Kidsgrove Gas Light Company - Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
N 53° 05.334 W 002° 14.894
30U E 550347 N 5882424
The ghost sign is on a building located on Hardingswood Road, Kidsgrove.
Waymark Code: WMTYAN
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/23/2017
Views: 8
The building is situated opposite the Canal Tavern and next to the Trent and Mersey Canal near to the top Lock 41.
The building was formerly the entrance to the Kidsgrove Gas Light Company. The inscription reads:-
The
Kidsgrove
Gas Light
Company
Founded 185?
Works Rebuilt
1895
John Gater
Chairman
Unfortunately 4 word /names written underneath are difficult to read.
Whitehill Online - Kidsgrove in 1871
"The Kidsgrove Gas Light Company Ltd in Hardings Wood is managed by Mr J.Davies."
The Kidsgrove Gas Light Company Inc was dissolved 1st May 1949.
In 2007 the building was used as offices by Stanways Coaches.
2017 - The site is now - Gas Works Industrial Estate with the building (disused) situated at the entrance to a unit for commercial vehicles.