Bushey Hall

Lodge Number:

2323

Consecration:

2 November 1889

Meeting Place:

Halsey Masonic Hall - Watford

Meeting Dates:

1st Saturday November (Installation)
3rd Saturday  January
1st Saturday March
1st Saturday May


There is nothing in the Lodge records to disclose the identity of any sponsoring Lodge, so it must be assumed that the Founders petitioned Grand Lodge direct, but there is evidence elsewhere that Watford Lodge No. 404 supported the petition. The founders were principally made up of Members of The Bushey Hall Goft Club. The Ceremony of Consecration was conducted by RW Bro T F Halsey MP, Provincial Grand Master, at the Bushey Hall Hotel. The Lodge can boast of two later Provincial Grand Masters among its past distinguished membership - RW Bro Charles Edward Keyser (1924 - 30), and RW Bro Joseph Moffet (1952 - 63). The Lodge had a very close relationship with the Royal Masonic Boy's School at Bushey; many Masters of the staff being Members.

The Lodge crest was originally thought to represent the Bushey Hall Hotel, but later opinion is that it represents the front of the Royal Masonic Boy's School.