History

Welcome to the History section of the Shipwrights website. Please choose from the options below to find out more information.

• The purpose of Livery Companies

  Find out about the origins of the City's Livery Companies.

  

• History of Shipbuilding

  Discover how the craft of building ships developed on the Thames

  

• Shipwrights’ History

  The origins of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.

  

• Genealogy Research

  Find out how to trace a Shipwright ancestor.

  

• A Shipwrights’ Hall

  Why do the Shipwrights' not have a hall?