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Archaic term for a person who is the keeper or owner of a wharf
Wharfinger (pronounced WORF-in-jer) is an archaic term for a person who is the keeper or owner of a wharf. The wharfinger takes custody of and is responsible
Wharfinger
1966 novel by Thomas Pynchon
of The Courier's Tragedy by Jacobean playwright Richard Wharfinger and a leading Wharfinger scholar; he deflects Oedipa's questions and dismisses her
The_Crying_of_Lot_49
American actor (born 1931)
Hogan's Heroes Captain Streicker 2 episodes 1982 Fame Panel Member 1 episode 1988 Mathnet Wharfinger 1 episode Square One Television Wharfinger 1 episode
Eric_Morris_(actor)
Company specialized in trade
shipwrights, stockbrokers, stock-jobbers, victuallers, warehousemen, wharfingers, persons using the trade of merchandise by way of bargaining, exchange
Trading_company
Name list
character from the 2011 TV series The Amazing World of Gumball Richard Wharfinger, fictional playwright of "The Courier's Tale" in Thomas Pynchon's The
Richard
Shoreside structure where ships dock
person who was resident in charge of the wharf was referred to as a "wharfinger". The word wharf comes from the Old English hwearf, cognate to the Old
Wharf
Logistics services company
(Belgium), the original activities of Katoen Natie consisted of typical wharfinger activities: the reception and handling of goods on the docks, especially
Katoen_Natie
Canal lock in Wiltshire, England
there are several historical buildings associated with the canal. The Wharfinger's House was the home of the Canal Company employee who managed the wharf
Bradford_Lock
Brough. He worked a variety of jobs in north England and Wales, including wharfinger, wine merchant, brewer, and printer. He was the chief witness against
Frances_Brough
Literary device
called The Courier's Tragedy by the fictitious Jacobean playwright Richard Wharfinger. The events of the play broadly mirror those of the novel and give the
Story_within_a_story
2012 British mystery drama television series
romance. David Threlfall as Abel Croker (series 4), a crooked Thames wharfinger and Nathaniel Croker's protector David Warner as Rabbi Max Steiner (series
Ripper_Street
American actor and comedian (born 1982)
2018 Animals. McManus (voice) 2 episodes 2019 What We Do in the Shadows Wharfinger 2 episodes 2019 Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show Executive Episode: "Ice
Jon_Gabrus
(1839 – 20 May 1913) was a New Zealand sailor, goldminer, storekeeper, wharfinger and writer. He was born in London, England, in 1839. Brown, Margaret C
Harry_Moffatt
continued his other business at York as forwarder, commission merchant, and wharfinger until 1830, being closely involved with shipping and the port activities
William_Cooper_(businessman)
American politician (1842–1890)
collector for the city of San Francisco, and later served as assistant chief wharfinger of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners from 1883 until his death in
Martin_Kelly_(politician)
City in Devon, England
Cathedral Close". Historic England. Retrieved 22 June 2026. "Custom House, Wharfinger's House and Attached Warehouse". Historic England. Retrieved 22 June 2026
Exeter
1985–1986 labor strike in New Bedford, Massachusetts
and in September 1947, the city government added an addition to the Wharfinger Building to permanently house it. By municipal law, the auction was to
1985–1986 New Bedford fishermen's strike
1985–1986_New_Bedford_fishermen's_strike
British author and economist
1929 in East Greenwich, London, England, younger child and only son of wharfinger Ernest Vernon Vaizey and Lucy Butler Hart. He was educated Colfe's Grammar
John_Vaizey,_Baron_Vaizey
father, Thomas Wickham-Jones (1847–1929), who had been a City of London wharfinger. Patrick Hunter Jobson (1913–1998), a consultant in otorhinolaryngology
TWJ_Foundation
Politician
February 1828 – 16 July 1907) was Conservative MP for West Ham South. A wharfinger and bonded warehouse keeper, Banes founded the 3rd Essex Artillery Volunteers
George_Banes
Place in California, United States
canyon above the Claremont neighborhood, retired sea captain and Oakland wharfinger William Harwood. With the advent of the telegraph line, it became "Telegraph
Claremont, Oakland/Berkeley, California
Claremont,_Oakland/Berkeley,_California
Norms for writing the English language
singly, finger, language /nɡ/ congrats, engage, vanguard /ndʒ/ binging, wharfinger, dingy, engaol, stingy /ŋ/ hangar, lingonberry, angst /nʒ/ ingenue, lingerie
English_orthography
English poet and novelist (1807–1874)
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the son of George Miller, an unsuccessful wharfinger and ship-owner, who deserted his wife and two sons in 1810. Thomas grew
Thomas_Miller_(poet)
Town in Hertfordshire, England
Navigation brought new industries to the town, with bargemen, lock-keepers, wharfingers, coal and timber merchants all appearing. The malting industry also saw
Bishop's_Stortford
British politician (1825–1907)
Charles Barry (1790–1866), of Orpington, Kent, a London ship broker and wharfinger, and his wife Harriet, daughter of Robert Ades, of Brede Place, Sussex
Sir Francis Barry, 1st Baronet
Sir_Francis_Barry,_1st_Baronet
1969 British stop-motion animated TV series
Trumpton or Camberwick Green characters visiting Chigley. Mr Swallow – the wharfinger at Treddle's Wharf, at the intersection of Trumpton Canal with both road
Chigley
English physician (1816–1890)
1816 in Colchester, Essex. His father, John Gull, was a barge owner and wharfinger and was thirty-eight years old at the time of his son's birth. William
William_Gull
British politician
000 a year (equivalent to £842,830 as of 2025) . He was also craner and wharfinger of the Port of Dublin, a sinecure abolished in 1830. He spent the rest
Lord Henry Seymour (politician)
Lord_Henry_Seymour_(politician)
British politician
January 1962) was a British National Liberal, later Liberal politician and wharfinger. Price was the son of John T Griffith Price of Ilford in Essex. He was
Ernest_Griffith_Price
Village in Oxfordshire, England
to sell coal from the Midlands. From 1792 the Oxford Canal employed a wharfinger at Eynsham and in 1800 bought the lease of the wharf. It consolidated
Eynsham
Church in London , England
early funding of the church came from John Dudin Brown who was a Thames wharfinger. The organist and choir master from 1872 to 1903 was the composer Arthur
St_John_the_Evangelist,_Penge
English contract law case
hit a ridge, causing damage to the ship. The plaintiff argued that the wharfingers were responsible to ensure that his vessel would remain safe while docked
The_Moorcock
Cruise ship
as a tourist attraction. The following year, a Port of San Francisco wharfinger gave him three days' notice to move Aurora because Pier 38 was to be shut
MV_Aurora_(1955)
Town in Western Australia
which aims to raise the expectations of the school as a community. Wharfinger's House Museum tells the story of the aviation history of the town as well
Derby,_Western_Australia
John Dudin Brown and his wife, Ann, on 2 January 1822. Her father was a wharfinger on the River Thames and a generous benefactor. Brown was an Evangelical
Ann_Dudin_Brown
Horse-drawn plateway in Surrey (1802–1846)
and was opened on 7 January 1802. It was managed by Samuel Jones, the wharfinger. There was likely a lock-keeper and watchman, as there were when the railway
Surrey_Iron_Railway
River in California, United States
canyon above the Claremont neighborhood, retired sea captain and Oakland wharfinger William Harwood. It was renamed yet again "Claremont Creek" in the early
Temescal Creek (Northern California)
Temescal_Creek_(Northern_California)
British convict, public servant and businessman (1772–1846)
by Frederick Hely in 1823. Hutchinson was to have been appointed chief wharfinger in Sydney in 1817, though this appointment was never formally recognised
William Hutchinson (superintendent)
William_Hutchinson_(superintendent)
Wharf in London, England
cost of nearly £43,000 (equivalent to £3,209,000 today). In 1836 the wharfinger John Knill, who owned Fresh Wharf immediately to the north, took over
Cox_and_Hammond's_Quay
First public narrow-gauge railway in North America
wild and unsettled region.[page needed] A charismatic Scots-born Toronto wharfinger and trader, George Laidlaw, took up the challenge. He was a business associate
Toronto_and_Nipissing_Railway
businessman and political figure in Canada West. Daniel C. Gunn, (1811–1876), wharfinger, locomotive manufacturer. James Jolley, (1813–1892), saddler, harnessmaker
History_of_Hamilton,_Ontario
England, retrieved 16 May 2022 Historic England, "Buxworth Canal Basin, Wharfinger's House and Office, Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside (1088035)", National
Listed buildings in Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside
Listed_buildings_in_Chinley,_Buxworth_and_Brownside
London engineering, manufacturing and distribution company
armourer and brazier. He married Ann Hinton, daughter of coal merchant and wharfinger William Samuel Hinton of Southwark in 1846. By 1850, Charles Farrow's
Farrow_and_Jackson
English architect and author
Richard Snell senior, Richard Snell junior and William Snell junior were wharfingers and carriers in partnership at Paddington Basin until 1817. The canal
E._C._Robins
borrowed from canal operation, and the person in charge of each wharf was a wharfinger. Wharves and siding connections were at: Ruthern Bridge; a goods and mineral
Bodmin_and_Wadebridge_Railway
British businessman and politician
Hannah King of Stourbridge. Harrison entered business with Mr B Devey, a wharfinger at Stourport-on-Severn. Among the goods that were dealt with on the wharf
Charles_Harrison_(Bewdley_MP)
British licensed carrier and solicitor
needed] Hicklin was born in Wolverhampton on 11 November 1816, the son of wharfinger Benjamin Hickin and Elizabeth née Barney. Hicklin became articled for
Benjamin_Hicklin
Australian politician (1892–1958)
clerk at Wyndham, a Public Works Department paymaster at Kondinin, and a wharfinger and general merchant at Roebourne. Rodoreda was first elected to parliament
Aloysius_Rodoreda
American musician
in Boston, son of Douglass and Ellen Fagan. His father was the deputy wharfinger (old term that today is called a harbormaster) at Battery Wharf. He made
Barney_Fagan
Australian writer (1870–1932)
Wright had sold 60,000 copies of his books, but he continued to work as a wharfinger in the Sydney suburb of Manly up until his death. He would work six days
Arthur_Wright_(writer)
Open-air market in Washington, D.C.
Commissioners recommended the creation of a new office of marketmaster and wharfinger, which would be in charge of wharfage, dockage rentals, rents for fish
Maine_Avenue_Fish_Market
Jamaican Christian minister and community worker
Saunders. Her mother died when she was young, while her father worked as a wharfinger. Saunders attended Free Hill School in Port Maria, and began working as
Madge_Saunders
British poet and writer
and Ludolph, or, The Light of Nature, a Poem. In 1826 she married a wharfinger, John Richardson. Charlotte Richardson died in Vauxhall on 29 March 1854
Charlotte_Caroline_Richardson
Baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
on 11 August 1893 for Stuart Knill. He was head of John Knill and Co, wharfingers and the first Roman Catholic Lord Mayor of London (from 1892 to 1893)
Knill_baronets
Church in City of London, England
Sir Stuart Knill (1824–1898), head of the firm of John Knill and Co, wharfingers, and formerly Lord Mayor and Master of the Plumbers' Company. This was
St_Magnus_the_Martyr
British businessman and politician (1824 – 1898)
and succeeded his father as proprietor of Messrs. John Knill and Co., wharfingers and warehouse-keepers, of London Bridge. His step-sister was Jane Knill
Stuart_Knill
Custom house in Exeter, England
Memories. Retrieved 22 October 2017. Historic England. "CUSTOM HOUSE, WHARFINGER'S HOUSE AND ATTACHED WAREHOUSE, Exeter (1223038)". National Heritage List
Custom_House,_Exeter
Ship lost in 1912 off Western Australia
in the north of Western Australia. They included: Captain Pearson, the wharfinger at Derby. An old sea captain, he had formerly been employed by Melbourne
SS_Koombana
British politician (1947–1990)
children. Carr moved back to Bootle the next year, where he worked as a wharfinger in the docks on the Mersey. In his 20s he travelled in the Middle-East
Michael Carr (Labour politician)
Michael_Carr_(Labour_politician)
He was educated at King's College School, and went into business as a wharfinger. During the invasion scare of 1859, Beresford raised the 7th (Southwark)
Marcus Beresford (Conservative politician)
Marcus_Beresford_(Conservative_politician)
British suffragettes
Isleworth, Middlesex. Their father, Edward Beck, was a slate merchant and wharfinger who maintained a wharf on the River Thames. He later became a renowned
Ellen_and_Edith_Beck
English singer, actress and theatre manager (1818–1895)
Horton. She has given her hand, we learn, to a Mr. Wheatley, a respectable wharfinger" It turned out, though, that Mr. Wheatley, "a lighterman and barge owner
Priscilla_Horton
American architect and designer
William's English/Welsh father, Edward, was an inn keeper and before that a wharfinger, and his Irish mother, Mary Dinning, was a school teacher and dressmaker
William_J._Dodd
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
10 remained unsold. Lots 1 and 2 were purchased by George Atherden, a wharfinger of Sydney, who in 1878 was to purchase Lots 9 and 10 (11 perches to the
Avery_Terrace
Canal in Derbyshire/Cheshire/Greater Manchester, England
The Gauging Stop Place and Wharfinger's house at Bugsworth Basin
Peak_Forest_Canal
Former Mayor of Nelson (1866–1938)
was Mayor of Nelson from 1927 to 1935. The son of Harry Louis Moffatt, wharfinger at Motueka, Moffatt was a coachbuilder by trade having served his time
Walter_Moffatt
Australian lawyer
he started employment with Charles Robert Colman Esq., Ship Owner and Wharfinger in London, where he lived with his step aunt from his grandfather, Thomas
Charles_Rossiter_Forwood
Production Unit. Located on University of Birmingham Selly Oak campus. Wharfinger's House, 122 Fazeley Street Digbeth, Birmingham BBC Studios Post production
List_of_BBC_properties
Waterways in Surrey, England
at Trigg Lock. He moved on to Thames Lock in 1820, and then became the wharfinger at Guildford in 1823. He also built up a business as a coal merchant,
Wey_and_Godalming_Navigations
Former wharf in London
were compulsorily purchased by the government in 1805 but in 1827 the wharfinger John Knill was assigned the lease at a yearly rent of £1,555 after purchasing
Fresh_Wharf
British Anglican bishop (1848–1909
Streatham in Brixton, Surrey, second son of Robert (a shipowner and Wharfinger at Stanton's wharf, Tooley Street, Southwark.) and his second wife, Hannah
Alfred_Pearson_(bishop)
Alfred Meaby— Superintending Clerk, War Office Jesse Simpson Medd — Chief Wharfinger, London and South Western Railway Docks, Southampton Barry Meglaughlin
1918_Birthday_Honours_(MBE)
A. T. Saunders he was known by the nickname "Cocky". He was appointed wharfinger at the Old Port, then transferred to the New Port. He started acting as
Henry_Simpson_(shipping)
London based shipping company
Calais shipping line owners William Jolliffe and Sir Edward Banks, the wharfinger William J. Hall, and the Ramsgate shipping line owner Thomas Brocklebank
General Steam Navigation Company
General_Steam_Navigation_Company
Canal in the United Kingdom
custom house, a wharfinger's house and a warehouse. The custom house dates from 1680/81 and was built by Richard Allen. The wharfinger's house is attached
Exeter_Ship_Canal
British organ builder and professor of music
British organ builder and professor of music. Griffin was the son of a wharfinger. He was apprenticed on 5 July 1720 to George Dennis, a barber, for seven
Thomas Griffin (organ builder)
Thomas_Griffin_(organ_builder)
Neighbourhood in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
site's inaugural wharfinger (wharf manager) to oversee operations. By the onset of the First World War, the position of wharfinger had been assumed by
Shellmont,_Richmond
Australian steamship
Court Bench obtained an independent survey of the ship by Captain Mills, wharfinger of Carnarvon. Mills declared the ship unseaworthy so the magistrates dismissed
SS_Kwinana
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
property to 'George Atherden of Campbell's Wharf in Sydney, aforesaid Wharfinger'. On the eastern portion of this parcel of land, George Atherden erected
Playfair's_Terrace
Former railway in Ontario, Canada
inexpensively through wild, unsettled territory. A charismatic Scots-born Toronto wharfinger and trader, George Laidlaw took up the challenge. He was a business associate
Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway
Toronto,_Grey_and_Bruce_Railway
British engineer
opening, Hore retained his salary and was appointed Surveyor of Works and wharfinger at Newbury as a lifelong position. However, the navigation proprietors
John_Hore
Award
Post Office Telephone Area, Canterbury. Alexander O'Brien, Assistant Wharfinger, J. & J. Mack & Sons Ltd. John O'Connell, Able Seaman, MV Paul Emile Javary
1946 New Year Honours (British Empire Medal)
1946_New_Year_Honours_(British_Empire_Medal)
Board elected to levy dues on goods passing through Wellington Harbour
port, supplying water to ships, and providing cool storage, it acted as wharfinger, responsible for taking goods from ships and delivering them to other
Wellington_Harbour_Board
Company's Port Adelaide office from 1897, then from 1899 secretary and wharfinger for the Queen's Wharf Company. He was president of the Marine Board until
Edward_Allan_Farquhar
Custom House, Wharfinger's House and Attached Warehouse
Grade I listed buildings in Exeter
Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Exeter
Dock in Wirral, England
Vittoria Dock South Atlantic Building, W.H. Boase & Co. wharfingers office, Vittoria Dock. Location Location Birkenhead, United Kingdom Coordinates 53°24′05″N
Vittoria_Dock
low tide, Fenner hit on the idea of an enclosed non-tidal docks for wharfingers created by building a 'canal' across the Isle of Dogs provided with entrance
Nathaniel_Fenner
British rower
Taylor's School. His family had been in business as boat builders and wharfingers on the River Thames for nearly a hundred years. Badcock became a member
John_Badcock_(rower)
Canal in Oxfordshire
public house, The Barge, was established at the wharf in 1804 by the first wharfinger, Henry Baker. Baker had previously been employed at Enslow on the Oxford
Cassington_Canal
Historic site in New South Wales, Australia
Campbell & Co; Sugar Company's stores; JC Dibbs & Co, commission agents and wharfingers; Robert Nash, storekeeper; WH Eldred, Capt, Chili Flour Co; Chilian Consulate
Campbell's_Stores
goods unloaded from adjoining wharfs. Property was owned by wealthy wharfingers who collected fees from ships loading or unloading cargoes and leased
Lewis_Wharf
English entrepreneur
quay, which, according to his petition, incurred the jealousy of other wharfingers. Around 1602, his son, Francis Nedham, wrote a report on copper mining
George_Nedham_(miner)
Wharf in Seattle (1910–1964)
alerted the Seattle Fire Department. Another source says that it was the wharfinger who noticed the fire at about 3:40 pm and raised the alarm. Although the
Grand_Trunk_Pacific_dock
1928 class of Australian ferries
in fog at Obelisk Bay, and remained stuck for several hours while the wharfingers at Manly were wondering where she had got to—in those days there was
Dee_Why-class_ferry
Heritage List for England, retrieved 25 October 2018 Historic England, "The Wharfinger's House, Oswestry Rural (1177300)", National Heritage List for England
Listed buildings in Oswestry Rural
Listed_buildings_in_Oswestry_Rural
Australian politician
It was as a wholesale timber merchant that he prospered, becoming a wharfinger, leasing the market wharf in Sydney. moving into coastal shipping, including
Alexander_Kethel
United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Wharfinger United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew
List of shipwrecks in November 1829
List_of_shipwrecks_in_November_1829
List of heritage sites in Western Australia
Photo Wharfingers House, Derby 691 3 Loch Street Derby 17°18′02″S 123°37′35″E / 17.300574°S 123.626283°E / -17.300574; 123.626283 (Wharfingers House
List of State Register of Heritage Places in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
List_of_State_Register_of_Heritage_Places_in_the_Shire_of_Derby-West_Kimberley
The Chichester section remained in use. Richard Purchase, who was the wharfinger at Chichester, collected about £10 per month in tolls, which covered his
London_to_Portsmouth_canal
38-mile footpath in southern England
once the western terminus of the Rother Navigation. Passing the former wharfinger's cottage the trail follows the south bank of the river before turning
New_Lipchis_Way
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