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Some
Interesting Dates in the Company’s History
|
Source: |
The Diary of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen, 2004 |
|
1514 |
Earliest Act
of Parliament for regulating watermen, wherrymen and bargemen of the Thames |
|
1555 |
Act of
Parliament introducing apprenticeship and enacting that there should be
"appointed eight persons of the most wise, discreet and best sort of watermen,
being householders and called the overseers and rulers of all the wherrymen
and watermen." |
|
1585 |
Grant of
Arms |
|
1603 |
Act of
Parliament extending apprenticeship |
|
1603 |
Hall at
Cold Harbour first mentioned |
|
1626 |
Ordinances
in which, inter alia, the Charities are first mentioned |
|
1666 |
Hall and
most records destroyed in the Great Fire |
|
1670 |
Hall
rebuilt on the same site |
|
1700 |
Act incorporated
the Lightermen with the Watermen.
Apprenticeship extended. Poor's
Fund formed |
|
1715 |
First
Race for Doggett's Coat and Badge |
|
1721 |
Third
Hall erected on the site of the second |
|
1780 |
Company
removed to St Mary-at-Hill upon the completion of the present Hall |
|
1827 |
Company incorporated
by Act of Parliament |
|
1839 |
Almshouses
erected at Penge (The Royal Watermen's Asylum) |
|
1857 |
Thames
Conservancy formed |
|
1859 |
Watermen's
and Lightermen's Amendment Act consolidating and extending the Company's
powers |
|
1888 |
Almshouses
erected at Ditchling (The Cottage Homes) |
|
1908 |
Port of
London Authority formed |
|
1940 |
Hall
damaged by enemy action (also in 1943) |
|
1951 |
Hall and
almshouses restored |
|
1961 |
Trust established
for after-school education among port transport workers (The Philip Henman
Foundation) |
|
1974 |
Almshouses
opened at Hastings (Royal Cottage Homes for Watermen) by Princess Alexandra |
|
1982 |
Watermen's
Hall reconstructed and extended (completed 1983) |
|
1983 |
Grant of
Badge |
|
1984 |
Watermen's
Hall re-opened by Princess Alexandra |
|
1989 |
H M The
Queen visits Watermen's Hall |
|
1991 |
Introduction
of new licensing regulations |
|
1991 |
Shallop
"Lady Mayoress" presented to the Philip Henman Foundation by the
Riverbus Partnership |
|
1992 |
28
Engineer Regiment affiliated to the Company |
|
1992 |
First
lady competitor to enter and complete the Doggett's Coat and Badge Wager |
|
1995 |
Formation
of a Traditional Rowing Association in conjunction with the Fishmongers'
Company |
|
1995 |
Philip
Henman Foundation reconstituted at revitalised |
|
1996 |
Company
Crew win first Cutter Race in the newly acquired cutter, the "Jim
Holt" |
|
1998 |
Introduction
of Large Passenger Vessel Endorsement License |
|
2000 |
Almshouses
and Benevolent Charities reconstituted |
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