[From a book by James Parker 1902] This Company was established in the year 1860,and was Registered in March of the same year,with a capital of �20,000. The Districts lighted by the Company were as follows--Wibsey,Low Moor, Bierley,Oakenshaw,Wike,Clifton,Hartshead Moor,Scholes,Buttershaw,and Shelf. LIST OF OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1862. Chairman ; Charles James North Vice-Chairman ; J.M.Woodcock Treasurer ; Henry Woodcock Secretary ; F.Bower Bankers ; Harris & Co.Bradford Solicitors ; Wood and Killick Auditors ; Jonathan Holden and John Greenhough,Wibsey Directors ; Chas.J.North,Slack Side ; J.M.Woodcock,Thomas Dixon,Henry Woodcock H.B.Woodcock,Eli Wadsworth,W.Barraclough James Parkinson,David Hillam,J.L.Clough, all of Low Moor ; H.I.Lee,Bowling ; Joseph Myers,Horton ; Sampson Shaw, W.Greenwood,George Kellett,Seth Breaks, J.H.Tordoff,Edmund Tordoff,all of Wibsey M.Brayshaw,Bowling Lane ; Joseph Wright, Wibsey. It continued as a Company till 1900,when Bradford Corporation purchased it for �169,433 plus mortgage loans on the Gas Works of �11,375. ======================================== Here are more worthy Victorian Bradfordians for you ; hopefully you can identify some of them as 'yours' Cheers--------Derek.