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History Of The Airedale Lodge, No. 387,
stances are bad . " It is most satisfactory to find how readily our brethren responded to the impulses of generous sympathy and true charity on this occasion also , a subscription being at once made for the same object , and the sum of £ 3 17 s . being collected that amount was handed over to him . Bro . Edward Haigh presented the lodge ( on February 12 fch , 1862 ) with working tools of the Three Degrees , " which he had got made during his residence
in Australia ; also a beautiful box made of Australian woods to place them in . " On July 9 th , 1862 , " the different lectures were gone through . Bro , John Walker , sen ., gave the working tools in a very efficient manner , the more astonishing as he had not repeated them for near twenty years . " A very good and handsome Bible was presented to the lodge by the W . M . ( Bro . John C . Read ) , on October Sth 1862 . In this year the Phcenix LodgeRotherhamwas
consti-, , , tuted as No . 1206 , and the St . Oswald ' s Lodge , Pontefract , No . 1212 . In 1863 the Airedale Lodge became No . 387 ; and Lodge Trafalgar , 971 , Batley , and Pental pha , 974 , Bradford , were constituted . On the 1 st July , 1863 , " a good muster from this lodge attended the Provincial Grand Lodge at Ripon , and then proceeded in Masonic costume to dine in cloisters at Fountains Abbey . " A memorial of condolence with the widow of late Bro . John
Walker , jun ., was ordered to be drawn up on October , 28 fch , 1863 ; and at the end of the minutes of the meeting held December 23 rd , 1863 , occurs the following : — The Mark Lodge was opened , and Bro . John Taylor anel Bro . Craven , of Bradford , went through the ceremony of giving the Mark to Bro . S . Priestley , aud all other things necessary for it .
From this night up to 1869 the lodge was greatly indebted to Bro . Taylor , who was a constant visitor , and undertook the chief working . After the change of numbers this year , the roll of Yorkshire lodges stood as follows :
No . 57 Humber , Hull . 61 Probity , Halifax . 123 Lennox , Richmond . 139 Britannia , Sheffield . 149 PeaceMeltham .
, 154 Unanimity , Wakefield . 200 Old Globe , Scarbro ' . 208 3 Gd . Principles , Dewsbury . 236 Union , York . 242 St . George ' s , Doncaster . 250 Minerva , Hull .
258 Amphibious , Heckmondwike . 264 Nelson of the Nile , Batley . 265 Royal Yorkshire , Keighley . 275 Harmony , Huddersfield . 289 Fidelity , Leeds . 290 HuddersfieldHuddersfield .
, 294 Constitutional , Beverley . 296 Royal Brunswick , Sheffield . 302 Hope , Bradford . 304 Philanthropic , Leeds . 306 Alfred , Leeds . 307 Prince FrederickHebden Bridge .
, 312 Lion , Whitby . 330 Prince George , Bottoms , Stansfeld . 337 Candour , Upper Mill . 380 Integrity , Morley .
No . 387 Airedale , Baildon . 401 Royal Forest , Slaidburn . 408 Three Graces , Haworth . 439 Scientific , Bingley . 448 Loyal AntientSt . JamesHalifax .
, , 458 Aire and Calcier , Goole . 495 Wakefield , Wakefield . 521 Truth , Huddersfield . 543 Cleveland , Stokesley . 561 Zetland , Guisbro ' . 566 St . Germain ' sSelby .
, 600 Harmony , Bradford . 602 North York , Middlesbro ' . 603 Zetland , Cleckheaton . 630 St . Cuthbert ' s , Howden . 643 Royal , Filey . 652 Holme Valley , Holmfirfch .
660 Camalodunum , Malton . 734 Londesborough , Bridlington Quay . 750 Friendship , Cleckheaton . 810 Craven , Skipton . 827 St . John ' sDewsbury .
, 837 De Grey and Ripon , Ripon . 904 Phcenix , Rotherham . 910 St . Oswald , Pontefract . 971 Trafalgar , Batley . 974 Pentalpha , Bradford .
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History Of The Airedale Lodge, No. 387,
stances are bad . " It is most satisfactory to find how readily our brethren responded to the impulses of generous sympathy and true charity on this occasion also , a subscription being at once made for the same object , and the sum of £ 3 17 s . being collected that amount was handed over to him . Bro . Edward Haigh presented the lodge ( on February 12 fch , 1862 ) with working tools of the Three Degrees , " which he had got made during his residence
in Australia ; also a beautiful box made of Australian woods to place them in . " On July 9 th , 1862 , " the different lectures were gone through . Bro , John Walker , sen ., gave the working tools in a very efficient manner , the more astonishing as he had not repeated them for near twenty years . " A very good and handsome Bible was presented to the lodge by the W . M . ( Bro . John C . Read ) , on October Sth 1862 . In this year the Phcenix LodgeRotherhamwas
consti-, , , tuted as No . 1206 , and the St . Oswald ' s Lodge , Pontefract , No . 1212 . In 1863 the Airedale Lodge became No . 387 ; and Lodge Trafalgar , 971 , Batley , and Pental pha , 974 , Bradford , were constituted . On the 1 st July , 1863 , " a good muster from this lodge attended the Provincial Grand Lodge at Ripon , and then proceeded in Masonic costume to dine in cloisters at Fountains Abbey . " A memorial of condolence with the widow of late Bro . John
Walker , jun ., was ordered to be drawn up on October , 28 fch , 1863 ; and at the end of the minutes of the meeting held December 23 rd , 1863 , occurs the following : — The Mark Lodge was opened , and Bro . John Taylor anel Bro . Craven , of Bradford , went through the ceremony of giving the Mark to Bro . S . Priestley , aud all other things necessary for it .
From this night up to 1869 the lodge was greatly indebted to Bro . Taylor , who was a constant visitor , and undertook the chief working . After the change of numbers this year , the roll of Yorkshire lodges stood as follows :
No . 57 Humber , Hull . 61 Probity , Halifax . 123 Lennox , Richmond . 139 Britannia , Sheffield . 149 PeaceMeltham .
, 154 Unanimity , Wakefield . 200 Old Globe , Scarbro ' . 208 3 Gd . Principles , Dewsbury . 236 Union , York . 242 St . George ' s , Doncaster . 250 Minerva , Hull .
258 Amphibious , Heckmondwike . 264 Nelson of the Nile , Batley . 265 Royal Yorkshire , Keighley . 275 Harmony , Huddersfield . 289 Fidelity , Leeds . 290 HuddersfieldHuddersfield .
, 294 Constitutional , Beverley . 296 Royal Brunswick , Sheffield . 302 Hope , Bradford . 304 Philanthropic , Leeds . 306 Alfred , Leeds . 307 Prince FrederickHebden Bridge .
, 312 Lion , Whitby . 330 Prince George , Bottoms , Stansfeld . 337 Candour , Upper Mill . 380 Integrity , Morley .
No . 387 Airedale , Baildon . 401 Royal Forest , Slaidburn . 408 Three Graces , Haworth . 439 Scientific , Bingley . 448 Loyal AntientSt . JamesHalifax .
, , 458 Aire and Calcier , Goole . 495 Wakefield , Wakefield . 521 Truth , Huddersfield . 543 Cleveland , Stokesley . 561 Zetland , Guisbro ' . 566 St . Germain ' sSelby .
, 600 Harmony , Bradford . 602 North York , Middlesbro ' . 603 Zetland , Cleckheaton . 630 St . Cuthbert ' s , Howden . 643 Royal , Filey . 652 Holme Valley , Holmfirfch .
660 Camalodunum , Malton . 734 Londesborough , Bridlington Quay . 750 Friendship , Cleckheaton . 810 Craven , Skipton . 827 St . John ' sDewsbury .
, 837 De Grey and Ripon , Ripon . 904 Phcenix , Rotherham . 910 St . Oswald , Pontefract . 971 Trafalgar , Batley . 974 Pentalpha , Bradford .