Ilford Gas Act, 1899
WHEREAS certain persons under a deed of settlement dated the twenty-fourth day of July one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine formed themselves into a company under the name of the Ilford Gaslight and Coke Company for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of Ilford in the county of Essex and its vicinity with gas:

And whereas on the twentieth day of January one thousand eight hundred and forty-five the said company was registered pursuant to the Joint Stock Companies Act 1844 7 and 8 ...