Early in the twentieth century a system of recognised Lodges of Instruction began. The Committee of Emulation Lodge of Improvement approves Preceptors as teaching the ritual in strict accordance with Emulation working, and this confers recognition on the Lodge of Instruction concerned. A Brother who aspires to work in the Chair at Emulation must normally have a “chit” from an approved Preceptor to certify that he is capable of doing the work to the required standard.
Each year in June at the annual Preceptors’ Festival, all the offices are filled by Brethren from recognised Lodges of Instruction, who demonstrate one of the three degrees (in rotation), followed by the Ceremony of Installation. This is therefore, in effect, a scratch team, many of the members of which will be strangers to the others, and it shows that it is possible for Brethren who have been trained in Emulation working in different parts of the country to come together and work successfully.
Recognised Lodges Of Instruction
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Berkshire
75 Abbey (No 945)
Meetings: 4th Tues in Oct to Apr exc Dec 19.30
Meeting at: Guildhall, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3JE
Last Return: 2011
Cheshire
39 Hundred of Wirral (No 3657)
Meetings: Thu Sep to May Exc Dec 19.30
Meeting at: The Masonic Temple, Clifton Road, Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 2SF
Last Return: 2011
44 South Cheshire (No 4127)
Meetings: 4th Mon Sep to Mar, 2nd Wed Dec & 4th Mon Apr 18.45
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Wybunbury Road, Willaston, Nantwich Cheshire CW5 7ER
Last Return: 2011
45 Sale Emulation (No 4836)
Meetings: 2nd Tues Sep to Apr 20.00
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Tatton Road, Sale, Cheshire M33 7EE
Last Return: 2010
51 Unity (No 3447)
Meetings: 3rd Mon Sep to Apr 19.30
Meeting at: Freemasons’ Hall, Plough Lane, Christleton, Chester, Cheshire CH3 7PT
Last Return: 2011
58 Wallasey District (No 5620)
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Mon Sep to Mar & 1st Mon Apr 19.30
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Manor Road, Wallasey, Merseyside CH45 7LU
Derbyshire
106 Mentor (No 7064)
Meetings: 3rd Thu Sept to July 19.15 (Excl April)
Meeting at: Derby Masonic Hall, 457 Burton Road, Littleover, Derby, Derbyshire DE23 6XX
Last Return: 2011
Devonshire
21 Jordan (No 1402)
Meetings: Last Mon Sept to June excl Dec 19.00
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Torhill Road, Torquay, Devon TQ2 5RN
Last Return: 2011
Durham
26 Shipcote (No 3626)
Meetings: 1st Mon Jan, Mar, May, Sep, Nov 19.00
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, 241 Alexandra Road, Gateshead, County Durham NE8 1RE
Last Return: 2010
East Kent
47 Per Mare Per Terram (No 3609)
Meetings: 1st and 4th Thu Sep to Apr, 4th Thu May to Aug 19.30
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, 5 Manor Road, Chatham, Kent ME4 6AG
Last Return: 2011
Essex
43 Heath Park (No 5058)
Meetings: Wed Sep to May 19.45
Meeting at: Upminster Masonic Hall, Deyncourt Gardens, Upminster, Essex RM14 1DF
Last Return: 2011
Gloucestershire
112 Frome Valley (No 8658)
Meetings: 2nd Thu Sep to Apr (1st Thu Dec) 19.30
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Hatter’s Lane, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire BS37 6AA
Last Return: 2011
Hertfordshire
13 St Albans (No 1479)
Meetings: Alt Wed Oct to Mar 20.00
Meeting at: Ashwell House, 167 Verulam Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 4DW
Last Return: 2010
87 St Michaels (No 2136)
Meetings: Thu Sep to Apr 19.30
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Hadham Road, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 2QE
Last Return: 2010
London
1 Langton (No 5004)
Meetings: Wed Oct to Apr 19.00
Meeting at: 93 Willow Park, Otford, Kent TN14 5NF
Last Return: 2011
10 Polytechnic (No 2847)
Meetings: Tues Oct to Mar 18.30
Meeting at: Central London Masonic Centre, The Old Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0NA
Last Return: 2010
11 Telephone and Hampshire (No 3301 and No 3538)
Meetings: Mon Sep to Mar 19.15
Meeting at: Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ
Last Return: 2011
2 Kirby (No 263)
Meetings: Tue Oct to Jun working in parallel with EloI 19.00
Meeting at: Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ
Last Return: 2011
27 Campbell (No 1415)
Meetings: Wed Sep to Jun working in parallel with ELoI 19.00
Meeting at: Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ
Last Return: 2011
71 Athlon (No 4674)
Meetings: Tue Sep to Apr 20.00
Meeting at: Central London Masonic Centre, The Old Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0NA
Last Return: 2011
8 Strong Man (No 45)
Meetings: 1st Thu Sep to May 19.00
Meeting at: Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ
Last Return: 2011
97 Bee Hive (No 2809)
Meetings: 4th Mon Mar 4th Tue Apr & Sep 2nd Tue Dec 18.00
Meeting at: Mark Masons’ Hall, 86 St James’s Street, London SW1A 1PL
Last Return: 2010
Middlesex
100 Teddington (No 4528)
Meetings: Thu Sep to Jul 20.00
Meeting at: Twickenham Masonic Centre, Cole Court, London Road, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 1HD
Last Return: 2010
55 Staines (No 2536)
Meetings: Thu Sep to May 19.30
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Thames Street, Staines, Middlesex TW18 4PH
Last Return: 2011
118 Twickenham (No 4278)
Meetings: Thu Sep to July 20.00
Meeting at: Twickenham Masonic Centre, Cole Court, London Road, Twickenham TW1 1HD
Last Return: 2009
North Wales
57 St Trillo Emulation (No 2569)
Meetings: 1st and 2nd Mon Oct to Apr 19.30
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Osbourne House, 13 Bay View Road, Colwyn Bay, Gwynedd LL29 8DW
Last Return: 2010
Northumberland
110 Rosemary (No 6421)
Meetings: 3rd Thu Sep to Jun 20.00
Meeting at: Freemasons’ Hall , Corbridge Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Tyne and Wear NE6 1HY
Last Return: 2010
Staffordshire
19 Honour (No 526)
Meetings: 1st and 3rd Fri Sept to Apr 20.00
Meeting at: Masonic Temple, 211 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands WV6 0DD
Last Return: 2011
20 Josiah Wedgwood (No 2214)
Meetings: 2nd Mon Sep to May Exc Dec 19.45
Meeting at: Freemasons’ Hall, Snow Hill, Shelton Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 4NA
Last Return: 2011
38 St Modwen’s (No 4850)
Meetings: 1st Thu Jan to Dec 18.30
Meeting at: Ashfield House, 218 Ashby Road, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire DE15 0LA
Last Return: 2011
Suffolk
115 Lodge of Dawn (No 8799)
Meetings: Fri Oct to May 19.30
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, 101 The Avenue, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 7LJ
Last Return: 2011
Surrey
102 Onslow (No 2234)
Meetings: Wed Sep to Mar 19.15
Meeting at: South West Surrey Masonic Centre, Hitherbury Close, Portsmouth Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4DL
Last Return: 2011
33 Whitgift (No 3617)
Meetings: Wed Sep to Apr 20.00
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Oakfield Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 2UX
Last Return: 2011
68 Stoneleigh Coronation (No 5699)
Meetings: 3No Mondays prior to Meeting Jan to Dec 19.30
Meeting at: Sutton Masonic Hall, Grove Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 1BB
Last Return: 2011
80 Surrey Arts and Sciences (No 5310)
Meetings: 3rd Thu Sep to May 20.00
Meeting at: Masonic Hall, Oakfield Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 2UX
Last Return: 2010
Warwickshire
30 General (No 587)
Meetings: Thu Sep to Apr 18.45
Meeting at: Warwickshire Masonic Temple, 2 Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B16 9SB
Last Return: 2011
West Kent
79 Vale of Beck (No 6283)
Meetings: Mon Sep to Apr 20.00
Meeting at: Bromley Masonic Centre, Oakley House, Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent BR2 8HA
Last Return: 2011
83 Petts Wood (No 5435)
Meetings: Last Mon Sep to 2nd Mon May 20.15
Meeting at: Bromley Masonic Centre, Oakley House, Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent BR2 8HA
Last Return: 2011
West Lancashire
65 Fylde Group (No 4428)
Meetings: (1) 4th Mon Sept to April (2) 2nd Wed Sept to Apr 19.30
Meeting at: (1) The Palace, 18 Garden Street, Lytham St Anne’s Lancashire FY8 2AA, (2) Masonic Hall, 14 Market Square, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire FY6 7AS
Last Return: 2011
72 Chorley Emulation (No 5209 and No 6849)
Meetings: (1) 1st Fri (2) 1st Tue Sep to Jul (alt months)19.30
Meeting at: (1) Leyland Masonic Hall, Wellington Park, Burlington Gardens, Leyland, Lancashire PR25 3AB (2) Chorley Masonic Hall, George Street, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 2BE
Last Return: 2011
AFFILIATED LODGES OF INSTRUCTION
France
30A Liberation (No 8)
Meetings: 1st Tue Jan to Dec exc Aug 18.00
Meeting at: Masonic Temple, J T Desagulier, 16 rue Copernic, 17440 Aytre, FRANCE
Last Return: 2006
Italy
41A Sir Horace Mann 1732 (No 2 RGLI)
Meetings: 1st Mon Sep to Jun 18.30
Meeting at: Ristorante Sabatini, via Panzani 41/R, 50123 Firenze, ITALY
Last Return: 2011
Jamaica
14A Phoenix (No 914)
Meetings: 1st Tue Jan to Dec 17.30
Meeting at: Masonic Temple, 45 – 47 Barbados Avenue, Kingston 5, JAMAICA
Last Return: 2011
Malaysia
26A Klang (No 3369)
Meetings: 3rd Tue Jan to Nov 18.15
Meeting at: Read Masonic Centre, No 1, Jalan, 3/155, Bukit OUG, 58200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Last Return: 2011
Nigeria
46A St George’s Lodge (No 3065)
Meetings: Last Fiday Jan, March, May, Sept & Nov 18.00
Meetings at: St.George’s Hall, 28 Broad Street, Lagos, Nigeria
Last return: 2011
South Africa (Cape Province)
45A Cape of Good Hope (No 2537)
Meetings: Various Jan to Nov 19.00
Meeting at: Masonic Centre, Pinelands, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Last Return: 2011
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