North Eastern Gas Board
1948 One of 12 Area Gas Boards established by the government to operate the nationalised gas industry, each a separate body with its own management structure. Companies and other bodies nationalised and included in this area:
Ackworth, Featherstone, Purston & Sharlston Gas Company
Airedale Gas Company
Askern Gas Company
Batley Corporation Gas Department
Bradford Gas Light Company
Beverley Corporation Gas Department
Brighouse Corporation Gas Department
Bingley Urban District Council Gas Department
Boston Spa Gas Company Ltd
Bradford Corporation Gas Department
Bridlington Gas Company
The Brough, Elloughton & Welton Gas Light & Coke Company Ltd
Calverly & Horsforth District Gas Company
Castelford And Whitwood Gas Light And Coke Company
Churwell Gas Light Company
Clayton, Allerton & Thornton Gas Company
Colne Valley Urban District Council Gas Department
Dewsbury Corporation Gas Department
Denby Dale Gas Light Company Ltd
Drighlington And Gildersome Gas Light Company
Driffield Urban District Council Gas Department
East Ardsley Gas Company
Easingwold Gas Light And Coke Company Ltd
East Hull Gas Company
Eccleshill & Bolton Gas Company
Elland-Cum-Greetland Gas Company
Filey Urban District Council Gas Department
Garforth Gas Consumers' Company Ltd
Goole Corporation Gas Department
Gomersal Gas Light Company
Halifax Corporation Gas Department
Harrogate Gas Company
Hemsworth & Uk Coke Oven Company Ltd
Heckmondwike Gas Company
Hellifield And District Gas Company Ltd
Hessle Gas Company
Helmsley Lighting Company Ltd
Hebden Royd Urban District Council Gas Department
Holderness Gas Company Ltd
Hemsworth, Grimethorpe & District Gas Company Ltd
Honley Urban District Council Gas Department
Howden Gas Company Ltd
Holmfirth Gaslight Company
Hornsea Gas Light And Coke Company Ltd
Hull Undertaking-British Gas Light Company
Huddersfield Corporation Gas Department
Ilkley Urban District Council Gas Department
Keighley Corporation Gas Department
Kippax And District Gas Company Ltd
Kirbymoorside Lighting Company Ltd
Kildwick Parish Gas Company
Kirkburton Shelley And Shepley Gas Company Ltd
Knottingly Gas Company
Knaresborough Urban District Council Gas Department
Leeds Corporation Gas Department
Longwood Gas Company
Malton Gas Company
Market Weighton Gas Light And Coke Company Ltd
Meltham Urban District Council Gas Department
Mirfield Gas Company
Morley Gas Company
North Bierley Gas Company
Normanton Gas Company
Nortonthorpe Gas Undertaking (Wb & Gh Norton)
Ossett Corporation Gas Department
Otley Gas Company
Pateley Bridge Gas Coal And Coke Company Ltd
Pickering Gas And Water Company Ltd
Pontefract Corporation Gas Department
Pocklington New Gas Company
Pudsey Coal Gas Company
Rawcliffe, Snaith And District Gas Company Ltd
Ripon Corporation Gas Department
Royston And Brodsworth Gas Company
Rothwell Gas Light Company
Robin Hood's Bay Gas Company
Scarborough Gas Company
Settle Gas Company Ltd
Selby Urban District Council Gas Department
Sherburn And South Milford Gas Company Ltd
Shipley Urban District Council Gas Department
Silsden Urban District Council Gas Department
Skelmanthorpe Gas Company Ltd
Skipton Urban District Council Gas Department
Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council Gas Department
Spenborough Urban District Council Gas Department
Tadcaster Gas Light Company
Thirsk Gas Company
Todmorden Corporation Gas Department
Wakefield Gaslight Company
Wetherby Gas Light Company
West Yorkshire Gas Distribution Company
Whitby Gas Company
Yeadon & Guiseley Gas Light And Coke Co
York Gas Company
1973 The Area Boards became Regions of the British Gas Corporation.
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Sources of Information
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