The meeting at which the Lodge was constituted was at the Fox , Castle Street Southwark on 31st October 1785. The minutes of the meeting show it was originally intended to call the Lodge "Union Lodge" as this name has been struck through and the "Lodge of Unions" inserted in its place. The lodge was numbered 480 from its constitution until 1792. There is a list of recorded meeting places at the foot of the page
The Lodge then became number 390 from 1792 to 1814. It was again re-numbered and became number 481 from 1814 to 1832
It became sponsoring Lodge of The Emulation Lodge of Improvement in 1830 and has remained so ever since
The Lodge became number 318 in 1832 and was re-numbered again to its present number in 1863
The Lodge received a Centenary Warrant on 31st October 1885
Date |
Meeting Place (1) |
Address |
1785 |
Fox |
Castle Street in the Park, Southwark |
1790 |
Red Lion |
Borough |
1792 |
Spread Eagle |
Pratt Street, Lambeth |
1817 |
Kings Arms |
Bowling Street, Westminster |
1823 |
Two Chairmen |
Davies Street, Berkeley Square |
1827 |
Mandford Arms | Boston Street, Dorset Square |
1828 |
Red Lion |
Old Cavendish Street, Oxford Street |
1829 |
The Crown |
Old Cavendish Street, Oxford Street |
1830 |
Blue Posts |
Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place |
1832 |
Procter's Hotel |
Westminster Bridge Road |
1840 |
Turk's Hotel |
Strand |
1842 |
Westminster Hotel |
Westminster Bridge Road |
1845 |
Exeter Hall Hotel |
Strand |
1847 | New Inn | Westminster Bridge Road |
1848 | George and Blue Boar | Holborn |
1851 | Freemason's Tavern | Great Queen Street |
1865 | Freemason's Hall | Great Queen Street |
References
(1) J Lane Masonic Records 1717 - 1894