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About the United Grand Lodge of England

This is the main face of Freemasonry in England and Wales and serves Freemasons as well as members of the public who might wish to learn more about the fraternity. Cyberpoint re-engineered this site to make it more user friendly and maintainable by the client, which it now is.

The United Grand Lodge of England is the governing body of Freemasonry in England, Wales and the Channel Islands. It meets in Quarterly Communication on the second Wednesdays in March, June, September and December and the Annual Investiture and Grand Festival take place on the last Wednesday in April.

The United Grand Lodge of England has some 270,000 members grouped in 8,322 lodges. Lodges in London (an area within a 10 mile radius of Freemasons’ Hall), are organised into groups administered by Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London. Lodges outside London and within England, Wales and the Channel Islands are grouped into 47 Provinces, based on the old Counties, each headed by a Provincial Grand Master. Lodges meeting abroad are grouped in 33 Districts each headed by a District Grand Master, 5 Groups each headed by a Grand Inspector, with 12 lodges being administered from Freemasons’ Hall.

The Grand Lodge publishes a Year Book which can be purchased from Freemasons’ Hall, listing all of its lodges with their meeting dates and places, Grand Officers and senior Provincial and District Officers. The Book of Constitutions (rule book) has been in the public domain since the first edition was published in 1723 and can be purchased from Freemasons’ Hall.

About the Supreme Grand Chapter of England

This is a straight-forward site aimed at Companions of the Order, created by Cyberpoint and maintained by the client.

The Supreme Grand Chapter of England is the governing body of Royal Arch Masons in England, Wales and the Channel Islands. Convocations of Supreme Grand Chapter are held each year on the second Wednesday in November and on the day following the Grand Festival of Grand Lodge.

The Supreme Grand Chapter of England has some 107,167 members grouped in 3,484 chapters. Chapters in London (an area within a 10 mile radius of Freemasons' Hall), are organised into groups administered by the Metropolitan Grand Chapter of London. Chapters outside London and within England, Wales and the Channel Islands are grouped into 47 Provinces, based on the old Counties, each headed by a Provincial Grand Superintendent. Chapters meeting abroad are grouped in 32 Districts each headed by a District Grand Superintendent, 7 Groups each headed by a Grand Inspector, with 7 chapters being administered from Freemasons' Hall.

About the Library & Museum of Freemasonry

The L&M site is client maintained after having been created by Cyberpoint. It features a number of on-line exhibits and has the Museum's catalogue system integrated to permit on-line searches. Created by Cyberpoint and now maintained by the client.

The Museum contains an extensive collection of objects with Masonic decoration including pottery and porcelain, glassware, silver, furniture and clocks, jewels and regalia. Items belonging to famous and Royal Freemasons including Winston Churchill and Edward VII are on display together with examples from the Museum's extensive collection of prints and engravings, photographs and ephemera. There is also a large collection of items relating to non-Masonic fraternal societies such as the Oddfellows and the Sons of the Phoenix.

The Library is open for reference use. It contains a comprehensive collection of printed books and manuscripts on every facet of Freemasonry in England as well as material on Freemasonry elsewhere in the world and on subjects associated with Freemasonry or with mystical and esoteric traditions. The collections include Masonic music, poetry and literature. There are a number of notable examples of fine eighteenth and nineteenth century bindings.

Admission to the Library and Museum is free of charge. It is located on the first floor of Freemasons' Hall, there are lifts available which are suitable for most wheelchairs. A number of power sockets for laptop computers are available. A staffed photocopying service and photographic service is provided. Library staff are always pleased to help visitors with historical enquiries or to respond to telephone or written enquiries and can advise about how to use Library and Archive resources. However staff cannot undertake extensive research on individual enquiries.

A small number of research resources are available on line at this site in addition to the catalogue of books, archives and objects. These can be found on the Resources page.

About Letchworths' Shop

This e-commerce site is now client maintained after having been created by Cyberpoint. It has hundreds of items for sale with full on-line merchant facilities. Cyberpoint created and client maintained.

The Shop at Freemasons' Hall sells gifts, stationery, postcards and souvenirs of Freemasons' Hall, many with unique designs, a wide range of official publications, books and magazines and Craft and Arch regalia. (Other regalia can be obtained to order). It offers a range of items which can be personalised for individuals, lodges or chapters.

About MQ Magazine

This is a magazine site that was designed to be fast-loading and easy to read. It has a full library of back-issues available free and without requiring registration. Created by Cyberpoint and client maintained.

MQ is short for Masonic Quarterly - the official magazine of the United Grand Lodge of England. It is a lifestyle magazine, that reports and comments on the changing face of Freemasonry in the 21st century. As such, it is dynamic, modern and exciting, and carries a large number of non-Masonic articles, reflecting the wide interests of the 320,000 readers of the magazine.

MQ is not just for masons, however - it is also for their families, friends, neighbours, acquaintances and anyone with broad-based interests. I hope that copies of the magazine will soon be in libraries, doctors' surgeries and in many other places where communities gather. MQ - indeed its very concept - is sending a clear message that Freemasonry is vibrant. Its launch is a radical initiative by the governing body of English Freemasons - Grand Lodge - to show a more open face to the world. The magazine has been sent direct to the homes of all Masons under the United Grand Lodge of England, and replaces the old Grand Lodge Newsletter, whose contents are now included in MQ.

Freemasonry has long needed a medium to demonstrate its openness to the world. Now it has one. MQ aims to show the world that Freemasons are proud of their fraternity and that they have a positive story to tell. In each issue, the four Masonic charities will each have a voice - these are the Grand Charity, the New Masonic Samaritan fund, the Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys, and the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution. Through the charitable activities of these groups the world will be able to see the real face of Freemasonry at work - not the nonsense that is the stereotypical media view of the Craft.

As Freemasons we are proud of our history, of our traditional ceremonies and our charities. We are part of our local communities, many Lodges and Masonic Halls dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Grand Lodge has given the Craft as a whole a positive lead. It is for all Masons to run with the torch they have lit. MQ will be in the forefront of publicity displaying the new face of English Freemasonry.

About Freemasonry Today

The FMT site is perhaps the largest and most complex of our Masonic sites. With several hundred pages, it has an on-line subscription service for access to back-issues of the magazine, and has many other features such as a blog. Created and maintained by Cyberpoint.

Freemasonry Today is a unique magazine fulfilling a unique need: it is an independent Masonic magazine edited by Freemasons to inform all about our ancient Craft and its central aspiration best expressed as, "Man, know thyself." Freemasonry Today celebrates both the rich heritage we carry into the future and the world-wide Brotherhood we represent.

Younger generations, seeking spirituality without the dogma and the distinctions are beginning to discover Freemasonry's virtues and we at Freemasonry Today feel that it is right that the world beyond the Masonic Temple should know of our Craft and all that it truly stands for: for Freemasonry focuses upon those things which bring men together in harmony, not those things which drive men apart in conflict.

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