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A wainwright or cartwright is a trades person skilled in the making and repairing of wagons and carts. The word wainwright is the combination of the archaic words " wain " (a large wagon for farm use) and "wright" (a worker or maker), originating from the Old English wægnwyrhta . [ 1 ]
Harry Smith Wainwright (16 November 1864 – 19 September 1925) was an English railway engineer, and was the Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Superintendent of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway from 1899 to 1913.
Wainwright may refer to: Wainwright (occupation) , a tradesperson skilled in the making and repairing of carts or wagons Wainwright (surname) , including the list of people
Wainwright is an Anglo-Saxon occupational surname derived from the pre-7th century Old English word waegnwyrhta.The prefix, "waeg(e)n/waen, refers to a vehicle/wagon, common in its time as being horse-driven and four-wheeled.
A wagon was formerly called a wain and one who builds or repairs wagons is a wainwright. More specifically, a wain is a type of horse- or oxen-drawn, load-carrying vehicle, used for agricultural purposes rather than transporting people.
It also appears in surnames like Cartwright and Wainwright. It corresponds with skilful metal workers being called Smith. These tradesmen made wheels for carts (cartwheels), wagons (wains), traps and coaches and the belt drives of steam powered machinery. They also made the wheels, and often the frames, for spinning wheels.
Wagon-making was an essential service in the early history of the Cape Colony. On an eighteenth-century map a “wamaker” was marked in the valley of the Berg River, information critical to those who used wagons of any description - present-day Wellington still has a place named “Wamakersvallei” (wainwright valley). The industry spawned a ...
This common occupational surname was often given to one who transported produce or other goods via high-sided wagons or carts. Among some German populations, especially the Pennsylvania Germans, Wagner also denoted a wagon-maker, wainwright, or cartwright. [4]