Sincerity, Lodge of, No. 189 Plymouth

Annual returns giving names, professions and residence of members of the Lodge of Sincerity [Moderns] and general corespondence relating to the running of the lodge. Years 1785 - 1788 and 1790 - 1792 are not extant.

Lodge of Sincerity was granted a warrant by the Moderns' Grand Lodge to meet as No. 454 on 25 November 1769 and met met at the Three Crowns, New Quay, Plymouth. In 1770 the Lodge was renumbered as No. 390. In 1773 the Lodge moved to the Mitre Inn, Woolster Street, Plymouth, in 1784 to the Rose and Crown Inn, Old Town Street, Plymouth and in 1788 the Lodge relocated to the Peace and Fame Inn, Fore Street, Plymouth Dock (now Devonport). In 1780 the Lodge ws renumbered as No. 302, as No. 303 in 1781 and as No. 254 in 1792. After the Moderns' and Antients' Grand Lodges formed a union as the United Grand Lodge fo England in 1813, the Lodge was renumbered as No. 320. The Lodge moved to several other inns and taverns in Plymouth Dock before returning to Plymouth in 1829 and met at the Mechanics' Institute, Princess Square, Plymouth. In 1832 the Lodge was renumbered as No. 224. In 1854 the Lodge moved from Plymouth to East Stonehouse, meeting at St George's Hall, Emma Place. In 1863 the Lodge was renumbered as No. 189. The lodge now meets at Mount Edgecumbe Masonic Hall, Citadel Road, Plymouth.