Site Record

The Knighton Gas Light, Coal & Coke Co. was formed in 1852. Freehold of works site purchased from Richard Price. In 1881 the company had a capital of £1,400, James, M. Roche was Chairman, Amos Perry was the manager and William A. Collins, the Secretary. In 1898 Amos Perry was the engineer/manager and William, A. Collins the secretary, at which point they were making 4.45m cu.ft. of gas from 556 tons of coal. In 1949 the company was known as the Knighton Gas Co. Ltd, with an annual gas production of 8.6m cu.ft.. The company was controlled from 55, Bishopgate Street, EC2, the registered office of the North Western Gas Corporation Ltd. Vested in the Wales Gas Board from the Knighton Gas Company. In 1952 the “Gas World Year Book”, showed that Knighton was manufacturing 9 cu.ft. of gas using horizontal retort plant. A.I. Jones was the manager. In 1972, part of gasworks site sold to Dorcas Construction Ltd. In 1977 a holder was still in use. The gasworks were visible on the 1887 to 1994 OS maps.