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St
John The Baptist Lodge, No 39, Exeter
Whilst St John the Baptist bears the number of 39,
in
strict terms of age it is eighteenth oldest lodge in England and Wales,
and the oldest Lodge to have permanently worked outside of London
| No.
By Age |
Actual No.
|
Lodge Name
|
Year Started |
Location
|
| 1 |
2 |
LODGE
OF ANTIQUITY |
TI |
LONDON |
| = |
4 |
ROYAL SOMERSET HOUSE AND INVERNESS |
TI |
LONDON |
| = |
12 |
LODGE
OF FORTITUDE AND OLD CUMBERLAND |
TI |
LONDON |
| 4 |
6 |
LODGE
OF FRIENDSHIP |
1721 |
LONDON |
| 5 |
8 |
BRITISH |
1722 |
LONDON |
| 6 |
10 |
WESTMINSTER
AND KEYSTONE |
1722 |
LONDON |
| 7 |
14 |
TUSCAN |
1722 |
LONDON |
| 8 |
16 |
ROYAL
ALPHA |
1722 |
LONDON |
| 9 |
18 |
OLD
DUNDEE |
1723 |
LONDON |
| 10 |
20 |
ROYAL
KENT LODGE OF ANTIQUITY |
1723 |
LONDON then KENT |
| 11 |
21 |
LODGE
OF EMULATION |
1723 |
LONDON |
| 12 |
23 |
GLOBE |
1723 |
LONDON |
| 13 |
26 |
CASTLE
LODGE OF HARMONY |
1725 |
LONDON |
| 14 |
28 |
OLD
KINGS ARMS |
1725 |
LONDON |
| 15 |
29 |
ST
ALBANS |
1728 |
LONDON |
| 16 |
5 |
ST
GEORGE & CORNERSTONE |
1730 |
LONDON |
| 17 |
33 |
BRITANNIC |
1730 |
LONDON |
| 18 |
39 |
ST
JOHN THE BAPTIST |
July
1732 |
DEVONSHIRE |
| 19 |
37 |
ANCHOR
AND HOPE |
Oct.
1732 |
EAST
LANCS |