‘Michael Alexander Gage: The Masonic Rebel and the Liverpool Waterworks Bill’ was a peer-reviewed paper of mine that was published in the Liverpool History Journal, Vol.13, (Liverpool History Society, 2014), pp.31-43. The Liverpool History Society was founded by a number … Continue reading →
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season … Continue reading →
Writing history is something of a passion, and for the past fifteen years or so I have been writing exclusively on Masonic history. More recently however, I have been tackling a biography on nineteenth century Liverpool cotton merchant and philanthropist … Continue reading →
There have always been festivities attached to lodge meetings, some lodges actually have their meal before the lodge meeting rather than after, and some lodges style themselves as Dining Lodges; lodges that specialise in a more distinguished dining experience. Feasting … Continue reading →
On the 22nd of December 1823, a group of Masonic rebels met at the Shakespeare Tavern in Williamson Square in Liverpool to re-establish the ‘Antient’ Grand Lodge, a Grand Lodge that had officially merged with the ‘Moderns’ ten years previously. … Continue reading →
The new edition of The Square – England’s leading Masonic Magazine
The Liverpool Masonic Rebellion of 1823 was partly a result of the changes that the new United Grand Lodge of England had
