The Richard Sandbach Lodge of Research No. 9600
Ellindon Provincial Library
The Provincial Library (visits by appointment), is under the care of Richard Sandbach Lodge of Research No. 9600. Its librarian is WBro Alan Harden PPJGW.
Some very old books can be viewed albeit they CANNOT be taken off the premises.
The Provincial Library is now located at the Ellindon Masonic Centre, Peterborough and contains over 2000-books, e.g:
- St Peter's Lodge No. 442 old minute-books, etc.
- Very old summonses from the 1800's
- Lodge circulars (e.g., summonses from 1919-2009, 2017-2018)
- Yearbooks (1945-2007)
- Mark Master Masons yearbooks (1990-2003)
- The Masonic Record
- ARS Quatuor Coronatorum 1894-1999 (a very good resource for research - see catalogue for more details)
- A selection of magazines, etc.
- Many very old summonses from different lodges within the Province and elsewhere (viewing only)
- Many old pictures, e.g., pictures of Past Masters, Masters, Masons, Buildings etc.
The catalogue has a synopsis (what the book contains) as a few titles are not easy to understand, eg. ARS Quatuor Coronatorum.
Members can view the library catalogue via the following link:
Here is a small sample of the many hundreds of topics included in the library:
A Narrative History of the Cutlers Company |
Ark of the Covenant |
Bank of England |
Benedict XIV, Pope |
Deptford Rituals |
Devil Tavern |
Druidical Remains in Anglesey and Scotland |
Druids |
Fleet Street |
Foundation stones |
Freemasonry and the Vatican Russian Initiation Ceremony |
Freemasonry in Boston (Lincs.) |
Freemasonry in the Tower of London. |
Goose and Gridiron |
Gravitation near the Earth’s Surface |
Hiram Abiff |
Installation of Viscount Lascelles |
Jacob’s ladder |
Kilwinning Lodge |
Knights Templar |
London Masons’ Company |
Love in a Forest |
Masonry in East Africa |
Minutes of York Lodge, 1703 |
Napoleon I & II, Emperor of France |
Napoleonic Freemasonry in Italy. |
North American Indians |
Scarborough Roll |
Secret Scrolls of Christ |
Some Old Masonic Customs |
St. Paul’s Cathedral |
Stone Circles |
Temple Bar |
The Boston Tea Party and Freemasonry. |
The Brass-Workers of King Solomon. |
The Craft in the 14th century |
The First Indian Freemason |
The Magic Words |
The Medieval Mason |
The Tower of Babel |
The Triple Tau |
Was Sir Christopher Wren a Freemason? |
Westminster Abbey |
Etc, etc… |
Brethren who cannot find what they are looking for should contact WBro Alan via the contact form.