Clay Cross, Derbyshire
- Clayton, Allerton & Thornton Gas Co Clayton, Yorkshire;Allerton, Yorkshire;Thornton, Yorkshire
- Cleethorpes Gas Co Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
- Cockermouth Gas Light & Coke Co Cockermouth, Cumberland
- Colchester Gas Co Colchester, Essex
- Commercial Gas Light & Coke Co London
- Coxhoe Gas Co Coxhoe, Durham
- Cranbrook Gas Co Cranbrook, Kent
- Cromer Gas Co Cromer, Norfolk
- Croydon Gas Co Croydon, Surrey
- Daventry Gas Co Ltd Daventry, Northamptonshire
- Derby Gas Light & Coke Co Derby, Derbyshire
- Desborough Gas Light Co Ltd Desborough, Northamptonshire
- Doncaster Gas Light Co Doncaster, Yorkshire
- Draycott Gas Co Draycott, Derbyshire
- Drightlington & Gildersome Gas Light Co Drightlington, Yorkshire;Gildersome, Yorkshire
- Dronfield Gas Light & Coke Co Dronfield, Derbyshire
- Dunstable Gas & Water Co Dunstable, Bedfordshire
- Earls Colne Gas Light & Coke Co Earls Colne, Essex
- Easingwold Gas Light & Coke Co Easingwold, Yorkshire
- East Ardsley Gas Co East Ardsley, Yorkshire
- East Grinstead Gas & Water Co East Grinstead, Sussex
- East Hull Gas Co Hull, Yorkshire
- East Midlands Gas Board
- East Surrey Gas Co Redhill, Surrey
- Eastbourne Gas Co Eastbourne, Sussex
- Eastern Gas Board
- Elland-cum-Greetland Gas Co Elland, Yorkshire
- Ely Gas & Electricity Co Ltd Ely, Cambridgeshire
- Enfield Gas Co Enfield, Middlesex
- Epworth Gas Co Epworth, Lincolnshire
- Faversham Gas Co Faversham, Kent
- Featherstone Gas Co Featherstone, Northumberland
- Felixstowe Gas Light Co Felixstowe, Suffolk
- Folkestone Gas Co Folkestone, Kent
- Framlingham Gas Light Co Framlingham, Suffolk
- Garforth Gas Consumers Co Ltd Garforth, Yorkshire
- Gas Light & Coke Co London
- Godalming Gas & Coke Co Godalming, Surrey
- Gorleston & Southtown Gas Co Gorleston, Norfolk
- Grantham Gas Co Grantham, Lincolnshire
- Gravesend & Milton Gas Co Gravesend, Kent
- Great Grimsby Gas Co Grimsby, Lincolnshire
- Great Yarmouth Gas & Coke Co Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
- Guildford Gas Co Guildford, Surrey
- Guisborough Gas Co Guisborough, Yorkshire
- Hadleigh Gas Consumers Co Ltd Hadleigh, Suffolk
- Halesworth Gas Co Ltd Halesworth, Suffolk
- Halstead Gas Co Halstead, Essex
- Hampton Court Gas Co Hampton, Middlesex
- Harpenden District Gas Co Harpenden, Hertfordshire
- Harrogate Gas Co Harrogate, Yorkshire
- Harwich Gas & Coke Co Harwich, Essex
- Hastings Gas Co Hastings, Sussex
- Haywards Heath Gas Light & Coke Co Haywards Heath, Sussex
- Heckington Gas Co Heckington, Lincolnshire
- Heckmondwike Gas Co Heckmondwike, Yorkshire
- Hellifield and District Gas Co Ltd Hellifield, Yorkshire
- Helmsley Lighting Co Ltd Helmsley, Yorkshire
- Hemsworth, Grimethorpe & District Gas Co Ltd Hemsworth, Yorkshire;Grimethorpe, Yorkshire
- Henfield Gas & Coke Co Ltd Henfield, Sussex
- Herne Bay Gas Co Herne Bay, Kent
- Hessle Gas Co Hessle, Yorkshire
- Hexham Gas Co Hexham, Northumberland
- Holderness Gas Co Ltd Withernsea, Yorkshire
- Horley District Gas Co Horley, Surrey
- Hornsea Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd Hornsea, Yorkshire
- Howden Gas Co Ltd Howden, Yorkshire
- Huddersfield Registered Gas Co Ltd Huddersfield, Yorkshire
- Humphreys & Glasgow, petrochemical engineers, London London
- Huntingdon and Godmanchester Gas & Coke Co Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire;Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire
- Imperial Gas Light & Coke Co London
- Ipswich Gas Light Co Ipswich, Suffolk
- Isle of Thanet Gas Co Margate, Kent
- Kegworth Gas Light & Coke Co Kegworth, Leicestershire
- Kelvedon & Coggeshall Gas Co Kelvedon, Essex;Coggeshall, Essex
- Keswick Gas Co Keswick, Cumberland
- Kettering Gas Co Kettering, Northamptonshire
- Kibworth Gas Co Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire
- Kildwick Parish Gas Co Kildwick, Yorkshire
- King's Lynn Gas Co King's Lynn, Norfolk
- Kingston Gas Co Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
- Kingston upon Hull Gas Light Co Hull, Yorkshire
- Kippax and District Gas Co Ltd Kippax, Yorkshire
- Kirbymoorside Lighting Co Ltd Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire
- Knottingley Gas Co Knottingley, Yorkshire
- Langley Mill & Heanor Gas Light Co Ltd Langley Mill, Derbyshire;Heanor, Derbyshire
- Lavenham Gas Works Lavenham, Suffolk
- Lea Bridge District Gas Co Leyton, Essex
- Leatherhead Gas & Lighting Co Leatherhead, Surrey
- Leeds Gas Light Co Leeds, Yorkshire
- Leiston Gas Co Ltd Leiston, Suffolk
- Lewes Gas Co Lewes, Sussex
- Lincoln Gas Light & Coke Co Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- Littlehampton Gas Co Ltd Littlehampton, Sussex
- Littleport Gas Co Ltd Littleport, Cambridgeshire
- Loddon Gas Consumers Co Ltd Loddon, Norfolk
- Long Eaton Gas Co Long Eaton, Derbyshire
- Longwood Gas Co Ltd Longwood, Yorkshire
- Louth Gas Co Louth, Lincolnshire
- Lowestoft Water & Gas Co Lowestoft, Suffolk
- Luton Gas Co Luton, Bedfordshire
- Mablethorpe & Sutton Gas Co Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire
- Maidstone Gas Co Maidstone, Kent
- Maldon Gas Light Co Ltd Maldon, Essex
- Malton Gas Co Malton, Yorkshire
- March Gas & Coke Co Ltd March, Cambridgeshire
- Market Deeping Gas Light & Coke Co Market Deeping, Lincolnshire
- Market Harborough Gas Light & Coke Co Market Harborough, Leicestershire
- Market Weighton Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd Market Weighton, Yorkshire
- Matlock & District Gas Co Ltd Matlock, Derbyshire
- Melbourne Gas Light & Coke Co Melbourne, Derbyshire
- Melton Mowbray Gas Light & Coke Co Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
- Mid-Kent Gas Co Snodland, Kent
- Mirfield Gas Co Mirfield, Yorkshire
- Misterton & West Stockwith Gas Co Misterton, Nottinghamshire
- Morley Gas Co Morley, Yorkshire
- Mundesley & Holt Gas Co Ltd Holt, Norfolk
- Needham Market Gas Light Co Needham Market, Suffolk
- Newcastle upon Tyne & Gateshead Gas Co Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
- Newhaven Gas & Coke Co Ltd Newhaven, Sussex
- Newmarket Gas Co Newmarket, Suffolk
- Normanton Gas Co Normanton, Yorkshire
- North Bierley Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd North Bierley, Yorkshire
- North Eastern Gas Board
- North Middlesex Gas Co Mill Hill, Middlesex
- North Walsham Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd North Walsham, Norfolk
- Northampton Gas Light Co Northampton, Northamptonshire
- Northern Gas Board
- Otley Gas Co Otley, Yorkshire
- Penistone & District Gas Co Penistone, Yorkshire
- Peterborough Gas Co Peterborough, Northamptonshire
- Phoenix Gas Light & Coke Co London
- Pickering Gas & Water Co Ltd Pickering, Yorkshire
- Pocklington New Gas Co Pocklington, Yorkshire
- Potton Gas Co Potton, Bedfordshire
- Pudsey Coal Gas Co Pudsey, Yorkshire
- Ramsey Gas Co Ramsey, Huntingdonshire
- Rawcliffe, Snaith and District Gas Co Ltd Rawcliffe, Yorkshire;Snaith, Yorkshire
- Retford Gas & Coke Co East Retford, Nottinghamshire
- Riddings District Gas Co Riddings, Derbyshire
- Ripley Gas Co Ltd Ripley, Derbyshire
- Romford Gas Co Romford, Essex
- Rothwell Gas Light Co Rothwell, Yorkshire
- Royston and Brodsworth Gas Co Royston, Yorkshire;Brodsworth, Yorkshire
- Royston Gas Co Royston, Hertfordshire
- Rushden District Gas Co Rushden, Northamptonshire
- Rye Gas & Coke Co Ltd Rye, Sussex
- Sandiacre Gas Co Sandiacre, Derbyshire
- Sandy Gas Co Sandy, Bedfordshire
- Saxmundham Gas Co Ltd Saxmundham, Suffolk
- Scarborough Gas Co Scarborough, Yorkshire
- Selby Gas Co Selby, Yorkshire
- Settle Gas Co Ltd Settle, Yorkshire
- Sheffield & District Gas Co Sheffield, Yorkshire
- Sheppey Gas Co Sheppey, Kent
- Sherburn and South Milford Gas Co Ltd Sherburn, Yorkshire;South Milford, Yorkshire
- Sheringham Gas & Water Co Sheringham, Norfolk
- Shipley Gas Light Co Shipley, Yorkshire
- Shirebrook & District Gas Co Shirebrook, Derbyshire
- Shotley Bridge & Consett Gas Co Consett, Durham
- Sileby Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd Sileby, Leicestershire
- Skelmanthorpe Gas Co Ltd Skelmanthorpe, Yorkshire
- Soham & District Gas Co Ltd Soham, Cambridgeshire
- South Bank & Normanby Gas Light & Coke Co Ltd Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
- South Eastern Gas Board
- South Eastern Gas Corporation Ltd Kent
- South Metropolitan Gas Light & Coke Co London
- South Normanton & Blackwell Gas Co Ltd South Normanton, Derbyshire
- South Suburban Gas Co London
- Southgate & District Gas Co Southgate, Middlesex
- Southwell District Gas Co Southwell, Nottinghamshire
- Southwold Gas Light Co Ltd Southwold, Suffolk
- St Ives (Hunts) Gas Co Ltd St Ives, Huntingdonshire
- Stamford & St Martin (Stamford Baron) Gas Light & Coke Co Stamford, Lincolnshire
- Stowmarket Gas Light & Coke Co Stowmarket, Suffolk
- Sudbury Gas & Coke Co Ltd Sudbury, Suffolk
- Sunderland Gas Co Sunderland, Durham
- Swaffham Light & Coke Co Ltd Swaffham, Norfolk
- Syston & Thurmaston Gas Light & Coke Co Syston, Leicestershire;Thurmaston, Leicestershire
- Tadcaster & Wetherby District Gas Light Co Tadcaster, Yorkshire;Wetherby, Yorkshire
- Tadcaster Gas & Light Co Tadcaster, Yorkshire
- Tenterden Gas Co Tenterden, Kent
- Thirsk Gas Co Thirsk, Yorkshire
- Thrapston Gas Co Ltd Thrapston, Northamptonshire
- Tottenham & District Gas Co Tottenham, Middlesex
- Tunbridge Wells Gas Co Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Uppingham Gas Light & Coke Co Uppingham, Rutland
- Uxbridge, Maidenhead, Wycombe and District Gas Co Uxbridge, Middlesex
- Wakefield Gas Light & Coke Co Wakefield, Yorkshire
- Wandsworth & District Gas Co Wandsworth, Surrey
- Wateringbury Gas Co Wateringbury, Kent
- Watford & St Albans Gas Co Watford, Hertfordshire
- Weedon Gas Light, Coke & Coal Co Ltd Weedon, Northamptonshire
- West Yorkshire Gas Distribution Co Yorkshire, West Riding
- Whitby Gas Co Ltd Whitby, Yorkshire
- Whitehaven Gas Light Co Whitehaven, Cumberland
- Whittington Gas Co Whittington, Derbyshire
- Whittlesey Gas & Coke Co Ltd Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire
- Wisbech Lighting Co Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
- Witham Gas Light & Coke Co Witham, Essex
- Woburn Gas Light & Coke Co Woburn, Bedfordshire
- Woking District Gas Co Woking, Surrey
- Worksop Gas Co Worksop, Nottinghamshire
- Wyvenhoe Gas Co Ltd Wivenhoe, Essex
- Yeadon & Guiseley Gas Light & Coke Co Yeadon, Yorkshire;Guiseley, Yorkshire
- York Gas Light Co York, Yorkshire
Organisations (35)
- Batley Borough Batley, Yorkshire
- Beverley Borough Council Beverley, Yorkshire
- Bexhill Borough Council Bexhill, Sussex
- Bingley Urban District Council Bingley, Yorkshire
- Bradford Borough Council Bradford, Yorkshire
- Brighouse Borough Council Brighouse, Yorkshire
- British Acetylene Association
- Burton upon Trent Corporation Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Chelmsford Corporation Chelmsford, Essex
- Cockermouth Urban District Council Cockermouth, Cumberland
- Darlington Corporation Darlington, Durham
- Driffield Urban District Council Driffield, Yorkshire
- Gainsborough Urban District Council Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
- Goole Borough Council Goole, Yorkshire
- Halifax Borough Council Halifax, Yorkshire
- Huddersfield County Borough Council Huddersfield, Yorkshire
- Ilkley Urban District Council Ilkley, Yorkshire
- Keighley Borough Council Keighley, Yorkshire
- Keighley Local Board Keighley, Yorkshire
- Leeds City Council Leeds, Yorkshire
- Leicester Borough Council Leicester, Leicestershire
- Middlesbrough Borough Council Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
- Nottingham Borough Council Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
- Penrith Urban District Council Penrith, Cumberland
- Redcar Borough Council Redcar, Yorkshire
- Richmond Borough Council Richmond, Yorkshire
- Ripon District Council Ripon, Yorkshire
- Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Rotherham, Yorkshire
- Scunthorpe Borough Council Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
- Shipley Urban District Council Shipley, Yorkshire
- Skipton Urban District Council Skipton, Yorkshire
- Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire
- Spenborough Urban District Council Spenborough, Yorkshire
- Todmorden Borough Council Todmorden, Yorkshire
- Workington Borough Council Workington, Cumberland
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (7)
- NRA 25390 British Acetylene Association
- NRA 23245 East Midlands Gas Board
- NRA 43038 Eastern Gas Board
- NRA 42772 North Eastern Gas Board
- NRA 44233 North Thames Gas Board
- NRA 42771 Northern Gas Board
- NRA 42105 South Eastern Gas Board