Anchor and Hope Lodge (234)
| Lodge Details | |
|---|---|
| Serial Number: | 1390 |
| Date of Warrant or Constitution: | 1801 |
| Warrant of Constitution: | 1st October 1801 |
| Warrant of Confirmation: | 30th April 1844 |
| Year of Confirmation: | 1844 |
| Earlier Lodge Name (1): | 6th Lodge of Bengal |
| Date of Name (1): | 1817 |
| Numeration | |
|---|---|
| 1894 onwards: | 234 |
| Lodge Number (A): | 325 |
| Lodge Number (1814): | 413 |
| Lodge Number (1832): | 284 |
| Lodge Number (1863): | 234 |
| Erased: | 24th November 1961 |
| Notes (1): | Placed in abeyance 31st December 1849. Dormant a long time prior to 26th October 1871. |
| Notes (2): | This Lodge is stated to have seceded from the Moderns (No. 292) in 1801, and to have fallen into abeyance shortly afterwards. |
| Notes (3): | It was probably resuscitated under its Modern Constitution, as its present Warrant of Confirmation granted in 1844 (as No. 284), refers to the original Warrant, No. 292 of 1793. There are no traces of any payments from this lodge between 1810 and 1840. Joined the Grand Lodge of India on its formation 24th November 1961 to become Anchor and Hope Lodge No. 1 under the District Grand Lodge of Bengal |
| Meeting Places | |
|---|---|
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| Calcutta, Calcutta, Bengal, British India | 1801 |
| Ice House, Howrah, Bengal, British India | 1860 |
| Salt Golah Lane, Calcutta, Bengal, British India | 1862 |
| Ice House, Howrah, Bengal, India | 1863 |
| Freemasons' Hall, 55 Bentinck Street, Calcutta, Bengal, British India | 1871 |
| Freemasons' Hall, 19 Park Street , Calcutta, Bengal, British India | 1941 |