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- 15th May 1875 (Creation)
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2 items, paper, pinned.
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Bill for gas consumed as per meter between 18th December 1874 and 24th March 1875, at a total cost of £31, plus the cost of a lamp in that same quarter, costing £1.
A second receipt from the same company deals with gas repairs carried out in that time, costing a total of 11s 7d, including: stopping escape of gas at front lamp; repairing pendant in buttery; repairing and stopping gas escapes in knife room; 2 ft 3/8 in lamp, and 1 ft 3/8 in copper; time for repairing pipe to lamp; fastening [union?] of plate-warmer; taking water out of fittings of lamps in New Court; 1 Bray's Burner and 1 Baits-wing; time for stopping escape, taking down pendant and repairing and refitting same in the kitchens; easing taps in P staircase; stopping gas escape in Hall. Both receipts signed by George Gifford.