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British Gas Corporation

LC control no.n 50044079
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingBritish Gas Corporation
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See alsoPredecessor: Gas Council (Great Britain)
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Successor: British Gas (Firm)
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Beginning date1973
Ending date1986
Associated countryGreat Britain England
LocatedLondon (England)
Field of activityGas industry
Found inReport and accounts for the year ended 31st March 1973: t.p. (British Gas Corporation)
Wikipedia, 2 June 2009: Coal gas page (Gas Council acquired and supplied gas to the twelve area Boards; Gas Act 1972 formed the British Gas Corporation) British Gas plc page (Founded 1986 Dissolved 1997)
Grace's Guide to British Industrial History website, viewed 16 July 2019 under British Gas [& links] (the industry-funded British Gas Council was founded in 1946, incorporating the National Gas Council and the British Commercial Gas Association; replaced by a new 'Gas Council' in 1949 as a result of the Gas Act of 1948, which nationalised the gas industry; replaced by the British Gas Corporation in 1973; following privatisation, the Corporation's assets were transferred to British Gas plc in November 1986)
Licence to search for and get petroleum in the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, 9 August 1982: page 1 (British Gas Corporation: principal office is situate at 152 Grosvenor Road, London SW1V 3JL)
Not found inAnnual report and accounts for the year ended 31st March 1971-1972: t.p. (Gas Council) British Gas (Firm). Annual report and accounts, 1988: t.p. (British Gas) p. 1 (Company was privatized in 1986)
Associated languageeng