Great Orme Council No. 5 is part of the Grand Council of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas (District of Cheshire and North Wales). 'The Grand Council was formed in 1879 to bring under its direction all Lodges of various Orders who recognised no central authority, and were not regulated by the other major governing bodies' [http://cmis.cheshiremasons.co.uk/Secretariat1/Year%20Book%202012%20-%202013%20Allied%20Masonic%20Degree.pdf - accessed 15 March 2016]. The Grand Council is responsible for the Masonic degrees of St Lawrence the Martyr, Knights of Constantinople, Grand Tilers of Solomon, Red Cross of Babylon and Grand High Priest.
Collection consists of minutes, attendance registers, correspondence and accounts.
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Includes consitutional/administrative matters (including meeting arrangements); elections/admissions, appointments, installations, lists of Grand Council Officers (District of Cheshire and North Wales), resignations, deaths of members; annual membership returns; dining/social functions; charitable activities. Correspondence principally with Grand Council of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas (Headquarters, London), Grand Council of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees of England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas (District of Cheshire and North Wales), and individuals.
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Includes two pages of member details, six installation returns, eight application for membership forms, one certificate of admission (Elwyn Roberts), one Grand Council certificate application form and lists of Great Orme Council Members (2004-2008).
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Councils represented are The Stayley Council No 41, Salem Council No 28, Hugh Lupus Council No 51, Condate Council No 134, Commemoration Council No 39, John Wellings Council, No 167, Wirral Emeritus Council No 169, Great Orme Council No 5 (one meeting only - 8 Sep 2005). Also: one notice for Joppa Lodge No 11 - 1 Nov 1997).
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List of dining/non-dining members
Two lists of titles - Precedence of Grand Officers and Precedence of District Grand Officers, giving abbreviations of ranks.
List giving details for Councils (Allied Masonic Degrees) - District of Cheshire and North Wales, including meeting venues and secretaries.
Annual meeting of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees (District of Cheshire and North Wales)
Order of Allied Masonic Degrees (District of Cheshire and North Wales)
Bookings of Wrexham Masonic Hall by different Masonic groups
Relates to Allied Councils in Cheshire and North Wales
Relates to meeting of 13 August 2004
Meeting dates/contact details (District of Cheshire and North Wales)
1st ed by Harold Prestige; this (2nd ed) by Frederick Smyth