Stratford-upon-Avon Gas Act 1857
WHEREAS by certain Articles of Agreement, bearing Date the Seventeenth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, several Persons formed themselves into a Company, by the Name of the Stratford-upon-Avon Gaslight and Coke Company, for the Purpose of making, supplying, and conveying Gas, and therewith lighting the Streets, Houses, and other Places in the Town of Stratford-upon-Avon in the County of Warwick, and the Neighbourhood thereof: And whereas the Capital originally subscrib...