The Wheelwright's Shop

First published in 1923, The Wheelwright's Shop is George Sturt's account of the family wheelwright business in Farnham, Surrey, which he took over in 1884. With a history stretching back to 1706, the workshop held generations of practical knowledge about trees, timber, tools and the making of carts and wagons. Sturt shows how the soil of a farm, the gradient of a hill, the strength of a horse and the grain of a tree could all determine how a cart or wagon was made, revealing a knowled