History of the Lodge's Numbers

Original No3 of the Four Old Lodges. The list below gives the position on successive engraved and printed lists in chronological order between 1717 and 1814 when the current No12 was given.

Lodge Number (1717):   3

Lodge Number (1725):   2
Lodge Number (1729):   11

Lodge Number (1730):   11

Lodge Number (1736):   11

Lodge Number (1738):   10

Lodge Number (1740):   10

Lodge Number (1745):   10

Lodge Number (1752):   10
Lodge Number (1755):   6
Lodge Number (1770):   6
Lodge Number (1780):   6
Lodge Number (1781):    6
Lodge Number (1792):    6
Lodge Number (1814):    12
Lodge Number (1832):    12
Lodge Number (1863):    12