Bridlington Masonic Hall, St. Johns Avenue, Bridlington. YO16 4NG. Telephone: 01262 672519.
Bridlington Masonic Hall, St. Johns Avenue,
Bridlington. YO16 4NG.
Telephone: 01262 672519.
Londesborough Lodge 734
Bridlington Masonic Hall, St. Johns Avenue, Bridlington. YO16 4NG. Telephone: 01262 672519.
Bridlington Masonic Hall, St. Johns Avenue,
Bridlington. YO16 4NG.
Telephone: 01262 672519.
Londesborough Lodge 734
Located on St. John’s Avenue, Bridlington Masonic Hall is home to 5 Freemasons Lodges – Londesborough, St. Johns, Burlington, Old Bridlingtonian’s and Bridlington Bay along with 3 Chapters, Mark, Knights Templar and other Masonic and non-Masonic organisations. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month October to July.
Londesborough Lodge is the first and oldest Lodge in the building. Our Warrant was issued by the United Grand Lodge of England on the 3rd February 1858, read at a preliminary Meeting held on the 27th April 1858, when seven Candidates were proposed. The Consecration of the Londesborough Lodge took place at High Noon, on the 9th June, 1858, in the Victoria Rooms, Bridlington Quay. After the first Master had been installed, the Working Tools, in silver, the gift of the Right Hon. Lord Londesborough, were presented to the Lodge. Six Candidates were initiated.
On the 7th December 1858, the Rt. Hon. Londesborough was unanimously elected as Worshipful Master for the ensuing year and on the 5th Dec 1859, was again elected as Worshipful Master. On 4th December 1860, his son, the second Lord Londesborough, was elected as the Worshipful Master and again in 1861, and on the 7th June 1877, he was installed as the first Master of the Londesborough Lodge, No. 1681, in London. Since 1936 when the Londesborough Lodge, No. 734, conducted a Ceremony in the Freemason’s Hall, London for the Londesborough Lodge, No. 1681, London, visits have been exchanged annually, and a firm connection continues between the Brethren of the two Lodges to this day.
Lodge Meetings were originally held in the Victoria Rooms, Garrison Street, until October 1875, when the Londesborough Lodge premises, in St. John’s Avenue, were completed and dedicated. The original building was used for fifty years until 1925, when it was extended to its’ present form.
Another highlight in the History of the Lodge and a practical interpretation of Freemasonry was the laying of the Foundation Stone of the Bridlington Grammar School at High Noon on the 14th June 1898, by Sir Charles Legard, Bart. The Lodge was opened in the three degrees and a procession in inverse order formed (the Brethren in full regalia) headed by a Band proceeded to the site where the stone was “just and truly laid according to the Antient Rules of Architecture and the regulations of the Craft”. After a most elaborate Masonic Ceremony the Brethren formed in reverse order and returned to the Masonic Hall where the Lodge was closed and the Masonic Anthem sung.
On the 6th June 1958, the Centenary Meeting of the Lodge was held at the Alexandra Hotel, Bridlington. The Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master The Right Hon. The Earl of Ronaldshay and many other distinguished Freemasons being present.
At the Grand Lodge annual investiture in April 1961 the first Grand Lodge Honour received by a member of the Lodge since its foundation was conferred on the Secretary of the Londesborough Lodge. No. 734, W. Bro. W. Mason Brown, the Rank being that of Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies. The Lodge currently has two officers holding Grand Rank, namely W. Bro. A.J. Ayre, Past Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies and W. Bro. D. J. Burnett, Past Junior Grand Deacon, who is an Honorary member of the Lodge.
On Tuesday, 3rd June 2008 the Lodge marked 150 years with the dedication of a new Bible by the Provincial Chaplain, in the presence of the Provincial Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother Richard John Anderson, his deputy, Very Worshipful Brother Jeffrey Gillyon and both Assistants, accompanied by a full team of active officers. Also in attendance was Right Worshipful Brother Iain Ross-Bryce, Past Deputy Grand Master. The ceremony was followed by a sumptuous banquet in the dining hall. The occasion was further marked at a Summer Ball, held at Marton Hall on Saturday 7th June.
Over 600 candidates have been initiated into Londesborough Lodge during its more than one hundred and sixty years of existence.
2025 marks the 100th year of the extension to the Masonic Hall.
Past Masters
2024 M.P Jolly
2023 G.M Jessop
2022 B.Ordonez
2021 F. Maloom
2020 F. Maloom
2019 M.J. Adams
2018 D. E. Peacock
2017 J. R. J. Watson
2016 S. J. Haynes
2015 D. Ibbetson
2014 A. J. Ayre
2013 R. H. Sharpe
2012 S. R. Langridge
2011 A. D. Jackson
2010 C. B. Fisk
2009 R. H. Newman
2008 J. R. J. Watson
2007 P. Coupland
2006 R. K. Otto
2005 L. Pinkney
2004 R. A. Burton
2003 T. Banks
2002 M. R. Wood
2001 P. Houlton-Jones
2000 T. M. Dixon
1999 J. F. Evamy
1998 D. G. Atkin
1997 J. M. Kelly
1996 M. H. L. Williams
1995 J. A. Blackhall
1994 C. Petch
1993 E. Jenner
1992 R. E. Heathcote
1991 N. D. Crumpton
1990 M. C. Kelly
1989 J. Petch
1988 H. Smith
1987 G. H. Jarvis
1986 J. K. Sidebottom
1985 A. Topham
1984 D. G. G. Shackles
1983 C. R. Dooks
1982 E. Crawford
1981 T. R. Storey
1980 A. J. Ayre
1979 J. U. Spence
1978 H. Nightingale
1977 C. H. Topham
1976 B. Brown
1975 F. Firth
1974 A. B. Fenner
1973 D. Clifton
1972 J. L. Freeman
1971 C. Walker
1970 C. E. Ayre
1969 A. Sharpe
1968 G. Willis
1967 R. Williams
1966 A. E. Topham
1965 H. H. Pygott
1964 C. A. Readhead
1963 G. J. Ward
1962 E. E. Lambden
1961 C. G. North
1960 L. W. Cowling
1959 H. A. Whiteley
1958 R. A. Wilson
1957 J. C. Beauvais
1956 C. Murgatroyd
1955 H. Grant
1954 C. E. Dooks
1953 H. Garland
1952 H. W. Nattress
1951 G. H. Appleyard
1950 S. Ashley Austin
1949 J. Bell
1948 C. H. Smith
1947 H. V. Doran
1946 J. Y. Turner
1945 G. W. Roberts
1944 V. Warwick
1943 H. Dooley
1942 R. G . Little
1941 W. Mason Brown
1940 R. Maw
1939 C. Hartley
1938 G. H. Stonehouse
1937 G. Hesketh
1936 J. W. Walker
1935 F. P. Steel
1934 J. Rennard
1933 J. S. Grunwell
1932 C. J. Wilkinson
1931 E. Marsh
1930 H. R. Thompson
1929 H. Musk
1928 G. E. S. Whittaker
1927 T. Sharpe
1926 H. Harrison
1925 W. C. Bennett
1924 A. R. Landon
1923 J. D. Chapman
1922 A. Whittington
1921 T. E. Mott
1920 A. W. Monsey
1919 Rev. O. R. Plant
1918 W. E. Stephenson
1917 A. C. Warner
1916 E. Lambert
1915 H. Davis
1914 E. Whiteley
1913 A. J. Beckett
1912 J. J. Coleman
1911 A. Matthewman
1910 H. Batchelor
1909 O. E. Aves
1908 A. Gardam
1907 F. Lawson
1906 A. Thornton
1905 B. Saggs
1904 A. K. Jarratt
1903 E. J. Smith
1902 G. W. Leng
1901 W. J. Stead
1900 G. Rennard
1899 C. Nicholson
1898 T. Hunter
1897 H. J. C. Godfrey
1896 W. A. Wetwan
1895 L. Wilbourn
1894 W. H. Winpenny
1893 J. M. Wilson
1892 J. Watson
1891 H. C. Clarke
1890 H. C. Clarke
1889 J. Rennard
1888 E. Mainprize
1887 F. W. Wardill
1886 A. Woodliffe
1885 F. Creaser
1884 F. J. Timmins
1883 Rev J. Blake
1882 W. Winterbottom
1881 W. Milner
1880 A. Clarke
1879 F. Creaser
1878 R. Brigham
1877 C. Gray
1876 R. G. Smith
1875 G. E. Heselton
1874 W. H. Porritt
1873 W. H. Porritt
1872 G. E. Harding
1871 R. G. Smith
1870 D. R. W. Porritt
1869 A. B. Brockwell
1868 D. R. W. Porritt
1867 J. Rennard
1866 D. R. W. Porritt
1865 W. Hind
1864 G. R. Wrangham
1863 G. Fox
1861 Lord Londesborough (Rt. Hon. H.F. Denison)
1859 Lord Londesborough (Rt. Hon. A.W. Denison)
| 2024 M.P Jolly |
| 2023 G.M Jessop |
| 2022 B.Ordonez |
| 2021 F. Maloom |
| 2020 F. Maloom |
| 2019 M.J. Adams |
| 2018 D. E. Peacock |
| 2017 J. R. J. Watson |
| 2016 S. J. Haynes |
| 2015 D. Ibbetson |
| 2014 A. J. Ayre |
| 2013 R. H. Sharpe |
| 2012 S. R. Langridge |
| 2011 A. D. Jackson |
| 2010 C. B. Fisk |
| 2009 R. H. Newman |
| 2008 J. R. J. Watson |
| 2007 P. Coupland |
| 2006 R. K. Otto |
| 2005 L. Pinkney |
| 2004 R. A. Burton |
| 2003 T. Banks |
| 2002 M. R. Wood |
| 2001 P. Houlton-Jones |
| 2000 T. M. Dixon |
| 1999 J. F. Evamy |
| 1998 D. G. Atkin |
| 1997 J. M. Kelly |
| 1996 M. H. L. Williams |
| 1995 J. A. Blackhall |
| 1994 C. Petch |
| 1993 E. Jenner |
| 1992 R. E. Heathcote |
| 1991 N. D. Crumpton |
| 1990 M. C. Kelly |
| 1989 J. Petch |
| 1988 H. Smith |
| 1987 G. H. Jarvis |
| 1986 J. K. Sidebottom |
| 1985 A. Topham |
| 1984 D. G. G. Shackles |
| 1983 C. R. Dooks |
| 1982 E. Crawford |
| 1981 T. R. Storey |
| 1980 A. J. Ayre |
| 1979 J. U. Spence |
| 1978 H. Nightingale |
| 1977 C. H. Topham |
| 1976 B. Brown |
| 1975 F. Firth |
| 1974 A. B. Fenner |
| 1973 D. Clifton |
| 1972 J. L. Freeman |
| 1971 C. Walker |
| 1970 C. E. Ayre |
| 1969 A. Sharpe |
| 1968 G. Willis |
| 1967 R. Williams |
| 1966 A. E. Topham |
| 1965 H. H. Pygott |
| 1964 C. A. Readhead |
| 1963 G. J. Ward |
| 1962 E. E. Lambden |
| 1961 C. G. North |
| 1960 L. W. Cowling |
| 1959 H. A. Whiteley |
| 1958 R. A. Wilson |
| 1957 J. C. Beauvais |
| 1956 C. Murgatroyd |
| 1955 H. Grant |
| 1954 C. E. Dooks |
| 1953 H. Garland |
| 1952 H. W. Nattress |
| 1951 G. H. Appleyard |
| 1950 S. Ashley Austin |
| 1949 J. Bell |
| 1948 C. H. Smith |
| 1947 H. V. Doran |
| 1946 J. Y. Turner |
| 1945 G. W. Roberts |
| 1944 V. Warwick |
| 1943 H. Dooley |
| 1942 R. G . Little |
| 1941 W. Mason Brown |
| 1940 R. Maw |
| 1939 C. Hartley |
| 1938 G. H. Stonehouse |
| 1937 G. Hesketh |
| 1936 J. W. Walker |
| 1935 F. P. Steel |
| 1934 J. Rennard |
| 1933 J. S. Grunwell |
| 1932 C. J. Wilkinson |
| 1931 E. Marsh |
| 1930 H. R. Thompson |
| 1929 H. Musk |
| 1928 G. E. S. Whittaker |
| 1927 T. Sharpe |
| 1926 H. Harrison |
| 1925 W. C. Bennett |
| 1924 A. R. Landon |
| 1923 J. D. Chapman |
| 1922 A. Whittington |
| 1921 T. E. Mott |
| 1920 A. W. Monsey |
| 1919 Rev. O. R. Plant |
| 1918 W. E. Stephenson |
| 1917 A. C. Warner |
| 1916 E. Lambert |
| 1915 H. Davis |
| 1914 E. Whiteley |
| 1913 A. J. Beckett |
| 1912 J. J. Coleman |
| 1911 A. Matthewman |
| 1910 H. Batchelor |
| 1909 O. E. Aves |
| 1908 A. Gardam |
| 1907 F. Lawson |
| 1906 A. Thornton |
| 1905 B. Saggs |
| 1904 A. K. Jarratt |
| 1903 E. J. Smith |
| 1902 G. W. Leng |
| 1901 W. J. Stead |
| 1900 G. Rennard |
| 1899 C. Nicholson |
| 1898 T. Hunter |
| 1897 H. J. C. Godfrey |
| 1896 W. A. Wetwan |
| 1895 L. Wilbourn |
| 1894 W. H. Winpenny |
| 1893 J. M. Wilson |
| 1892 J. Watson |
| 1891 H. C. Clarke |
| 1890 H. C. Clarke |
| 1889 J. Rennard |
| 1888 E. Mainprize |
| 1887 F. W. Wardill |
| 1886 A. Woodliffe |
| 1885 F. Creaser |
| 1884 F. J. Timmins |
| 1883 Rev J. Blake |
| 1882 W. Winterbottom |
| 1881 W. Milner |
| 1880 A. Clarke |
| 1879 F. Creaser |
| 1878 R. Brigham |
| 1877 C. Gray |
| 1876 R. G. Smith |
| 1875 G. E. Heselton |
| 1874 W. H. Porritt |
| 1873 W. H. Porritt |
| 1872 G. E. Harding |
| 1871 R. G. Smith |
| 1870 D. R. W. Porritt |
| 1869 A. B. Brockwell |
| 1868 D. R. W. Porritt |
| 1867 J. Rennard |
| 1866 D. R. W. Porritt |
| 1865 W. Hind |
| 1864 G. R. Wrangham |
| 1863 G. Fox |
| 1861 Lord Londesborough (Rt. Hon. H.F. Denison) |
| 1859 Lord Londesborough (Rt. Hon. A.W. Denison) |