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From 1140 - 1560 the
masons met in the Chapter House, in Kilwinning
Abbey. However after the reformation, when the
Abbey was destroyed, they met in local houses,
the most famous one being known as "The
Masons Howf ", situated at the Old Cross in
Kilwinning. They were later
given permission to use the Earl of Eglinton's
Courthouse in the town. Then thanks to the
generosity of the Earl of Eglinton, in 1779 the
Old Lodge was built at the entrance to
Kilwinning Abbey. Regrettably this fell into
disrepair and in 1893, the present day Lodge was
consecrated, by
the Hon. Thomas Cochrane, M.P., R.W.M, of the
Mother Lodge, and as such the P.G.M. of
Ayrshire. |
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