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Brethren welcome you to our lodge web-site. We hope that you will
enjoy your visit and that you
will be interested in our ancient lodge and its wonderful history.
THE
LODGE OF ECONOMY No. 76
"WARRANTED No. 88 (Athol) 29th
January 1761 OTHER NUMBERS 111 (1814), 90 (1832), 76
(1863).
If there were such a thing as
the
'mother' of the Province, it would have to be
THE LODGE OF ECONOMY No. 76.
THE LODGE OF ECONOMY No. 76.
Almost one in every five Freemasons in
the Province can trace his
masonic 'ancestry' back to the small band headed by John Batson, who in
1761 were granted a Warrant by the Earl of Athol to:
"form and hold a
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons aforesaid, at the house known by the
sign of the Bakers' Arms, in the High Street, Winchester" ...... "This
Warrant is
renewed, the original having been burnt, this 7th. April, 1801"
At least a
thousand masons in the Province of Surrey can also trace their 'line'
back to Economy."
(The above being
extracts from "Masonic History of Hampshire & Isle
of Wight". WBro F. D. Laugharne, P.P.S.G.W)
The
Lodge
meets
at
the
Winchester
Masonic
Centre, Alresford
Road, Winchester
on the last Wednesday of September through to April excluding December.
Visiting Brethren are ever welcomed to our meetings
partcularly so for our official Visitors Evening
held on last Wednesday of January.
on the last Wednesday of September through to April excluding December.
Visiting Brethren are ever welcomed to our meetings
partcularly so for our official Visitors Evening
held on last Wednesday of January.
The
Mason
feels
the
noble
truth
the
Scottish
poet
told
That Rank is but the guinea stamp, the man him self's the gold.
With us the rich and poor unite and equal rights maintain
Happy to meet, sorry to part, happy to meet again!
With us the rich and poor unite and equal rights maintain
Happy to meet, sorry to part, happy to meet again!