Warranted on the 10th March, 1784, granted a Centenary Warrant on the 10th March, 1884 and a Bi-Centenary Warrant on the 10th March 1984, Mariners’ Lodge 168 meets at the Masonic Centre, St Martins, Guernsey on the first Wednesday of each month from September through May, with the Installation meeting being held in January.

For the greater part of the 19th century the Lodge had no permanent meeting place.  The Lodge’s records indicate that 19 different meeting places were used between 1784 and 1883, when the Lodge first met in the Masonic Temple, Le Marchant, St Peter Port.

On completion of the new Masonic Centre in St Martins during August 1998, Mariners Lodge was given the honour of being the first Lodge to hold its meetings in the new Temple.  This took place on Wednesday 2nd September 1998.

Mariners’ Lodge was the fifth Lodge to be established in Guernsey.  Originally recorded as the Ship and Castle Lodge the name was changed to that of Mariners’ in 1804.  Apart from the change of name, there have been several changes in the Lodge number from the original number 222, it became 279 in 1814, 197 in 1832 and finally 168 in 1863.

Mariners Lodge has often been designated “The Father of Freemasonry in Guernsey” and the title is very appropriate, as it has been responsible for the creation of four Lodges in this Province, three of which are still flourishing.