Freemasonry in Suffolk

[1] In 2008 the then Provincial Grand Master of Suffolk, Barry ross, claimed they had 3,000 members organised in 66 lodges.

[1] The Freemasons' Hall was built in Soane Street, Ipswich in 1897.

It is a grade II listed building run by the Ipswich Masonic Hall Trust.

[2] There are claims that Royal Ark Masons started in Ipswich in 1772, but the documentary evidence only goes back as far as 1789, when Ebenezer "Noah" Sibley and a Mr Wood arrived in Ipswich.

The group is sometimes described as "irregular" or "quasi-masonic", as it was formed in order to have a political impact.