Company of Watermen & Lightermen
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Membership services
Livery company & trade guild services
Notes:
Traced origins to 1555 when Rulers of All Watermen & Wherrymen established to regulate fares charged for transport on River Thames. The two watermen and lightermen merged [watermen re passengers and lightermen re goods] in 1770. Incorporated 1827. Not a livery company
Publications:
- Carr and Carmen. The Fellowship of St Katherine the Virgin and the Martyr of Carters. An illustrated record by Birch, Clive, et al
- Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the City of London. The earliest transport executive by Stern, Walter M
- Fellowship of Woodmongers. Six centuries of the London coal trade by Dale, Hylton B
- History of the Origin and Progress of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames by Humpherus, Henry
- History of the Thames Watermen by Philip, Ian E
- My Ancestors Were Thames Watermen. A guide to tracing your Thames watermen and lightermen ancestors by Legon, James W
- Unto the Tideway Born. 500 years of Thames watermen and lightermen by Dodd, Christopher
Groups:
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Membership services Livery company & trade guild services
Notes:
Traced origins to 1555 when Rulers of All Watermen & Wherrymen established to regulate fares charged for transport on River Thames. The two watermen and lightermen merged [watermen re passengers and lightermen re goods] in 1770. Incorporated 1827. Not a livery companyPublications:
- Carr and Carmen. The Fellowship of St Katherine the Virgin and the Martyr of Carters. An illustrated record by Birch, Clive, et al
- Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the City of London. The earliest transport executive by Stern, Walter M
- Fellowship of Woodmongers. Six centuries of the London coal trade by Dale, Hylton B
- History of the Origin and Progress of the Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames by Humpherus, Henry
- History of the Thames Watermen by Philip, Ian E
- My Ancestors Were Thames Watermen. A guide to tracing your Thames watermen and lightermen ancestors by Legon, James W
- Unto the Tideway Born. 500 years of Thames watermen and lightermen by Dodd, Christopher