Waltham Holy Cross Preceptory - 0507

This Preceptory was constituted in 1981

The Preceptory meets at;
            Masonic Hall, Maldon Road,
            Witham, Essex.
            CM8 1HN.
Meeting on;
            3rd Friday in February
            4th Wednesday in May
            1st Wednesday November (Installation)
Registrar
            E.Kt Bryan McDonald
            Reg507@essexkt.org
History
            Originally meeting at Chingford the members of the Preceptory due to falling numbers
            surrendered their Warrant back to the Provincial Prior in 2017. However, twelve months later the Preceptory
            was ‘’reponed’’and has successfully moved its meeting venue to Witham in the North of the
            Province where it has once again become a thriving Preceptory. Originally, taking its name from
            the Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross at Waltham Abbey (close by the M25) in the western part of
            Essex on the borders of Hertfordshire and near to the metropolis it is not far from Waltham where a
            disconsolate King Edward I build one of twelve crosses following the death of his wife Queen Eleanor
            in 1290. Each cross marked the place her burial cortege stopped each evening as they travelled back
            to London following her death near Lincoln. The most famous cross is of course the one built at
            Charing Cross in the capital.