Resources

Take your research further

BOOKS

The Book of Trades, 3rd Edition

Richard Griffin & Co, 1837 This edition of this frequently published book includes comprehensive explanations and diagrams of carpentry tools, joints, methods and so on, and can be viewed online for free at bit.ly/ggl-trades-1837.

Tracing Your Trade and Craftsman Ancestors

Adèle Emm

Pen & Sword, 2015

Adèle’s overview of trades, unions and apprenticeships includes a chapter on the building trades.

WEBSITE

London Lives

londonlives.org/static/ CarpentersCompany.jsp

You can find information about the London guild the Carpenters’ Company and a reading list on this website dedicated to the social history of the capital.

ADÈLE EMM

is an author and writer on social and family history: adeleemm.com