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Somerset Lodges
Tennyson Lodge No. 4947
warranted 1927
Regular meetings: the Friday after the third Wednesday at 18.30hrs:
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct.
Installation meeting: Friday after the third Wednesday at 17.00hrs Nov.
Contact the Lodge Secretary:
Andrew Gray
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Meeting at
The Masonic Hall
Albert Road
Clevedon
BS21 7RN
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Tennyson Lodge has its origins in the mid 1920's, when prominent brethren in
Clevedon decided that a second lodge should be founded in the town. It was felt
that the practice of naming Lodges after poets should be continued (the mother
Lodge being Coleridge Lodge 1750), and the founders petitioned for the name of
Tennyson Lodge.
Tennyson Lodge prides itself on the form of the ritual which it works, in
particular during the Installation. This is largely due to the work of W. Bro.
R. S. Renton MD, PAGDC, second master of the Lodge. W. Bro. Renton was
responsible for the alterations and additions to the Emulation ritual on which
Tennyson ceremonies are based. Whilst none of the extended work is original to
this Lodge and has been adapted from work performed elsewhere, the manner in
which it has been brought together has produced a most distinctive and beautiful
ceremony. In a world in which everything must be rushed, abbreviated and
reduced, there is much to be said for taking a slightly slower look and having
time to reflect further upon the morals and principals inculcated in Craft
Masonry. We aim to give members and visitors the chance to do so.
Tennyson Lodge is indebted to Alfred Lord Tennyson's Descendents for permission
to use their family crest as part of the Tennyson Lodge Banner. The motto is "Respiciens
Prospiciens", meaning "Looking backwards, looking forwards". The lodge takes
pride both in looking back at its traditions and history, and looking forwards
towards whatever changes and developments Freemasonry in the province of
Somerset will undergo in the years ahead.
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