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The Lodge BannerFairhaven Lodge No. 5076 was consecrated in 1929. It is in the Province of West Lancashire and within the South Fylde Group of Lodges. Meetings are on the 3rd Friday, September to April inclusive, commencing at 18:45. Installation is on the Saturday following the 3rd Friday in November, commencing at 15:30. We meet at the Palace, Garden Street, St. Annes-on-Sea. Please follow this link for a location map.

West Lancashire is not only the largest of the Masonic provinces of the United Grand Lodge of England ('UGLE') but it also claims to be the birthplace of English Freemasonry. Elias Ashmole was the earliest recorded initiate into English Freemasonry in October 1646 in Warrington.

Fairhaven has a clear line of descent through its mother Lodge, Ansdell No. 3607 and grandmother Lodge of Triumph No. 1061 right back ultimately to the Lodge of Perseverance No. 155 which still meets to this day in Liverpool. A PDF of the Fylde coast Masonic family tree can be obtained by clicking here.

Fairhaven Lodge is a "Gold Patron" of the West Lancashire 2010 Festival and to date has given as a Lodge £5,342. When individual members' donations and pledges are included, this sum rises to £17,719 which is equal to nearly £600 per member. Donations raised by the Festival will go to the Masonic Samaritan Fund ("MSF"). The MSF's website can be found here. A detailed presentation on the workings of the MSF can be downloaded by clicking here.

In June 1919 at a special meeting of Grand Lodge, the Grand Master at that time, the Duke of Connaught, said that he wished to establish a memorial to commemorate those brethren who had passed to the Grand Lodge above in the 1914-1918 war. This memorial would be the current Freemasons' Hall in Great Queen Street, London. The Masonic Million Memorial Fund was launched in September that year and brethren both at home and overseas, on an individual and Lodge basis were invited to contribute to raise the £1m needed to finance the work. These contributions were to be recognised by the award of a commemorative jewel. A prize of £75 for the best design was offered and a Cyril Saunders Spackman was the winner.

Image of the Hall Stone JewelAt the time the jewel was described as being "in the form of a cross, symbolising Sacrifice, with a perfect square at the four ends, on the left and right squares being the dates 1914-1918, the years in which the supreme sacrifice was made. Between these is a winged figure of Peace presenting the representation of a Temple with special Masonic allusion in the Pillars, Porch and Steps. The medal is suspended by the Square and Compasses, attached to a ribband, the whole thus symbolising the Craft’s gift of a Temple in memory of those brethren who gave all for King and Country, Peace and Victory, Liberty and Brotherhood.”

To qualify for Lodge Hall Stone jewel, a Lodge had to pledge to donate an average of ten guineas per member, an equivalent of approximately £325 in 2005 prices. Fairhaven Lodge is one of only 1,321 "Hall Stone" lodges in the world, with our name inscribed on the wall near to the Memorial at Freemasons’ Hall in London.

Our Worshipful Master has the honour of wearing the jewel at all Craft functions into perpetuity.