Definition of "Wharfinger" (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, May 26, 2011, 01:16 (4999 days ago) @ Edenwall

"Wharfinger"
is an archaic term for a person who is the keeper or owner of a wharf. The wharfinger took custody of and was responsible for goods delivered to the wharf, typically had an office on the wharf or dock, and was responsible for day-to-day activities including slipways, keeping tide tables and resolving disputes. The word's etymology is probably Elizabethan-era English. An 1844 usage appears in Pigot's Directory of Dorset in which Beales and Cox were noted to be wharfingers for the Port of Weymouth.

Curiously given a recent new thread on this forum, "The Wharfinger" is also the name of the quarterly magazine produced for the Herefs' & Glos' Canal Trust.

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