Published Works and History

The Tercentenary Committee of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights, on behalf of its Master, Wardens and Court Assistants commissioned Eric Bennett to write this history in 1970.

In this book the methods for making wheels for horse-drawn vehicles are described and the technical terms are introduced. The vicissitudes through which the wheelwrights passed in their struggle for financial security, recognition, and development of their trade, are vividly related, and much social history emerges in the story of this Livery company.

This is a book that will appeal to anyone interested in the social and economic significance of the growth of a craft guild, both to its members and to the society which it served.

ISBN # 0 7153 4936 8, David & Charles Publications.

Short Account of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights

This is an earlier brief history of the Company, written by James B. Scott, who was Clerk to the Company between 1870 and 1908. It was first published in 1884 and subsequently re-published, but regrettably it now out of print today. A copy is still available for reference at the Guildhall Library however.