Deptford Gas Company's Act 1852
WHEREAS by a Deed of Settlement, dated the Fifteenth Day of November One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, several Persons established themselves together into a Company, under the Name and Title of "The Deptford, Rotherhithe, and Bermondsey Gaslight and Coke Company," for the Purpose, among other things, of manufacturing and producing inflammable Air or Gas, and to supply therewith any Railways, Roads, Streets, Houses, Buildings, and Places in or near Deptford in the Counties of Kent ...