Operative Masonry

Operative Masonry or The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plaisterers and Bricklayers or simply The Operatives is a fraternal guild claiming a history of hundreds of years over which customs, traditions, knowledge and practices were developed and handed down.[1]

History

The guild arose from the practice of masons over several centuries with traditions and practices passed down.[1] The guild was severely impacted by the United Kingdom Trade Union Act 1871 causing resulting in unions to an extent superseding the operative guild.[1]

By the early 1900s two people in particular, Clement E. Stretton of Leicester and John Yanker of Manchester took the cause of reviving the guild and ensuring practices did not become extinct.[1]

Stretton lived long enough to pass information to John Carr and a Lodge was formed in London in the mid 1910s enabling the traditions of the guild to be preserved.[1]

Operative assemblies have since been formed in several countries.[2]

Further reading
  • Carr, Thomas (1911). The Ritual of the Operative Free Masons. Ann Arbor: Tyler Publishing Company. OCLC 2485331. OL 6562592M.

References

Footnotes
  1. Kibble-Rees (2016).
  2. Belanger (2016).

Sources
  • Belanger, John L. (29 August 2016). "Whence came you?". cryptic Masons International. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  • Kibble-Rees, David C. (2016). "Region of India". The Operatives. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2020.


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