If you would like more information on becoming a Freemason and joining our Lodge then please contact us

Why Join?

Quest for Knowledge – Learn about the history and mysteries of Freemasonry

Charity – Give back to society through Masonic giving

Brotherhood – Mix with people of different ages, from different walks of life and different races and religions.

Self Improvement – Become a better person

Learning – From peers and mentors, learning ritual, and after dinner speech making

Unusual – There is nothing quite like it in life

Achievement – Progressing through the offices to Worshipful Master of a Lodge

Some points before you apply

• Members endeavour to cultivate brotherly love, relief and truth to one another and the world at large
• An essential condition of membership is belief in a Supreme Being
• Politics and religious discussion is not allowed in a Lodge
• Masonry does not offer pecuniary advantage bringing one mason to another, or support him in business
• We support charities both Masonic and non-Masonic, but it is not a mutual benefit society
• Masonry teaches our first duty is to our family, and Masonry should not be put ahead of loved ones

Everyone should be sure that:

• They desire intellectual and moral improvement of himself and others
• He is willing to devote time, means and efforts in the promotion of brotherly love, relief and truth
• He seeks no commercial, social or pecuniary advantage
• He is able to afford the expenditure of Masonry without detriment to himself or his family

The Lodge was consecrated in 1796 and is one of the oldest in the Province.

1796 18th Feb – Constituted at the White Lion Inn, Haworth near Keighley.

2nd March – First meeting held

1802 – Lodge removed to King’s Arms Inn, Haworth

1809 – Lodge moved back to White Lion Inn, Haworth

1812 – Lodge removed to Freemasons’ Arms Inn, Bottoms, Stansfield, near Todmorden

1837 – Lodge removed to Private Rooms, Underbank Hall, Stansfield

1853 – Lodge removed to Station House Inn, Bottoms, Stansfield

1896 – 2nd March – Centeneary Celebration. Warrant dated 12th Dec 1895 presented by the Rt. Hon. William Lawies Jackson, MP and RW Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire

1926 – Dedication of Masonic Rooms, Bottoms by W Bro Richard Gill, PGD Deputy Provincial Grand Master of West Yorkshire

1946 – 16th Feb – Sesqui-Centenary Celebration. W Bro ER Dickenson, Master in Centenary Year attended and promoted PPGW by RW Bro Sir Anthony Gadie Provincial Grand Master KT, PGD

 

 

 

1996  Bi-Centenary Celebration, Southwood Masonic Hall, Halifax