Worshipful Company of Carpenters
The Worshipful Company of Carpenters is a livery company of the City of London. The Carpenters were traditionally different from a fellow wood-crafting company, the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers, in that carpenters utilised nails while joiners used adhesives to attach wood.
The organisation existed in 1271; it received a
In 1767 the Company purchased an estate at Stratford, London. In 1886 it opened an evening institute on the Carpenters Estate there, offering classes in carpentry, joinery, plumbing, geometry, mechanical drawing and cookery. In 1891, the Carpenter's Institute had become a day school for boys. The school closed in 1905 when the local authority opened its own school.
The Company ranks twenty-sixth in the
Founded in 1724, the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia was modelled after the Worshipful Company of Carpenters.
References
- ^ Historic England. "Carpenters Hall (1079135)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-90629-012-5
External links
London Building Co [1]
- The Carpenters' Company
- Carpenters Company in London
- Apprentices' Entry Books 1654-94: records of apprentices entering the company. Originally edited by Bower Marsh for the Company in 1913; here part of British History Online.
- Information and Court/Committee Minute Books 1721-1800 searchable by name of Sam Newman at London Lives
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