The Westhoughton Gas Act, 1871
WHEREAS the population and house property within the township of Westhoughton in the county of Lancaster have of late years greatly increased and are still increasing, and new mills, manufactories, and works have been erected:
And whereas the Westhoughton Gas Company, Limited, was constituted and established under a memorandum of association, dated the twenty-eighth day of June one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, for the purpose of making and supplying gas to Westhoughton and its neigh...