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List Of "Ancient Lodges," 1813, With Their Numbers In 1814, 1832, And 1863.
LIST OF "ANCIENT LODGES , " 1813 , WITH THEIR NUMBERS IN 1814 , 1832 , AND 1863 .
TVILLIAJI JAMES HUGHAN .
rpHE following Boll of Lodges has been carefully compiled from various sources for 1 the Christmas number of the Masonic Magazine , as a speeial contribution from one of the earliest writers for it and the Freemason . . ,,., -. Fewwill probably adequately appreciate the labour that has been mvolv ^ ed m tracing the particulars , but all who are interested in the early history of the " Aneient o find valuablaid in their studies by consultmg the list . The
" Athol" Lodges will e mmbe s on the left side are those which distinguished . the Lodges while under tho " Zci nts " those on the right being as altered at the Union ( ISlo Ca endar , issued m ISlTand in 1832 and 1863 , the vacancies exhibiting those which had been struck oil the Roll before 1814 , and also before each successive numerical change . Many enumeremoved to other cities towns and all m existence now aie
rated have since been or known by their names , not by the places of meeting ; for . happdy , at the present , tog the Lodges generally are assembling in private rooms , or m their own halls-a step in the risht direction , and one much needed . . - The > ' Ancien s " had a " Grand Stewards' Lodge , " but it was not on he Roll , and so did nit receive a number at the « Union " of December , 1813 , d viriually havingbeen of the regular Grand Lodgeoi ^ Iodeins
merged in the " Grand Stewards' Lodge " , Z called ) . The " Ancients " started a Grand Lodge soon after 1750 , and some « , hough erroneously , were called " York Masons . " The " Gram Lodge oi «^ g land held at York , never granted a warrant to be worked out of this country , ancl had died out years before the " Union " was consummated . ,, ., « + „ r ,. ™<\ The " Articles of Union" provided that the Lodges belonging to _ the two Grand hencethe " Ancients / having dthe
Lodges should be numbered alternately ; , « cjj preference , obtained the same number for their one as before , the No . 1 of the Mode ns becomin g No 2 , No . 2 of the " Ancients " j became No . 3 , and No . 2 of the < Moderns NoT ^ y question arising out of this list will be gladly answered m the columns 0 t th BShren shoiild also study an article by us in the Masonic Magazine , July , 1878 . Others also are preparing on this important subject .
. , o . lSli 1 S 32 1 SC 3 JSTo A . D ., 101 . 1 . Ill l " Grand Master ' s Lodge , Crown and Anchor , Strand ... ± i 2 Jerusalem Coffee-house , Clerkenwell-green f * ^ 3 George , Commercial-road ' ^ i Percy Arms , Church-court , Strand ... ¦•• 5 Antwerp Tavern Threadneedle-street .
, 6 Old Crown Tavern , Swallow-street , Piccadilly ... •¦• ^ ^ ^ 7 Royal Oak , Woolwich ' 1 c , fi S Golden Hart , Phcenix-street , Spitalfields - ¦ " j ° 9 Fourth Battalion Royal Artillery , Quebec ... j- ' >¦ ' ig 10 Angel , High- street , Bloomsbury in London ¦¦
11 Constituted ... . g „ 22 22 13 Neptune , Neptune-street , Rotherhithe ... J '" 14 At a Private Room , Chancery-lane ... 26 ^ M 15 London ¦¦• m 0 . 5 25 16 Edinburgh Castle , New Church , blrand ... 18 Seventeenth Regiment of Foot ... - 19 London •¦•
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List Of "Ancient Lodges," 1813, With Their Numbers In 1814, 1832, And 1863.
LIST OF "ANCIENT LODGES , " 1813 , WITH THEIR NUMBERS IN 1814 , 1832 , AND 1863 .
TVILLIAJI JAMES HUGHAN .
rpHE following Boll of Lodges has been carefully compiled from various sources for 1 the Christmas number of the Masonic Magazine , as a speeial contribution from one of the earliest writers for it and the Freemason . . ,,., -. Fewwill probably adequately appreciate the labour that has been mvolv ^ ed m tracing the particulars , but all who are interested in the early history of the " Aneient o find valuablaid in their studies by consultmg the list . The
" Athol" Lodges will e mmbe s on the left side are those which distinguished . the Lodges while under tho " Zci nts " those on the right being as altered at the Union ( ISlo Ca endar , issued m ISlTand in 1832 and 1863 , the vacancies exhibiting those which had been struck oil the Roll before 1814 , and also before each successive numerical change . Many enumeremoved to other cities towns and all m existence now aie
rated have since been or known by their names , not by the places of meeting ; for . happdy , at the present , tog the Lodges generally are assembling in private rooms , or m their own halls-a step in the risht direction , and one much needed . . - The > ' Ancien s " had a " Grand Stewards' Lodge , " but it was not on he Roll , and so did nit receive a number at the « Union " of December , 1813 , d viriually havingbeen of the regular Grand Lodgeoi ^ Iodeins
merged in the " Grand Stewards' Lodge " , Z called ) . The " Ancients " started a Grand Lodge soon after 1750 , and some « , hough erroneously , were called " York Masons . " The " Gram Lodge oi «^ g land held at York , never granted a warrant to be worked out of this country , ancl had died out years before the " Union " was consummated . ,, ., « + „ r ,. ™<\ The " Articles of Union" provided that the Lodges belonging to _ the two Grand hencethe " Ancients / having dthe
Lodges should be numbered alternately ; , « cjj preference , obtained the same number for their one as before , the No . 1 of the Mode ns becomin g No 2 , No . 2 of the " Ancients " j became No . 3 , and No . 2 of the < Moderns NoT ^ y question arising out of this list will be gladly answered m the columns 0 t th BShren shoiild also study an article by us in the Masonic Magazine , July , 1878 . Others also are preparing on this important subject .
. , o . lSli 1 S 32 1 SC 3 JSTo A . D ., 101 . 1 . Ill l " Grand Master ' s Lodge , Crown and Anchor , Strand ... ± i 2 Jerusalem Coffee-house , Clerkenwell-green f * ^ 3 George , Commercial-road ' ^ i Percy Arms , Church-court , Strand ... ¦•• 5 Antwerp Tavern Threadneedle-street .
, 6 Old Crown Tavern , Swallow-street , Piccadilly ... •¦• ^ ^ ^ 7 Royal Oak , Woolwich ' 1 c , fi S Golden Hart , Phcenix-street , Spitalfields - ¦ " j ° 9 Fourth Battalion Royal Artillery , Quebec ... j- ' >¦ ' ig 10 Angel , High- street , Bloomsbury in London ¦¦
11 Constituted ... . g „ 22 22 13 Neptune , Neptune-street , Rotherhithe ... J '" 14 At a Private Room , Chancery-lane ... 26 ^ M 15 London ¦¦• m 0 . 5 25 16 Edinburgh Castle , New Church , blrand ... 18 Seventeenth Regiment of Foot ... - 19 London •¦•