The first Grand Lodge, the very first in the World, was founded in London, England in 1717.

Organized Freemasonry started with the establishment of this Grand Lodge, and its story can be found in Brother James Anderson's Book of Constitutions (1728):

"King George I entered London most magnificently on 20 September 1714, and after the rebellion was over A.D. 1716, the few lodges at London, finding themselves neglected by Sir Christopher Wren, though fit to cement under a Grand Master as the Center (sic) of Union and Harmony, viz., the lodges that met"

At the Good and Gridiron Ale House in St. Paul's Churchyard
At the Crown Ale House in Parker's Lane near Drury Lane
At the Apple-Tree Tavern in Charles Street, Covent Garden
At the Rummer and Grapes Tavern in Channel Row, Westminster

“They and some old Brothers meet at the said Apple-Tree, and having put into the Chair the oldest Master Mason (now the Master of the Lodge) they constituted themselves a Grand Lodge pro tempore in Due Form, and forthwith revived the Quarterly Communication of the Officers of lodges (called the Grand Lodge) resolved to hold the Annual Assembly and Feast, and then chuse (sic) a Grand Master from among themselves, till they shall have the Honour of a Noble Brother at their Head.”

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