Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Aberystwyth Lodge No. 1072.
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
At a meeting held at the Belle Vue Hotel, Aberystwyth, on 21 July 1865, it was unanimously agreed that a Masonic Lodge be established in the town. A Warrant of Constitution was granted to the Lodge on 19 September 1865, and on 30 November in the same year, the Aberystwyth Masonic Lodge No. 1072 was consecrated and opened. In December 1890, the Lodge moved to the Masonic Hall in Market Street. Notable members of the Lodge include the civil engineer Sir James Weeks Szlumper (1834-1976), the musician Joseph Parry (1841-1903), the musician David John De Lloyd (1883-1948), and two Librarians of the National Library of Wales, Sir John Ballinger (1860-1933) and Sir William Llewelyn Davies (1887-1952).