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FREEMASONS' HALL
Ingham Street, South Shields, NE33 2DQ
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Lodge Details

Year of name
1849
Date Warrant or Constitution
1780
Warrant of Constitution
15th March 1780
Consecrated
19th March 1780
Warrant of Centenary
25th February 1880
Year of Centenary
1880
Year of Bi-Centenary
1980
Similar Lodge Name (1)
St. Hild's Lodge
Numeration

1894 onwards
240
Lodge Number (1770):    
521
Lodge Number (1780):    
426
Lodge Number (1781):    
427
Lodge Number (1792):    
343
Lodge Number (1814):    
440
Lodge Number (1832):    
292
Lodge Number (1863):    
240
Note (1)
Freemason's Magazine reports in 1794 that the lodge carried on regularly for a few years, but declined gradually till the month of March 1785, when the brethren ceased to meet.




Meeting Places 

Golden Lion Hotel, King Street, South Shields, Durham, England   
1780
Freemasons' Arms, Market Place, South Shields, Durham, England   
1794
Hope Tavern, Bank Top, South Shields, Durham, England   
1822
Crown and Anchor, Commerce Street, South Shields, Durham, England   
1823
Crown and Anchor, Commerce Street, South Shields, Durham, England   
1823
Golden Lion Hotel, King Street, South Shields, Durham, England   
1827
Central Hall, Chapter Row, South Shields, Durham, England   
1861
Freemasons' Hall, Fowler Street, South Shields, Durham, England   
1863
Freemasons' Hall, Ingham Street, South Shields, Durham, England   
1884
Freemasons' Hall, South Shields, Durham, England   
1895
St. Hilda Lodge No. 240

Installation
2nd Monday in January

Meetings
2nd Monday :
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December


Lodge Website            Lodge Banner 1        Lodge Banner 2
Installed Masters Board


No. 240
No. 1970
No. 2418
No. 2935
No. 4218
No. 4345
No. 4750
No. 6042
No. 9694


Lest We Forget

No. 3217
No. 6401
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