The Boston Gas, Light and Coke Company was incorporated by an Act of Parliament in May 1825, with the aim of providing gas to users in the town. The company purchased this area of land near the Grand Sluice in June 1825, with construction of the initial necessary buildings and gas holders being completed in early 1826. Gas was piped for the first time to street lamps in the town on the 28th of April of that year. Demand for the gas rose after the works had had been established, with two main phases of expansion being recorded at the site in 1852 and 1871. Damage was caused to some of the gas work buildings during the First World War, with the bombing of Boston by German aircraft on the 2nd of September 1916. The works were nationalised in 1949, becoming part of the East Midlands Gas Board. Production at the site is recorded to have stopped at some point in 1969 or 1970. Whilst many of the former works buildings have since been demolished (including all of the gas holders), some buildings are still extant, including the former manager's house (see MLI125935), a row of former workers cottages (see MLI125936), and a range of probable former store buildings and clerk's office (see MLI125937). {1}{2}{3}