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| Welcome to Northcote Lodge meeting in the Province of Devonshire |
| Welcome to Northcote Lodge. Our Worshipful Master W. Bro Jamie Page welcomes you to Northcote Lodge, number 2659 meeting on the Province of Devonshire. |
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We meet at Freemasons Hall, Gandy Street, Exeter on the third Tuesday of each month, with the exception of July and August.
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| Finance and General Purpose Comittee |
| The commitee meets on the 2nd Tuesday of the month (one week prior to Lodge meetings). Meetings are held at Freemasons Hall, Gandy Street commencing at 6.30pm |
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Brief History of Freemasons Hall, Gandy Street
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St. George’s Lodge No. 112 first suggested the idea of a Masonic Hall in Exeter in 1823 but it was not until 1841 that John Huyshe’s dream of ‘rescue’ from the inns and taverns was realised when the Exeter Lodges moved to Tuckers Hall in Fore Street and there they remained for several years. Over the next 20 or so years other Lodges in Devonshire moved to their own premises; for example St. John’s Lodge, Torquay, followed suit in 1857 and in 1866 the Lodge of Fortitude No. 105 moved into the Huyshe Masonic temple in Stoke, Plymouth. In addition, over this same period more than a dozen new Lodges were formed and the membership grew from 500 to more than 1500 in Devonshire alone.
In Exeter pressure to move from the shared accommodation in Tuckers Hall was sufficient that new premises in Gandy Street were acquired and dedicated by John Huyshe on St Georges’s Day 1877. The St. John the Baptist Lodge held their first meeting there three days later being quickly followed by other Exeter based lodges. Modification to the building led to the discovery of fine oak screens dating to the 14th and 15th century together with a very fine entrance. |
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