Leeds Freemasons Lodge
Admin Oh What a Night On Tuesday March 24th The Lodge of Dawn lead by WM Dave Jackson met for the third Second Degree ceremony of the year. Bro Chris Weightman was passed. One particular highlight of proceedings was W Bro Howard Bott’s fascinating delivery of the Second Degree Tracing Board which duly captivated some 40 … Read more
A perfect combination of World Class Engineering, Freemasonry and Fraternity For the past 5 years W Bro. Rob Phillips has planned what has quickly become the Lodge of Dawn 6511 Annual Lodge ‘Excursion’, recently taking us to Dublin, Edinburgh, Belfast and Jersey. On March 10th and 11th this year, a group of seventeen brethren fromThe … Read more
Every masonic year the Worshipful Masters of most of the Freemasons’ lodges in Leeds, known as the ‘Leeds Masters’ Circle’, come a visit The Lodge of Dawn. Each Master from each lodge of the Leeds lodges during the masonic year hosts a ‘Masters’ Night’, inviting all of the other Masters in his circle to a … Read more
New and Young Masons Night 2026 A great new and young masons night for visitors and members alike On Tuesday 27th January we experienced our fourth annual New and Young Masons’ Night 2026 here at The Lodge of Dawn, 6511. There were 26 visitors from 15 Lodges of which 20 were light blue visitors. Along with fellow … Read more
Tuesday December 16th saw Worshipful Master Dave Jackson, initiate his third new brother of the Masonic year 25/26. The Lodge of Dawn welcomes new brother, Christopher Weightman. The Initiation ritual was impeccable, something we have come to expect here at Castle Grove. Notably, Brother Raw stepped in at the last hour to deliver The Apron. … Read more
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Tuesday October 28th saw Worshipful Master Dave Jackson deliver, what is a rare opportunity, to initiate his son into The Lodge of Dawn 6511. It was both a personal and very professional experience to behold. Bro. Jackson is our first initiate of this Masonic Year 2025/6 and his initiation was indeed a wonderful start to … Read more
On Tuesday 30th September 2025, at the Lodge of Dawn 6511, W Bro. David Jackson was installed into the Chair of King Solomon; the gavel being handed over by the previous Master, W Bro. Mark Gaftarnik, in an excellent ceremony attended by 80 brethren including 30 guests from 15 different lodges. Worshipful Brother Philip Oldfield PPJGW who … Read more
July often means there is much business to be done here at the Lodge of Dawn and this week saw a very busy evening. A long evening but a very pleasant one. On Tuesday 22nd July at The Lodge of Dawn 6511, the third and final Third Degree ceremony of the Masonic year 2024/25 took place. Bro. … Read more
On Tuesday 24th June at The Lodge of Dawn, Worshipful Master Mark Gaftarnik conducted his second Third Degree ceremony of the Masonic year 2024/25. Bro. Michael Woolfe was dutifully raised to the sublime degree of a Master Mason. It was quite a performance by all involved with ritual being delivered to a great standard. It … Read more