Reference
Z1849/4/2
Title
Agreement between (i) Kempston Gas Company Ltd. and (ii) The Bedford Gas Light Company regarding gas supply
Date free text
3rd December 1891
Production date
From: 1891 To: 1891
Scope and Content
Schedule:
(i) Bedford Gas Act 1864 empowers Party (ii) to supply gas within the limits of the Borough of Bedford and other parishes
(ii) Party (i) has given notice to Party (ii) of their intention to apply to the Board of Trade for a Provisional Order to empower Party (i) to supply gas within the parishes of Kempston, Biddenham, Elstow and Wootton (specific areas within these parishes later to be defined).
Agreement:
1. Party (i) will, henceforth from the date of this agreement not apply for the Provisional Order intended to empower them to supply gas in any other areas than the ones to be henceforth defined (see reference in Schedule (ii)),
2. nor will they deprive Party (ii) of any of their present property rights or powers.
3. In return Party (ii) agree not to oppose Party (i) in the application for a Provisional Order to supply gas in the areas with the limitations aforementioned.
No map included
Signed in the presence of J. Newton, Clerk to Mr W.G. Carter-Mitchell, Solicitor, Bedford by the Directors of the Kempston Gas Company.
Archival history
Material created by Alderman and Mayor Richard Turner (1881-1982) deposited by his grandson Nicholas Turner. Includes newspaper clippings and photographs relating to his career in service for the county and his work with the Eastern Gas Board and his wartime service.
"Born in Bedford, Alderman Turner worked for the Bedford and District Gas Company, and was later chairman of the Eastern Area Consultative Council following Nationalisation. He was much active in local politics and was elected to the Bedford Town Council in 1945 as Conservative member for Queen's Park. In 1948 he was elected to the County Council, and chaired the town's planning committee in the post-war years. He was Mayor of Bedford in 1950-1 and was granted the Honorary Freedom of the Borough in 1962. He played a key role in the establishment of the Cecil Higgins Museum in Bedford, founded on the bequest to the corporation of the collection of glass and porcelain assembled by a local brewer, Mr Cecil Higgins. The museum opened to the public in 1949 and two years later, thanks to the advocacy of Alderman Turner, the trustees made funds available for the purchase of English watercolours, another of his passionate interests."
Biography by Nicholas Turner
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