Ordinges History

Our active Lodge - Ordinges 6866, was founded in the seaside town of Worthing in 1949 at the Masonic Centre in Marine Place Worthing.

 In masonic terms, we call the formation of a lodge "the consecration", whereby a group of members gather to formally create the lodge and have it registered against the United Grand Lodge of England or the 'UGLE'.

The numbers 6866 after the lodge name "Ordinges" represents the number of registered lodges within the United Grant Lodge of England. The lower the number the older the lodge was when it was consecrated / registered.

The name 'Ordinges' was taken from the original 1086 name for the local geographical area. Following the Norman conquest, William de Braose gave the manor of Worthing (then known as Ordinges) to Robert le Sauvage, whose descendants held Worthing for around 200 years. Worthing is first mentioned in the Domesday Book as two separate hamlets, Ordinges and Mordinges, when it had a population of just 22. By 1218 the Ordinges had become known as Wurddingg and later evolved into what we now know as Worthing.

Our cornucopia horn of plenty logo is in reference to the fact that the area was mainly orchards around those times.

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Since the 1960's Ordinges has been regularly meeting at the Charmandean Centre in Worthing every Tuesday and has held 100's of meetings there ever since. The venue is a great place for Ordinges members to meet up on a regular basis and offers a whole host of benefits.