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Leigh
Group of Lodges & Chapters
FREEMASONRY
IN LEIGH
Freemasons have met in Leigh since the early part
of the eighteenth century, although it was not until the later part of the
nineteenth century that a lodge was formed and made its permanent home in
the town. Today, seven lodges meet at the Masonic Hall in Ellesmere Street
and this home represents a real link with the town’s commercial past,
since the Hall was formerly the headquarters of the Leigh Friendly Co-operative
Society. From humble beginnings, Freemasonry has grown in Leigh and at present
the total number of Freemasons is around two hundred and fifty.
The early Masons of Leigh reflected the industrial nature of the town in that
many were involved in the cotton and mining industries. These were ordinary
hard-working men of high ideals and a genuine sense of caring for their community
and the same qualities are reflected in the membership of the Craft today.
Only the times have changed: the values of consideration for others before
oneself, of contributing towards the welfare of others and of service to the
community remain as ever at the forefront of our thinking and in our practice.
Lodges meet on a regular date every month between September and May. Each
lodge is presided over by a Worshipful Master and two Wardens and membership
of the various lodges ranges from thirty to fifty men. The Leigh Group of
lodges is part of a wider Masonic community known as the Province of West
Lancashire, which is made up of twenty four Groups spread from Liverpool to
Barrow to the West of the A6. This Provincial lodge, which has its headquarters
and administrative centre in Liverpool operates under the jurisdiction of
the United Grand Lodge of England in London which acts as the central government
of Freemasonry in this country.
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