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The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London, England.
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| Motto | God Grant Unity |
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| Date of formation | 3 February 1670 |
| Company association | Wheels & Mobility |
| Order of precedence | 68th |
| Master of company | David Mortlock |
| Website | www |
An organisation of Wheelwrights and Coachmakers petitioned for incorporation in 1630. The petition was granted forty years later, in 1670, when a Royal Charter was granted to the Wheelwrights. (The Coachmakers were separately incorporated in 1677.) The Wheelwrights' Company was granted the status of a Livery Company in 1763. Over the years, wheel making has largely changed from being hand-made by craftsmen to being made by machines. Whilst there are a number of working wheelwrights still practising the ancient craft, which the company actively supports through its apprenticeship scheme, the company is no longer a trade association for wheelwrights. Instead, it functions largely as a charitable body focusing on mobility.
The Wheelwrights' Company ranks sixty-eighth in the order of precedence for Livery Companies. Its motto is God Grant Unity.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Bennett, Eric. The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights of the City of London 1670-1970 (David & Charles, 1970)
- Birch, Clive. Wheels and Wheelwrights (Hawkes, 2022)
- Scott, James Benjamin. A Short Account of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights (1884; revised 1961)