PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF WEST LANCASHIRE WARRINGTON AND DISTRICT GROUP


We believe in an ethical approach to life, our values are based on integrity, kindness, honesty and fairness.

Members are urged to regard the interests of the family as paramount however, Freemasonry also teaches and practices

concern for people, care for the less fortunate and help for those in need

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Interested in Freemasonry ?

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Freemasonry is a society of men concerned with moral and spiritual values. Its members are taught its precepts by a series of ritual dramas, which follow ancient forms, and use stonemasons’ customs and tools as allegorical guides.


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Dates for your diary
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A day at the Chester races
25-05-2013
Are you interested in a day at Chester races. Contact Barry Corcoran.
Warrington Group Bowling Event
02-06-2013
Warrington Masons will be able to compete in the "Harry Lovatt Taylor Bowling Competition"
Warrington Group Golf Day 2013
06-06-2013
Warrington Group is holding its 2013 Annual Golf Day at HAYDOCK GOLF CLUB on the 6th June. The first tee is...
Warrington Temple Bowling Main
23-06-2013
Come and join us at The Spinner & Bergamot on Sunday 23rd June 2013.
Golden Jubilee of W.Bro. H.D.Rudd PSGD, PAPrGM
11-09-2013
The True Light Lodge of Friendship No. 2963, will be celebrating the Golden Jubilee of W.Bro....
Visit by the East Lancs Royal Arch demonstration team
23-09-2013
At the 23rd September 2013 meeting of the Mersey Valley Lodge of Installed Masters,...

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Welcome to Warrington

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Today, there are in excess of 500 men meeting at the Masonic Hall in Winmarleigh Street to practise their Freemasonry in the various lodges, chapters and other orders. There are 15 lodges, 5 chapters and 10 side degrees meeting throughout the year, all of which form the Warrington Group.


Lodges meet once a month, up to 8 times a year and have a break in the summer months. In our meetings we learn about Masonic principles and their application in daily life for the betterment of ourselves and society in general. Meetings are followed by a good meal with our friends and guests.


Lodges hold socials for our enjoyment and to raise funds for national and local good causes. Last year our non-masonic giving totalled nearly £15,000. We made donations to 3 different Warrington charities, 2 Warrington schools, 3 Warrington churches, 5 local hospitals or hospices, a Warrington sports organisation and 11 national charities.


The Group holds an annual church service and a carol service; a dinner and ball; New Year’s Eve and St George’s Day celebrations; golf and bowling competitions and an evening with a sports personality and comedian. These events when added to lodges’ own social activities amount to a large social programme for which we are grateful for the support of our wives and partners who play an important part in our Freemasonry.


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Fellowship

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The Group also supports the Masonic Fellowship and Winmarleigh Luncheon Club, organisations meeting monthly to enhance the cultural and social lives of their members and to promote and develop personal friendships. The Masonic Fellowship is open to retired brethren and their wives and to widows of brethren. The Winmarleigh Club is specifically for the widows of Masons to continue existing relationships and to encourage new ones.


The Fellowship meetings are held at 2.00pm on the fourth Wednesday of each month, September to May, at the Masonic Hall, Warrington.


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Chris Eyres, Chairman

The oldest lodge in Warrington has been meeting since 1765, but there is proof that Freemasonry was taking place in the town as early as 1646. Elias Ashmole wrote in his diary on 16th October that year that he had been, ‘made a freemason at Warrington in Lancashire with Colonel Henry Mainwaring of Karnicham in Cheshire.’ This is the earliest known record of anyone being initiated into an English lodge and places Warrington in a unique position in the history of Freemasonry.

News from around the Group
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25 years of charity
Over 18 lodges in the register of United Grand Lodge share the word charity in their name, each year a venue is sought for a family gathering and a re-union takes place. ...
Warrington Masons raise £30,000
The Warrington Group of Lodges and Chapters have again supported many local and worthy charities as they have raised more than £30,000. Chris Eyres, Warrington Chairman...
Father and son, installation duo
A well performed installation ceremony was carried out by a father and son duo at St Oswald Lodge No 5170 in Warrington Masonic Hall. The principal guest at the ceremony...
Warrington Masons urged to give appeal a lift
Warrington Freemasons have been urged to put the appeal to raise money for a new lift in the Masonic hall at the forefront of their giving plans for the next...
Former Rector of Warrington is initiated
After hosting the Warrington Group Service of Rededication at St Elphin Church while Rector of Warrington, the Rev Canon Michael Stanley Finlay has been initiated...
East feeds West
More than 80 Freemasons assembled in Warrington to celebrate the installation of Alan V Jones into the chair of King Solomon for the second time. Alan was previously installed as Worshipful...
A family affair
There was a family occasion at a meeting in Warrington of the Lodge of Lights No 148. Peter George Range was initiated into Freemasonry by worshipful master Peter Baxandall. The senior...
Barry helps with art exhibition
PAN is a local organisation that helps promote the arts in the North West. This year PAN is holding its annual art exhibition at the Pyramid and Gateway in Warrington for...

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