North Eastern Gas Board
Note: This is a sub-section of the Area Gas Boards
1948 One of 12 Area Gas Boards established by the government to operate the nationalised gas industry, each a separate body with its own management structure. Companies and other bodies nationalised and included in this area:
- Ackworth, Featherstone, Purston and Sharlston Gas Co
- Airedale Gas Co
- Askern Gas Co
- Batley Corporation: Gas Department
- Bradford Gas Light Co
- Beverley Corporation: Gas Department
- Brighouse Corporation: Gas Department
- Bingley Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Boston Spa Gas Co
- Bradford Corporation: Gas Department
- Bridlington Gas Co
- Brough, Elloughton and Welton Gas Light and Coke Co
- Calverly and Horsforth District Gas Co
- Castleford and Whitwood Gas Light and Coke Co
- Churwell Gas Light Co
- Clayton, Allerton and Thornton Gas Co
- Colne Valley Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Dewsbury Corporation: Gas Department
- Denby Dale Gas Light Co
- Drighlington and Gildersome Gas Light Co
- Driffield Urban District Council: Gas Department
- East Ardsley Gas Co
- Easingwold Gas Light and Coke Co
- East Hull Gas Co
- Eccleshill and Bolton Gas Co
- Elland-cum-Greetland Gas Co
- Filey Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Garforth Gas Consumers Co
- Goole Corporation: Gas Department
- Gomersal Gas Light Co
- Halifax Corporation: Gas Department
- Harrogate Gas Co
- Hemsworth and UK Coke Oven Co
- Heckmondwike Gas Co
- Hellifield and District Gas Co
- Hessle Gas Co
- Helmsley Lighting Co
- Hebden Royd Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Holderness Gas Co
- Hemsworth, Grimethorpe and District Gas Co
- Honley Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Howden Gas Co
- Holmfirth Gaslight Co
- Hornsea Gas Light and Coke Co
- Hull Undertaking - British Gas Light Co
- Huddersfield Corporation: Gas Department
- Ilkley Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Keighley Corporation: Gas Department
- Kippax and District Gas Co
- Kirkbymoorside Lighting Co
- Kildwick Parish Gas Co
- Kirkburton, Shelley and Shepley Gas Co
- Knottingley Gas Co
- Knaresborough Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Leeds Corporation: Gas Department
- Longwood Gas Co
- Malton Gas Co
- Market Weighton Gas Light and Coke Co
- Meltham Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Mirfield Gas Co
- Morley Gas Co
- North Bierley Gas Co
- Normanton Gas Co
- Nortonthorpe Gas Undertaking (Wb and Gh Norton)
- Ossett Corporation: Gas Department
- Otley Gas Co
- Pateley Bridge Gas, Coal and Coke Co
- Pickering Gas and Water Co
- Pontefract Corporation: Gas Department
- Pocklington New Gas Co
- Pudsey Coal Gas Co
- Rawcliffe, Snaith and District Gas Co
- Ripon Corporation: Gas Department
- Royston and Brodsworth Gas Co
- Rothwell Gas Light Co
- Robin Hood's Bay Gas Co
- Scarborough Gas Co
- Settle Gas Co
- Selby Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Sherburn and South Milford Gas Co
- Shipley Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Silsden Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Skelmanthorpe Gas Co
- Skipton Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Sowerby Bridge Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Spenborough Urban District Council: Gas Department
- Tadcaster Gas Light Co
- Thirsk Gas Co
- Todmorden Corporation: Gas Department
- Wakefield Gaslight Co
- Wetherby Gas Light Co
- West Yorkshire Gas Distribution Co
- Whitby Gas Co
- Yeadon and Guiseley Gas Light and Coke Co
- York Gas Co
1973 The Area Boards became Regions of the British Gas Corporation.
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] National Archives