The Sunderland Lodge No. 4114 - Province of Durham

History

	The Sunderland Lodge No. 4114 - Province of Durham
	A Really Friendly Lodge

History

OUR HISTORY

The date of The Sunderland Lodge’s warrant is 11th May 1920 and the Lodge was consecrated on 21st July 1920.

The Founders of the lodge are listed below with details of their mother lodges and occupations where known:-

W.Bro. Robert William Lovie, P.M. of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Master Pattern Maker)

W.Bro. John Glanville, P.M. of Londonderry No. 2039 (Hotel Keeper)

W.Bro. George Charlton, P.P.G.D., P.M. of Londonderry No. 2039 (Yeast Importer)

W.Bro. Solomon Glanville, P.M. of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Secretary)

W.Bro. Joseph Long, P.M. of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Insurance Superintendent)

W.Bro. Thomas J. Welch, P.P.G.D., P.M. of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Auctioneer and Valuer)

W.Bro. George Frederick Park, P.M. of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (School Master)

W.Bro. David Holmes, P.M. of St. George’s No. 431 in Northumberland (Occupation not known)

Bro. Robert Errington of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Furnishing Manager)

Bro. Francis Smith of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Motor Engineer)

Bro. Wilfred Powley of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Mineral Water Manufacturer)

Bro. William Allen Carr of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Ship Owner)

Bro. Walter Manning of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Occupation not known)

Bro. George William Gibson of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Dockyard Manager)

Bro. Robert John Pope of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Occupation not known)

Bro. George Stephenson of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Occupation not known)

Bro. Isaac Herbert Howat of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Occupation not known)

Bro. John George English of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Occupation not known)

Bro. Albert Weightman of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Farmer)

Bro. Nicholas Gray of Boscombe Lodge No. 2158 in Hampshire (Painter and Decorator)

Bro. Benjamin Cree Bell of Wearmouth No. 2934 (Occupation not known)

Bro. Robert White of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Foreman Molder)

Bro. Matthew Robson Graham of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 Grocer and Sub-Postmaster)

Bro. Thomas S. Allison of Londonderry Lodge No. 2039 (Auctioneer and Valuer)

From 1920 to 1933 the lodge met in the Masonic Hall, Park Terrace, Sunderland,

but later transferred to what was then the new Wearside Masonic Temple in Burdon Road.

On the day of the Consecration meeting in July 1920 the Festival was held in the Palatine Hotel, Sunderland which at the time looked as below:-

The Worshipful Masters of the lodge from 1920 to the current day are given below:-

1920 - W.Bro. Robert William Lovie, P.Pr.G.D.*

1921 - W.Bro. Joseph Long, P.A.G.St.Br.*

1922 - W.Bro. David Holmes, P.Pr.G.Treas*

1923 - W.Bro. George Frederick Park, P.Pr.G.D.*

1924 - W.Bro. Wilfred Powley, P.Pr.G.D.*

1925 - W.Bro. William Allen Carr, P.Pr.G.D*

1926 - W.Bro. Francis Smith, P.Pr.A.G.Sw.Br.*

1927 - W.Bro. George William Gibson*

1928 - W.Bro. Robert John Pope, P.Pr.G.D.*

1929 - W.Bro. Isaac Herbert Howat, P.Pr.G.D.*

1930 - W.Bro. Matthew Robson Graham*

1931 - W.Bro. Nicholas Gray*

1932 - W.Bro. Frederick Wm. Udale, P.G.St.Br., P.Pr.G.W.*

1933 - W.Bro. Edward Hazard Brown,P.Pr.G.St.Br.*

1934 - W.Bro. Robert Lowery Porter, P.Pr.G.D.*

1935 - W.Bro. John Longworth*

1936 - W.Bro. Edwin Gooch*

1937 - W.Bro. Thomas Fowler*

1938 - W.Bro. John Hoey, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1939 - W.Bro. Frederick Armstrong *

1940 - W.Bro. William Meggerson Bellerby *

1941 -W.Bro. Leslie Hall, P.Pr.G.D.*

1942 - W.Bro. Austin Everard Brown, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1943 - W.Bro. James Henry Edgoose, P.Pr.G.D.*

1944 - W.Bro. John Wild, P.Pr.G.D. *

1945 - W.Bro. Christopher Clark Sutherland *

1946 - W.Bro. Frederick Wm.Wearmouth, P.Pr.G.Supt. of Wks.*

1947 - W.Bro. Henry Cuthbert Young, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1948 - W.Bro. Charles William Park, P.Pr.A.G.Std.Br.*

1949 - W.Bro. Edgar Noble *

1950 - W.Bro. Ernest Turpin *

1951 - W.Bro. Joseph Alan Hutton #

1952 - W.Bro. George Selby George, P.Pr.S.G.D.*

1953 - W.Bro. Frank Lees, L.H.A., P.Pr.J.G.W.*

1954 - W.Bro. John Ferguson, P.Pr.D.G.D.C. *

1955 - W.Bro. John Clark Roseberry, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1956 - W.Bro. William Wilson, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1957 - W.Bro. Richard Lawton Swan, P.Pr.J.G.W.*

1958 - W.Bro. Arnold Rutter, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1959 - W.Bro. Jacob Wake, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1960 - W.Bro. Alex Jordan Greenlay, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1961 - W.Bro. Edgar Gill Turner, P.Pr.A.G.St.Br. #

1962 - W.Bro. Jackson Beattie, P.Pr.A.G.D.C. *

1963 - W.Bro. KENNETH WATSON, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.

1964 - W.Bro. John Lawson Sugden, P.Pr.J.G.D.*

1965 - W.Bro. Alan George Turpin*

1966 - W.Bro. Chas.Harold Theakstone, P.Pr.G.Swd.B.#

1967 - W.Bro. Geo. Francis Wallis Craig, P.Pr.G.St.Br*

1968 - W.Bro. Henry Williamson *

1969 - W.Bro. Fred Barnes*

1970 - W.Bro. James Thomas Gleadhill, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.#

1971 - W.Bro. Ronald Warren #

1972 - W.Bro. John Longbottom, P.Pr.A.G.D.C. #

1973 - W.Bro. Thomas Wrightson, P.Pr.A.G.D.C. #

1974 - W.Bro. Cyril Albert Hall, P.Pr.A.G.St.Br.*

1975 - W.Bro. Raymond Brammer #

1976 - W.Bro. Edgar Theodore Swaine, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.*

1977 - W.Bro. Robert Harper, P.Pr.G.Purst. #

1978 - W.Bro. Eric Richardson, P.Pr.A.G.D.C. #

1979 - W.Bro. Frank Eden *

1980 - W.Bro. Raymond Stanley Brown, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.#

1981 - W.Bro. Ronald Passfield#

1982 - W.Bro. Robert Francis Begg#

1983 - W.Bro. Douglas Stewart Pattison*

1984 - W.Bro. BERNARD HOPE, P.A.G.D.C., P.Pr.J.G.W.

1985 - W.Bro. John Michael Park, P.Pr.J.G.W.*

1986 - W.Bro. Lambton Kirton Laurie *

1987 - W.Bro. ALAN GRAY, P.Pr.G.Reg.

1988 - W.Bro. Edgar Theodore Swaine, P.Pr.A.G.D.C. *

1989 - W.Bro. John Wilson X

1990 - W.Bro. John Michael Park, P.Pr.J.G.W.*

1991 - W.Bro. Peter Theakstone #

1992 - W.Bro. FRANK WINSTON VOUT, P.Pr.G.St.B.

1993 - W.Bro. DAVID WALES, P.Pr.J.G.D.

1994 - W.Bro. FRANK WINSTON VOUT, P.Pr.A.G.St.B.

1995 - W.Bro. MALCOLM COLLIER, P.Pr.G.Supt. of Wks.

1996 - W.Bro. CHARLES LANG RUSSELL, P.Pr.G.Swd.B.

1997 - W.Bro. DAVID BAMBROUGH, P.Pr.S.G.W.

1998 - V.W.Bro. Professor DENOVAN KEITH WILSON, P.G.Swd.B., Deputy Provincial Grand Master

1999 - W.Bro. PETER MICHAEL JOHNSON, P.Pr.J.G.W.

2000 - W.Bro. CHARLES LANG RUSSELL, P.Pr.G.Swd.B.

2001 - W.Bro. DAVID BAMBROUGH, P.Pr.S.G.W.

2002 - W.Bro. DAVID BAMBROUGH, P.Pr.S.G.W.

2003 – W.Bro. THOMAS WILSON CREIGHTON, P.G.St.B., P.Pr.J.G.W.

2004 - W.Bro. RAYMOND TELFER, P.Pr.G.Swd.B.

2005 - W.Bro. ANDREW PETER EDWARD WIEGAND, P.Pr.G.Stwd.

2006 - W.Bro. ANDREW PETER EDWARD WIEGAND, P.Pr.G.Stwd.

2007 - W.Bro. ROBERT MALCOLM DASH

2008 - W.Bro. TOM HOWELL, P.Pr.A.G.D.C.

2009 - W.Bro. ROBERT WALTON LAWSON

2010 - W.Bro. RONALD HASWELL
2011 - W.Bro. ANTHONY DUAINE TOWNSON

* DECEASED # RESIGNED X EXCLUDED

MEMBERS IN RED BLOCK CAPITALS ARE STILL MEMBERS OF THE LODGE.

There have been over 300 members since 1920 and the current membership is 43. We are always looking for new members who are interested in Freemasonry, but we reserve the right to be selective within certain parameters. Quality is always a consideration before quantity. Quality is measured in terms of whether candidates are good members of society and live good honest lives.

If you are interested in membership use the link below to email the secretary of the lodge. He can arrange a no obligation meeting with you and a tour of the Wearside Masonic Temple.

lodge4114@durhamfreemason.org

The lodge celebrated its 90th anniversary in June 2010 and photographs of the event are shown on the News page of this website.

The lodge crest is the coat of arms of the old town and port of Sunderland with the Latin motto “Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo - Don’t despair, in God we trust”. The symbols on the coat of arms are a globe and a sextant relating to Sunderland’s historical links with the sea.

We are one of over 194 lodges currently operating in the Province of Durham in the northeast of England.

Some History and Facts about the City of Sunderland

Sunderland is one of the newest cities in the British Isles and is at the mouth of the River Wear in the northeast of England.

It has a history of glassmaking, coal mining and shipbuilding, but now is a car building city as well as many other small industries.

On approaching Sunderland from the west the first landmark observed is usually the hill on which stands Penshaw Monument (pictured right), a memorial to John George Lambton, afterwards the 1st Earl of Durham, who was Provincial Grand Master from 1818 to 1840.

The coastal beach areas of Sunderland are called Roker and Seaburn - golden sands, but often cool! Certainly worth a visit.

Sunderland hosts an International Kite Festival every July and an International Airshow every August. Both events attract large crowds and are free to spectators!

Sunderland is the home of the National Glass Centre opened in 1998 by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. The Glass Centre is on the riverside in an area currently being developed following the closure of the shipyards.

A modern marina has recently been completed near the mouth of the River Wear and the modern sculptures around the marina are certainly worth seeing. Some of the sculptures are really unusual and extremely interesting, especially for children.

Sunderland is also the home of Sunderland Association Football Club (S.A.F.C.) The club is currently one of the two Premier League teams in the north-east of England, the other being Newcastle United (newly promoted in 2010).

Sport is an important feature of north-east England life and the city’s team is always extremely well supported.

The club's stadium, the Stadium of Light was opened in 1997 and dominates the skyline of the city. The stadium is on the north side of the river, a short walk from the city centre and is built on the site of Wearmouth Colliery. A large miners lamp, designed by a Sunderland Lodge member, stands outside the stadium.

Perhaps Sunderland’s most famous son is Bede (672 / 673 – May 26, 735), also referred to as Saint Bede or the Venerable Bede (Beda Venerabilis), was a monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth, Sunderland and of its companion monastery, Saint Paul's, in modern Jarrow both in what was the Kingdom of Northumbria.

He is well known as an author and scholar, and his most famous work, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History of the English People) gained him the title "The Father of English History". In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Leo XIII, a position of theological significance; he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this designation (Anselm of Canterbury, also a Doctor of the Church, was originally from Italy).

Another one of Sunderland’s famous sons was Benedict Biscop (628-690), founder of two monasteries and the British patron saint of learning. He founded a monastery in 674 at Wearmouth (the original Sunderland), at the mouth of the River Wear and dedicated it to St. Peter. Benedict Biscop hired craftsmen from France to construct a church made of stone with a lead roof and glass windows, the first of its kind in England.

Other famous Sunderland men are Dr. W. R. Clanney (1777-1850) inventor of a miners’ safety lamp,

Jack Crawford (1775-1831) the hero of the Battle of Camperdown,

Sir Henry Havelock (1795-1857) hero of the Indian Mutiny,

Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) inventor of the first practical incandescent light bulb,

and Sir William Mills who was originally a golf club designer better known as the inventor of the hand grenade (or Mills Bomb).

In nearby Washington Village visitors will find Washington Hall the ancestral home of George Washington

the first President of the United States of America.

Naturally this is a favourite with our transatlantic brethren.

In the grounds is a cherry tree planted by Jimmy Carter during a visit he made as President of the United States of America.



There is also a tree in memory of those who died on September 11th 2001.

Every 4th July the Stars and Stripes is flown at Washington Hall.

More Sunderland people ...........

Captain Robert Nairac, George Cross (1948-1977), murdered by the IRA while on military intelligence duties in Northern Ireland (posthumous award).

Kate Adie OBE, (1945-      ) famous journalist usually found reporting from war zones.

From the world of film and television

Gibb McLaughlin (1884-1960)

James Bolam (1938-      )

Maurice Roeves (1937-      )

Christine Norden (1924-1988)

Alan Browning (1926-1979)

Debbie Arnold (1957-      )

and James Baxter (1990-    )