Ratcliff Gas Act 1855
WHEREAS by an Act of the Fourth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for lighting with Gas the several Parishes of Saint Botolph Aldgate and Saint Paul Shadwell, and certain Parts of the Parishes of Saint George in the East otherwise Saint George Middlesex and Saint John of Wapping, and of the Hamlets of Mile End Old Town and Ratcliff, in the County of Middlesex, the Ratcliff Gaslight and Coke Company were incorporated, and were empowered to light with Gas...