REF. NO. | DENOMINATION | DESCRIPTION | NO.ISSUED | CONDITION | VALUE |
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101 | Inscribed stock | 17[32], black | #77 | VF | £2000-3000 |
York Buildings Company
The Governour (sic) and Company of Undertakers for raising the Thames Water in York Buildings. Incorporated in 1691 to establish water works in the Strand but it was not profitable. In 1719 it was acquired by Case Billingsley who used its Charter powers to purchase Scottish estates confiscated from the Jacobites after the 1715 revolution and also Scottish coal and lead mines. For a short time it was the largest landowner in Scotland! From 1746 it leased out the Water Works to other organisations.
1691