The Paviors can trace their history back to medieval times; they were responsible for the paving and maintenance of London's streets.

[2] From medieval times a small part of the City of London was paved, financed by a tax called pavage.

In 1479, the Paviors received a code of ordinances from the City of London Corporation giving them authority for the first time over the “craft of paving”.

One enlightened practice recorded in the sixteenth century was that widows were allowed to carry on the business of their late husbands and become full members of the company.

From the beginning of the Victorian era, “the decadence of the Company gradually developed” and “For over forty years a period of apathy prevailed”.