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    Article ADDRESS TO ALL THE GRAND LODGES OF THE GLOBE. ← Page 3 of 4 →
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Address To All The Grand Lodges Of The Globe.

MASONIC STATISTICS . —No . 2 . LONDON LODGES IN 1834 AND 1867 . The changes in the habitats of lodges are worth noting .

The G . L . and Nos . 1 and 2 remain at F . M . T . No . 3 , the Fidelity , has removed from the Crown Tavern , Clerkenivell-green , to F . M . T . It has a R-. A . Chapter attached , and is one of the time-immemorial lodges , but it must have lost

its red apron while at the Crown . No . 4 , Somerset House , remains at F . M . T . No . 5 , the St . George ' s and Corner Stone , is a time-immemorial lodge , whicli has migrated ivith its chapter from the George , Commercial-road , to

F . M . T . It has kept its red apron . No . 6 is steady to the Thatched House . It is the first lodge with a date , 1721 . The destruction of the old George and Blue Boar drove a coeval lodge , No . 7 , the Royal York

Lodge of Perseverance , into the F . M . T . No . S , the British , remains at F . M . T . No . 9 , the Albion , a 1721 lodge , has gone from the Bell Tavern , Pall Mall , with its chapter , to F . M . T . No . 10 , Westminster and Keystone , remains at F . M . T .

No . 11 , Enoch , also of the earliest date , has removed its chapter from the Blue Posts , Charlotte-street , Eathbone-place , to the F . M . T . It has now a chapter . No . 12 , the Fortitude , and No . 14 , the Tuscan

Red dpron , remain at F . M . T ., and No . 13 , the i Union , at Woolwich , all are of 1721 . < Another 1721 lodge , the Kent ( No . 1 §) , has moved from the Star , Wilkes-street , Spitalfields , to the Three Tuns Tavern , Southwark . It appears

Spitalfields , in its decline , could no longer support Masonic lodges . The R . Alpha ( No . 16 ) , has removed from the Assembly Rooms , Kensington , to the Clarendon . No . 17 , is a Quebec lodge , an early record of

American Masonry . No . IS , the Old Dundee , has got from Marklane to the London Tavern , and No . 19 , the Royal Athelstan , from the Fitzroy Hotel , Charlotte-street , to Anderton ' s .

We noiv begin ivith 1 , 723 , the Royal Kent , still at Chatham , and our eldest provincial lodge . The Emulation ( No . 24 ) has removed from the George and Vulture , to the Albion ; the Neptune ( No . 22 ) , from the Black Boy , Wapping , to Radley ' s . The Globe , of the same date , remains at F . M . T .,

but No . 25 , now the Robert Burns , has reached there from the King ' s Arms Tavern , Goldensquare . The Castle Lodge of Harmony ( No . 26 ) , a lodge

of 1724 , has moved from the Piazza Coffee-house , Covent-garden , to the Westminster Palace Hotel ; it was No . 27 , and acquired the No . of 26 by the failure of a very old lodge , the Lodge of Antiquity , which met at the Mitre Tavern , Portsea .

No . 27 is now the Egyptian , meeting at Anderton ' s , claiming from 1724 , but whicli of the lodges of the old list it represents does nob appear , very likely No . 29 , the George , as No . 28 , tho Lodge of Philanthropy , meeting in the Hall of Mason ' s

Court , at Stockton-on-Tees , has departed . The Old King's Arms ( No . 30 ) , has become No . 28 , ancl still meets at F . M . T . The St . Alban's , now No . 29 , a lodge of 1727 , left the F . M . T . for the London Coffee-house , but the

lease of the latter has now expired , and the lodge will have to move . The United Mariners' has moved from the Coopers' Arms , Crown-street , Finsbury , to the Green Man Tavern , Tooley-street . This Coopers ' Arms was a regular Masonic house .

The Corner Stone ( No . 37 ) , has collapsed into No . 5 ; St . George ' s , -now St . George and Corner Stone . The Corner Stone ivas founded in 1730 , and used to meet in the Piazza Coffee-house ; it had no chapter .

The Britannic ( No . 38 ) , which used to meet in St . James ' s-streot , is now No . 33 , meets in F . M . T ., and has become an engineering lodge , with a chapter . The Mount Moriah Lodge has followed the same

migration to F . M . T . It came from the -Spread Eagle , Limehouse . The old No . 49 , the Lodge of Concord , Avith its chapter , has disappeared . It was founded in 1733 , ancl met at Proctor ' s Hotel ,

Westminsterbridge-road . No . 45 , the Strong Man , which meets at the Falcon Tavern , Fetter-lane , was No . 53 , meeting at the Hole in the Wall , Kirby-street , Hattongarden .

The Old Union keeps constant to Radley's . The Gihon ( No . 49 ) , met at the Three Tuns , Borough , migrated , to the London Coffee-house , and will have to move .

The Constitutional , a lodge of 1736 , has moved from the Buckingham Arms , New Kent-road , to the Ship and Turtle .

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1867-09-07, Page 7” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 15 Sept. 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_07091867/page/7/.
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Untitled Article 1
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. Article 2
ADDRESS TO ALL THE GRAND LODGES OF THE GLOBE. Article 5
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 8
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 10
GRAND LODGE. Article 11
METROPOLITAN. Article 11
PROVINCIAL. Article 12
CHANNEL ISLANDS. Article 12
IRELAND. Article 12
CANADA. Article 12
AUSTRALIA. Article 16
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 17
HIGH KNIlGHTS TEMPLAR.. Article 18
Poetry. Article 19
LODGE MEETINGS, ETC., FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 14TH, 1867. Article 19
THE WEEK. Article 19
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Address To All The Grand Lodges Of The Globe.

MASONIC STATISTICS . —No . 2 . LONDON LODGES IN 1834 AND 1867 . The changes in the habitats of lodges are worth noting .

The G . L . and Nos . 1 and 2 remain at F . M . T . No . 3 , the Fidelity , has removed from the Crown Tavern , Clerkenivell-green , to F . M . T . It has a R-. A . Chapter attached , and is one of the time-immemorial lodges , but it must have lost

its red apron while at the Crown . No . 4 , Somerset House , remains at F . M . T . No . 5 , the St . George ' s and Corner Stone , is a time-immemorial lodge , whicli has migrated ivith its chapter from the George , Commercial-road , to

F . M . T . It has kept its red apron . No . 6 is steady to the Thatched House . It is the first lodge with a date , 1721 . The destruction of the old George and Blue Boar drove a coeval lodge , No . 7 , the Royal York

Lodge of Perseverance , into the F . M . T . No . S , the British , remains at F . M . T . No . 9 , the Albion , a 1721 lodge , has gone from the Bell Tavern , Pall Mall , with its chapter , to F . M . T . No . 10 , Westminster and Keystone , remains at F . M . T .

No . 11 , Enoch , also of the earliest date , has removed its chapter from the Blue Posts , Charlotte-street , Eathbone-place , to the F . M . T . It has now a chapter . No . 12 , the Fortitude , and No . 14 , the Tuscan

Red dpron , remain at F . M . T ., and No . 13 , the i Union , at Woolwich , all are of 1721 . < Another 1721 lodge , the Kent ( No . 1 §) , has moved from the Star , Wilkes-street , Spitalfields , to the Three Tuns Tavern , Southwark . It appears

Spitalfields , in its decline , could no longer support Masonic lodges . The R . Alpha ( No . 16 ) , has removed from the Assembly Rooms , Kensington , to the Clarendon . No . 17 , is a Quebec lodge , an early record of

American Masonry . No . IS , the Old Dundee , has got from Marklane to the London Tavern , and No . 19 , the Royal Athelstan , from the Fitzroy Hotel , Charlotte-street , to Anderton ' s .

We noiv begin ivith 1 , 723 , the Royal Kent , still at Chatham , and our eldest provincial lodge . The Emulation ( No . 24 ) has removed from the George and Vulture , to the Albion ; the Neptune ( No . 22 ) , from the Black Boy , Wapping , to Radley ' s . The Globe , of the same date , remains at F . M . T .,

but No . 25 , now the Robert Burns , has reached there from the King ' s Arms Tavern , Goldensquare . The Castle Lodge of Harmony ( No . 26 ) , a lodge

of 1724 , has moved from the Piazza Coffee-house , Covent-garden , to the Westminster Palace Hotel ; it was No . 27 , and acquired the No . of 26 by the failure of a very old lodge , the Lodge of Antiquity , which met at the Mitre Tavern , Portsea .

No . 27 is now the Egyptian , meeting at Anderton ' s , claiming from 1724 , but whicli of the lodges of the old list it represents does nob appear , very likely No . 29 , the George , as No . 28 , tho Lodge of Philanthropy , meeting in the Hall of Mason ' s

Court , at Stockton-on-Tees , has departed . The Old King's Arms ( No . 30 ) , has become No . 28 , ancl still meets at F . M . T . The St . Alban's , now No . 29 , a lodge of 1727 , left the F . M . T . for the London Coffee-house , but the

lease of the latter has now expired , and the lodge will have to move . The United Mariners' has moved from the Coopers' Arms , Crown-street , Finsbury , to the Green Man Tavern , Tooley-street . This Coopers ' Arms was a regular Masonic house .

The Corner Stone ( No . 37 ) , has collapsed into No . 5 ; St . George ' s , -now St . George and Corner Stone . The Corner Stone ivas founded in 1730 , and used to meet in the Piazza Coffee-house ; it had no chapter .

The Britannic ( No . 38 ) , which used to meet in St . James ' s-streot , is now No . 33 , meets in F . M . T ., and has become an engineering lodge , with a chapter . The Mount Moriah Lodge has followed the same

migration to F . M . T . It came from the -Spread Eagle , Limehouse . The old No . 49 , the Lodge of Concord , Avith its chapter , has disappeared . It was founded in 1733 , ancl met at Proctor ' s Hotel ,

Westminsterbridge-road . No . 45 , the Strong Man , which meets at the Falcon Tavern , Fetter-lane , was No . 53 , meeting at the Hole in the Wall , Kirby-street , Hattongarden .

The Old Union keeps constant to Radley's . The Gihon ( No . 49 ) , met at the Three Tuns , Borough , migrated , to the London Coffee-house , and will have to move .

The Constitutional , a lodge of 1736 , has moved from the Buckingham Arms , New Kent-road , to the Ship and Turtle .

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