Province of East Kent

The Ancient and Accepted Rite for England and Wales and its Districts and Chapters Overseas.

The Ancient and Accepted Rite originated in France in 1754 and worked in the USA where a Supreme Council was formed in 1801. The Supreme Council for England and Wales was established in 1845 under a patent from the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America. The Rite consists of its own 33 Degrees entirely separate and distinct from any other Order. The three Craft Degrees are accepted as equivalent to the first 3 Degrees of this Rite. Candidates for Perfection are taken from the 4º to 17º Degrees by name only, prior to being made Excellent and Perfect Princes Rose Croix in a detailed and beautiful 18º Degree ceremony. This is the only degree permitted to be worked in a private Rose Croix Chapter. Degrees above the 18º are awarded on merit after a brother has passed the Chair of his Chapter.

The boundaries of the District of East Kent are coterminous with those of the Masonic Province of East Kent.

82

Ethelbert
3rd Friday, February, 4th Friday, May and November

Canterbury

103

Hubert de Burgh
4th Tuesday, February, May, September and November

Dover

144

St. Augustine
1st Monday, March, June, October and December

Franklin Road, Gillingham

415

Thanet
4th Thursday, February, April and October, 2nd Thursday, December

Margate

444

Cornwallis
1st Tuesday, June, 31st January and October (but on the 29th if 31st a Saturday or Sunday)

Gravesend

611

Belmont
2nd Tuesday, March, May and November

Folkestone

657

Swale
3rd Wednesday, March, June, September and November

Sittingbourne

677

Gravesend
4th Saturday, January, March and October

Gravesend

786

St. Bartholomew
4th Monday, January, April, June and November

New Road Ave

Chatham

802

St. Mary in Ashford
2nd Thursday, March, May and November

Ashford

803

Martello
4th Friday, January and April, 1st Friday, November

Folkestone

834

Harmony Jubilee
Last Monday, January, 2nd Monday, May, 4th Monday, October

Faversham

842

Weald
3rd Monday, March, June and September

Paddock Wood

875

Ebbsfleet
1st Thursday, April, 2nd Thursday, June, 4th Wednesday, November

Ramsgate

942

Belvidere
4th Tuesday, January, April and November

Tovil Hill,

 Maidstone

1021

Eternal Wisdom
1st 5th Wednesday of year, 4th Wednesday, June, 2nd Friday, October

Sheerness

1029

Saint Margaret Rainham
1st Friday, February, May and September

Rainham

1032

St. Ithamar
4th Wednesday, March, 1st Wednesday, September and December

Rochester

1045

Deal Castle
3rd Friday, March, May and September

Deal

1065

The Whitstable
3rd Wednesday, February, April and October

Whitstable

For information about the Centres where meetings are held and how to get there see ‘Centre and Lodge Information’

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