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Provincial Grand Lodges are administrative subdivisions of a Grand Lodge. Under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England, they are the regional governing bodies of Freemasonry in the England, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.[1]

There are currently 47 Provincial Grand Lodges governed by UGLE, whose boundaries largely correspond to those of the historic counties of England. Each Provincial Grand Lodge is headed by a Provincial Grand Master.

The Grand Lodge uses a broadly similar administrative system for groups of lodges overseas, although these units are termed "District Grand Lodges". The Constitutions of the Grand Lodge also permit the formation of a similar administrative system for any large urban metropolitan area, to be known as a "Metropolitan Grand Lodge". At present only one such unit has been established, namely the Metropolitan Grand Lodge of London.

Provincial Grand Lodges

(WITHIN ENGLAND, WALES, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN)

Notes

  1. ^ "United Grand Lodge of England - Provinces". www.ugle.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Buckinghamshire Provincial Grand Lodge - Buckinghamshire Provincial Grand Lodge". www.buckspgl.org.
  3. ^ "History - Provincial Grand Lodge of Hampshire & Isle of Wight".
  4. ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2011-10-28. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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