Ambresbury Preceptory - 0583
This Preceptory was constituted in 1993
The Preceptory meets at;
The Cross Keys Masonic Centre, 2 River View,
Chadwell St Mary, Grays, Essex.
RM16 4DH.
Meeting on;
1st Friday in February
3rd Thursday June (Installation)
1st Thursday November
Registrar
E.Kt Keith Flaxman
Reg583@essexkt.org
History
The name is taken from the local name of an area in Loughton associated with Ambresbury
Banks which is the name given to the remains of an Iron Age hill fort in Epping Forest.
According to legend – not proved - it is the site of the last stand by Boudica against the
Romans in the year 61. It was one of a series of hill forts that deliniate the disputed
territories of the warring Trinovantes and Catuvellauni tribes. Consecrated in December 1893
it met at the Loughton Masonic Hall but in June 2016 relocated to the Cross Keys Centre at
Chadwell St. Mary which has seen its re-birth to becoming once again a thriving Preceptory.