Welcome to

Northallerton Son's of William

LOL 265

meet every

3rd Sunday 10.00am in ELDERS

Northallerton

The Warrant for LOL 265 was presented to the first Worthy Master Bro.
Gordon Emmett on March 31st 1978.

The Lodge at that time sat in a hotel
in Durham and was known as City of Durham LOL 265 and was part of
District 47, Palatine and the Northern Province of the Grand Lodge of England.

Over the next few years the numbers of members travelling from Northallerton
in North Yorkshire grew to the point where they were the majority. At this point an
application was made to move the Lodge to Northallerton.This was approved
and the Lodge was duly renamed to our current name to reflect the move:-

NORTHALLERTON SONS OF WILLIAM LOL 265

As well as the Lodge moving to Northallerton we also moved at this point to
District 46, Tyneside. Our link with the Durham area still remains to this day with
around 10 of a current membership of 31 Brethren coming from Durham and
surrounding area. Two members from the time of the Lodge sitting in Durham are still
in the Lodge today. Over the years the Lodge, like many, has had its high points and
lows.At one time a membership of over 40 has been achieved but the dark days of the
late 90’s saw the numbers fall away drastically until only a loyal handful were keeping
the Lodge alive. They were the current Worthy Master Bro Alan Clements and Bro’s
Tommy Kelly, Brian Wallace, David Soper, Ray Armstrong and Ronnie Bowers. The
new millennium has seen the Lodge revitalised and helped by recruits who found the
Lodge from the Internet we have gone through a period of rapid growth and have
doubled our membership over the last 3 years. LOL 265 is still going strong and it
attracts members from all over the surrounding area.

Northallerton Sons Of William is currently the 2nd Largest lodge within the Grand lodge Of England

We currently have members
from Bangor (N.I.),Bowburn,Catterick,Darlington,Guisborough,Harrogate,Knaresborough,Leeming,
Middlesbrough, Pity Me,Ripon,Selby, Shotton Colliery,Stockton,Sunderland,Thornaby,
and Yarm as well as and not forgetting our Loyal core from Northallerton itself.

The Lodge has also recently seen members attaining posts at a high level and our
current Worthy Master, R.W. Bro Alan Clements, who has been our Worthy Master
for the past 14 years, is also the Provincial Grand Master
for the Northern Province. Bro Ian McIntosh is the Provincial Director Of Ceremonies.

The Lodge has hosted parades 4 times the latest being in 2008 when Northallerton
Sons Of William LOL 265 paraded the streets of Northallerton. We followed this with a successful
function in the company of Star Of The East Flute Band.
Over the years we have made friends with many lodges in

Scotland ( LOL 355 )

and

Northern Ireland (LOL 1118 ).