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Warrant issued 8 December 1900 - Consecrated: 17 May 1901
Formation of the Lodge
The desire for the establishment of a Lodge in the West
Wight, particularly in the Freshwater area, existed many years
before Needles Lodge came into being. W. Bro. F. D. Laugharne,
records in his book “Freemasonry in Hampshire & the Isle of
Wight” that “during warm weather, the Lodge (No.151)
occasionally held a `Lodge of Recreation’ and the meeting on 23
July 1849 was duly Opened and Tyled in a chalk-pit on
Freshwater Down, with four brethren acting as Outer Guards.
They were interrupted by two cowans and intruders –a man and a
