The Wales Gas Board was a state-owned utility area gas board providing gas for light and heat to industries and homes in Wales.
It was established on 1 May 1949 under the terms of the Gas Act 1948, and dissolved in 1973 when it became a region of the newly formed British Gas Corporation, British Gas Wales, as a result of the Gas Act 1972.
Existing gas suppliers taken over
Under the Gas (Allocation of Undertakings to Area Boards and Gas Council) Order 1949 (SI 1949/742), the Wales Gas Board took over existing local authority and privately owned gas production and supply utilities in its area:[1]
Abercarn Urban District Council
Aberdare and Aberaman Consumers Gas Company
Abergavenny Corporation
Abertillery Urban District Council
Aberystwyth Gas Company
Ammanford Gas Company
Bala Urban District Council
Bangor Corporation
Barmouth Gas Company
Barry Corporation
Beaufort Gas Company
Bedwellty Urban District Council
Bethesda Urban District Council
Brecon Gas Company
Bridgend Gas Company
Brynmawr and Blaina Gas Company
Buckley Gas Company
Builth Gas and Coke Company
Caernarvon Corporation
Caldicot and District Gas Light and Coke Company
Cardiff Gas Light and Coke Company
Carmarthen Gas Company
Cefn Mawr and Rhos-y-Medre Gas Company
Chepstow Gas Company
Colwyn Bay Corporation
Connah's Quay Gas Company
Conway Gas Company
Corwen Gas Company
Cowbridge Gas Company
Denbigh Gas and Coke Company
Dolgelley Gas and Coal Company
Dowlais Gas and Coke Company
East Anglesey Gas Company
Festiniog Urban District Council
Garw and Ogmore Gas Company
Glyncorrwg Urban District Council
Gowerton Gas Company
Haverfordwest Corporation
Hawarden Gas and Coke Company
Hay Gas and Coke Company
Holyhead and North Wales Gas and Water Corporation
Knighton Gas Company
Lampeter, Llandyssil, Tregaron and Aberayron Gas Company
