York Buildings Co
Other Business Names:
- Governor & Company of Proprietors for Raising Water from the Thames
- New River Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
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Extraction
Copper extraction
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
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Property activities
Landed estate management
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Extraction
Lead extraction
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Utility services
Water supply & wastewater services
Notes:
Established 1675 as Governor & Company of Proprietors for Raising Water from the Thames. Incorporated 1690. From 1719 diversified into land ownership, especially in Scotland, and into copper and lead mining and iron production on its Scottish estates. Soon in difficulties and in later 18th century disposed of its new assets before selling its London waterworks, which for long had been leased out, to New River Co in 1818. Dissolved 1829
Publications:
- 'Business affairs of an eighteenth century Lowland laird. Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk, 1696-1778' in T M Devine (ed), Scottish Elites. Proceedings of the Scottish Historical Studies Seminar, University of Strathclyde, 1991-1992 by Cummings, A J G
- 'Industry and investment in the eighteenth century Highlands. The York Buildings Company of London' in A J G Cummings & T M Devine (eds), Industry, Business and Society in Scotland since 1700. Essays presented to Professor John Butt by Cummings, A J G
- London's Water Wars. The competition for London's water supply in the nineteenth century by Graham-Leigh, John
- Notes on the ancient iron industry of Scotland by Macadam, W Ivison
- Notes on the York Buildings Company in Abernethy by Forsyth, Asher
- Select Charters of Trading Companies, AD1530-1707 by Carr, Cecil T (ed)
- York Buildings Company. A case study in eighteenth century corporation mismanagement by Cummings, A J G
- York Buildings Company. A chapter in Scotch history; with an introduction by R H Campbell by Murray, David, with R H Campbell
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Governor & Company of Proprietors for Raising Water from the Thames
- New River Co
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Scotland, Scotland
Sectors:
- Extraction Copper extraction
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
- Property activities Landed estate management
- Extraction Lead extraction
- Utility services Water supply & wastewater services
Notes:
Established 1675 as Governor & Company of Proprietors for Raising Water from the Thames. Incorporated 1690. From 1719 diversified into land ownership, especially in Scotland, and into copper and lead mining and iron production on its Scottish estates. Soon in difficulties and in later 18th century disposed of its new assets before selling its London waterworks, which for long had been leased out, to New River Co in 1818. Dissolved 1829Publications:
- 'Business affairs of an eighteenth century Lowland laird. Sir Archibald Grant of Monymusk, 1696-1778' in T M Devine (ed), Scottish Elites. Proceedings of the Scottish Historical Studies Seminar, University of Strathclyde, 1991-1992 by Cummings, A J G
- 'Industry and investment in the eighteenth century Highlands. The York Buildings Company of London' in A J G Cummings & T M Devine (eds), Industry, Business and Society in Scotland since 1700. Essays presented to Professor John Butt by Cummings, A J G
- London's Water Wars. The competition for London's water supply in the nineteenth century by Graham-Leigh, John
- Notes on the ancient iron industry of Scotland by Macadam, W Ivison
- Notes on the York Buildings Company in Abernethy by Forsyth, Asher
- Select Charters of Trading Companies, AD1530-1707 by Carr, Cecil T (ed)
- York Buildings Company. A case study in eighteenth century corporation mismanagement by Cummings, A J G
- York Buildings Company. A chapter in Scotch history; with an introduction by R H Campbell by Murray, David, with R H Campbell