The Company of Watermen and Lightermen (CWL) is a historic City guild in the City of London. However, unlike the city's 111 livery companies, CWL does...
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Waterman (occupation) (redirect from Watermen)
form the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. The free water clause, introduced by the West India Dock Act of 1799 and the gradual construction of a greater...
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Borough of Bromley were built in 1840–1841 to designs by the architect George Porter by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the City of London for...
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Lighterman (redirect from Lightermen)
passengers, and in 1700 joined the Company of Watermen to form the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. This is not, strictly speaking, a livery company but a...
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of Investment Managers Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks Company of Watermen and Lightermen Neither the Company of Parish Clerks nor the Company of...
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Brown-water navy (section Habsburg and Ottoman Empires)
operated by the Royal Watermen, drawn from the ranks of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. In 1798, Watermen and other groups of river tradesmen on...
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as the National Amalgamated Stevedores, Lightermen, Watermen and Dockers. In 1925 the watermen and lightermen considered joining the T&G, but instead...
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Pipers Island (category Geography of Reading, Berkshire)
Piper's Green was named after one of his watermen brothers Richard (known as Dick) or James (known as Jack) Piper and this eyot later came into the family's...
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Michael Mainelli (category Councilmen and Aldermen of the City of London)
Freeman of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. He is the sponsoring Alderman for the Company of Communicators in their process of obtaining full livery...
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Seething Lane (category Streets in the City of London)
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist in June, is that a single red rose is cut in Seething Lane Gardens by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen and carried...
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CWL (section Businesses and organizations)
des Wagons-Lits, French on-train service company Company of Watermen and Lightermen, a guild of the city of London, England Centre wavelength, for a bandpass...
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Knollys Rose Ceremony (category History of the City of London)
Rose Ceremony is an annual event led by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. The ceremony dates to 1381 and is held each year in June. A single red rose...
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Swan upping (category Monarchy of the United Kingdom)
swans are recorded by the Marker of the Swans, who is rowed in a skiff by oarsmen from the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. The Crown's swan uppers, who...
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Bearings". The Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames. Retrieved 3 May 2020. "The Coat of Arms". The Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks...
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Tim FitzHigham (category Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society)
Freeman of the City of London, Freeman of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, Fellow of the Royal Society of Art, Fellow of the Royal...
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100. Worshipful Company of Information Technologists 108. Worshipful Company of Security Professionals Company of Watermen and Lightermen Arnold House School...
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one of two such historic companies without livery, the other being the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. Although they have no place in the order of precedence...
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Red Ensign (redirect from Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom)
are Red Ensigns bearing their respective coats of arms. The Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company also used Red Ensigns as their corporate flags...
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Lord Mayor's Show (category Festivals in the City of London)
transport of the Lord Mayor. They are liveried watermen carrying oars: formerly, the Mayor's barge was rowed by members of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen...
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Penge (category Districts of the London Borough of Bromley)
designs by George Porter by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the City of London, for retired company freemen and their widows. The residents were...
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Royal barge (category Transport of heads of state)
The travel of the monarch by barge is managed by the King's Bargemaster and Royal Watermen, chosen from the Company of Watermen and Lightermen. Though there...
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houses an ice cream shop. History of rowing Rowing on the River Thames House of Hanover Company of Watermen and Lightermen "Doggett's". Watermenshall.org...
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Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) (category Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II)
Company of Watermen and Lightermen Ship of the National Historic Fleet Registered vessel of the National Historic Fleet House flags are personal and designed...
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cap and the supporters are a dolphin borrowed from the Company of Watermen and Lightermen, who originally gave the company sanctuary in the City of London...
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same site, was used as the hall of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen until 1778. List of demolished buildings and structures in London Harding 1980...
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Territories and the Crown Dependencies. The College of Arms is the authority on the flying of flags in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and maintains...
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created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Knollys Rose Ceremony, annual event performed by the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames. Knowles...
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Malcolm Edge (category Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order)
he also served as Master of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen for the 1996–97 year. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order...
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Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is one of the livery companies of the City of London. It is one of the largest livery companies (with over 1,600...
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London River Services (category Ferry companies of England)
watermen that gave exclusive rights to carry passengers on the river, and in 1555 an Act of Parliament set up the Company of Watermen and Lightermen to...
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