Aurora Lodge No 4047 minute books

Description

The collection comprises 16 volumes of the minutes and 3 volumes of instructions of the Aurora Lodge No 4047. The minute books are:


Volume 1: 24 March 1920- 10 October 1923

Volume 2: 14 November 1923-11 April 1928

Volume 3: 9 May 1928-9 December 1931

Volume 4: 13 January 1932-10 July 1935

Volume 5: 14 August 1935-8 November 1939

Volume 6: 13 December 1939-11 October 1944

Volume 7: 8 November 1944-13 July 1949

Volume 8: 10 August 1949-12 May 1954

Volume 9: 9 June 1954-9 April 1958

Volume 10: 14 May 1958-9 December 1964

Volume 11: 13 Jan 1965-12 April 1972

Volume 12: 10 May 1972-13 February 1980

Volume 13: Missing at time of deposit

Volume 14: 12 April 1989-11 February 1998

Volume 15: 11 March 1998-9 June 2004

Volume 16: 14 July 2004-9 January 2008

Volume 17: 13 February 2008-10 April 2013.


The instruction books are:


Number 11: 30 July 1975-29 October 1980

Number 12: 5 November 1980-22 April 1987

Number 13: 29 April 1987-6 July 1994.

Biography or history

The Aurora Lodge No 4047 is one of the Lodges of Freemasons administered by the United Grand Lodge of England. Freemasonry is a secular fraternal society of men concerned about moral and spiritual values. Members follow the principles of brotherly love, charity and truth. Aurora Lodge was formed by twenty members of Coronation Lodge No 2922 on 24 March 1920. Jose Richard was the first Master of the Lodge which was based in Great George Street, Leeds. In 1969 it moved to the Mansion in Roundhay Park and then in 1981 to its current home Castle Grove, Headingley.

Provenance

Deposited by the Aurora Lodge No 4047 on 31 October 2017.

Access and usage

Reproduction

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