By 1717 the Masonic lodges were already clubs having no connection to stone-masonry. Four London lodges met at the Goose and Gridiron pub in St Paul's Churchyard and formed the first Grand Lodge, initially just to have one dinner a year.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Grand Lodge of England
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Freemasons
Corporation of the City of London Near this site the Grand Lodge of English ...
Other Subjects
Eton Mission and Eton Manor Clubs
The private boys school Eton College launched a scheme to provide social and religious support to people living in Hackney Wick and to familiarise privileged schoolboys with social conditions in de...
Rainbow Corner
Club for the American forces in the UK during WW2. Also known as the American Red Cross Club. This is where those "oversexed, overpaid and over here" GIs hung out. From British History online: The...
Eltham Society
A society with the aims of preserving the past, conserving the present, and protecting the future.
The Equiano Society
Founded by Arthur Torrington and Samuel B. King. Its main objective is to publicise and celebrate the life and work of Olaudah Equiano
Marquee Club
First opened on 19 April 1958 at 165 Oxford Street and then in 1964 moved to 90 Wardour Street, where it stayed until 1988. It was at 105-107 Charing Cross Road (a former cinema) from August 1988 -...
Previously viewed
V&A façade - St Dunstan
SW7, Cromwell Road
Excluding the allegories (such as Knowledge) there are 36 statues on the two public façades of the V&A Museum, on Exhibition Road and...
Muses - Melpomene
WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - Half-way Landing
Greta Garbo, as Melpomene the muse of tragedy, raises a wreath in her left hand, and has a tragic mask near her right hand.
Three Prime Ministers
SW1, St James's Square, 10, Chatham House
The modern information board at the entrance to the gardens points out that the three Prime Ministers lived here at different times. It w...
Hackney Peace Carnival
Maggie Thatcher in power, the cold war, Anglo-American capitalism, loony-left councillors in Hackney... ah, those were the days.
Queen Anne Statue - SW1
SW1, Queen Anne's Gate, 13
Made for the portico of St Mary-le-Strand but it was never erected there. It has been in Queen Anne's Gate since at least 1708. Sculptor ...
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