Domatic Lodge, No. 177, London

Annual returns giving names, professions and residence of members of the Domatic Lodge [Antients] and general correspondence relating to the running of the lodge.

The Domatic Lodge No. 177 was established in February 1786. The warrant, No. 234, was granted for those who were operative masons or engaged in the building business. This was found to be too restrictive so in 1789 they were granted a second warrant for general initiations. In 1795 the committee were authorized to dispose of the second warrant so it was sold in 1796 to a brother who helped form a lodge, now known as the Lion and Lamb Lodge, No. 192, London. From December 1785 the Domatic Lodge met at the Ship Tavern, Little Turnstile, Holborn, London. In 1789 when the second warrant was issued the lodge met at the Sun, Gate Street, Lincoln's Inn Field's, both warrants were held at the same places until the second was sold. The Domatic lodge then moved to several inns and taverns around the Holborn area. The lodge now meets at the London Masonic Centre, Clerkenwell Green, Clerkenwell, London. The lodge name 'Domatic' means a practical or operative lodge.