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A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Public services PUBLIC SERVICES. A gas works was built west of New Street in 1849 by William … 32 It was sold in 1864 to the Oakengates and St. George's Gas and Water Co. Ltd., 33 which was in turn bought by the Wellington (Salop) Gas Co. in 1922. 34 By 1882 the Hadley & Trench Gas Works …
A History of the County of Essex
… served by the Buckhurst exchange. 117 In 1864 the West Ham Gas Co., which since 1856 had been empowered to supply gas to Woodford, relinquished its interest in all except the … corner of the parish to the Chigwell and Woodford Bridge Gas Co., formed in 1863. The works of the latter were …
A History of the County of Essex
… in Ray Lodge Road and Ray Lodge Close. Ray Park, the gas works, and the Ashton playing fields now cover most of …