Worshipful Company of Carpenters

The Carpenters were traditionally different from a fellow wood-crafting company, the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers, in that carpenters utilised nails while joiners used adhesives to attach wood.

The organisation existed in 1271; it received a Royal Charter of incorporation in 1477.

Instead, it acts as a charitable institution and supports education in wood-related fields.

In 1886 it opened an evening institute on the Carpenters Estate there, offering classes in carpentry, joinery, plumbing, geometry, mechanical drawing and cookery.

Its guild church is All Hallows-on-the-Wall, where the Company has held its annual elections for over 600 years.