This paper on early nineteenth century Yorkshire based Freemason Godfrey Higgins and his most famous work Anacalypsis, was published in Philalethes: The Journal of Masonic Research and Letters, in 2015. Anacalypsis was published after Higgins’ death in 1836, and displays … Continue reading →
I was honoured to be asked to present a talk on the York Grand Lodge at Criterion Chapter of Installed First Principals which meets at the Masonic Hall at Hoyle Court in Otley near Shipley in West Yorkshire. Hoyle Court … Continue reading →
My latest book The City of York: A Masonic Guide is now out with Lewis Masonic, priced £8.99, and is available through the Lewis Masonic website or on Amazon. The book gives a street-by-street guide of all things Masonic in … Continue reading →
If you visit the United Kingdom, be sure to include the northern city of York on your itinerary. I visited the ancient Roman city in 1979 and was enthralled by its setting at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss … Continue reading →
The York Working, used by the York Lodge No. 236, is said to be a mixture of the York Grand Lodge, the Antients and the emulation ritual that emerged after the union of 1813. The York ‘Union’ Lodge was founded … 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 →
One of the first leading localities that declared itself independent from the ‘Premier’ Grand Lodge of England was York, and on the 27th of December, 1726, a new title of Grand Lodge of all England held at York was declared, … Continue reading →
The York Grand Lodge book was a pleasure to research; I visited the ancient city of York in northern England a number of times and I wanted to … Continue reading →
