R. I. P.
V.W.Bro. Jim Evans - died 13th May 2025
It is with great sadness that we mourn the passing of V.W.Bro. James Albert "Jim" Evans, our present Worshipful Master and Almoner, to the Grand Council above.
His presence. personality, and enthusiasm will be sorely missed by us all: he was an excellent and extremely committed Freemason, and a very good man. He was a good friend to many of us, and was always willing to help, advise, and assist his Brethren. There will be many Brethren in many different Masonic orders and Lodges, Chapters, Councils, Conclaves, Preceptories etc etc, who will be saddened and affected by his Loss.
He was enthusiastic and very committed to Freemasonry, especially the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees, and the Dartmoor Council 200 in particular, of which he was a Founder Member. He has introduced more candidates to us than any other member.
He is remembered with fondness in this Council, throughout the Allied Masonic Degrees District of Devon and Cornwall, and the whole Devonshire Masonic community.
Rest in Peace, Dear Jim.
About the Dartmoor Council 200
Welcome to the Web-page of the Dartmoor Council
No200.
on the Register of The Order of The Allied Masonic Degrees of
England and Wales and Districts and Councils Overseas.
This web-page is intended to promote the
Dartmoor Council
No200
in particular,
the
Allied Masonic Degrees
in general, and especially, in the
District of Devon and Cornwall.
The Dartmoor Council No200 is a very friendly, fairly young, small but growing, Allied Masonic Degrees Council which was consecrated on 31st May 2006.
We are a 'Daytime Lodge' located in the Allied Masonic Degrees District of Devon and Cornwall meeting three times a year on Monday mornings at the South Brent Masonic Hall in the village of South Brent in Devon.
At Dartmoor Council No200 we always look forward to welcoming all visiting brethren from all Allied Masonic Degrees Councils.
We are, naturally, always looking to welcome Joining Members, and of course, especially, Candidates to join this Council and our friendly and interesting Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees.
If you are interested in joining the Dartmoor Council No200. of this very friendly and interesting Order, please contact our Secretary, or speak to anyone who you know to be a member of the Dartmoor Council No200.
Using this web-page:
This is just a simple one-page web-site. As stated above, it's purpose is to promote the Dartmoor Council No200.
There is a menu near the top of the page enabling you to navigate to the required section within the page.
An "upward arrow" at the bottom right of the screen enables you to return back to the top of this web-page (and hence the menu) at any time.
If you experience any problems, have any comments, or need help or advice regarding this web-page, please contact our Secretary.
About the Allied Masonic Degrees:
These paragraphs about the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees are
copied from the website of Mark Masons Hall:
In the late 1870’s it was agreed by the then Grand Secretaries of the Craft, Mark, and Ancient and Accepted Rite, to establish a ‘Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees in England and Wales and the Colonies and Dependencies of the British Crown’.
The headquarters would be at Mark Masons Hall.
The Order has five Degrees:
the Degree of St Lawrence the Martyr
the Degree of the Knights of Constantinople
the Degree of Grand Tilers of Solomon
the Degree of the Red Cross of Babylon
the Holy Order of the Grand High Priest.
Every Candidate must be a Mark Master Mason, and also be a Companion in The Holy Royal Arch.
a Mark Master Mason
as well as:
a Companion in the Holy Royal Arch
www.amd200.org.uk
Map, Location, and Directions
our meetings are held at
South Brent Masonic Hall
Address: Totnes Road, South Brent, Devon. TQ10 9BX
The above Postcode should get you here using "Sat-Nav".
Entering the Postcode 'TQ10 9BX' into Google Maps or similar will naturally give you a map of a larger area.
Directions
South Brent is a large village in South Devon, and is situated on the South-Eastern edge of Dartmoor, North-West of the A38 Devon Expressway, between Buckfastleigh and IvyBridge (approx. 14 miles N.E. of Plymouth and approx. 28 miles from Exeter).
From A38 travelling South West
from Exeter towards Plymouth
Leave the A38 at "Marley Head"
At the end of the slip road, turn left at the roundabout, leaving at the first exit, and cross above the A38.
After about 200 yards (now on the other side of the A38); at another roundabout, take the first exit, turning left onto B3372 towards South Brent.
After just over a mile, you enter South Brent; proceed up the hill ('Exeter Road', still B3372) and turn right at the roundabout into Totnes Road.
South Brent Masonic Hall is a little over 200 yards on the left hand side (opposite the school).
From A38 travelling North East
from Plymouth towards Exeter
Leave the A38 at the "Woodpecker" junction, immediately past Carew (Shell) Petrol Station.
At the end of the slip road turn left and enter South Brent on B3372.
After entering South Brent proceed up the hill ('Exeter Road', still B3372) past the garage on your left and at the top of the hill, turn left at the roundabout into Totnes Road.
South Brent Masonic Hall is a little over 200 yards on the left hand side (opposite the school).
From Totnes & Torbay (using A385)
At the "Marley Head" junction with the A38, bear right from the roundabout and cross above the A38.
After about 200 yards (now on the other side of the A38), at the roundabout turn left onto the B3372 towards South Brent.
After just over a mile, you enter South Brent; proceed up the hill ('Exeter Road', still B3372) and turn right at the roundabout into Totnes Road.
South Brent Masonic Hall is a little over 200 yards on the left hand side (opposite the school).
From Totnes & Torbay
(using "Plymouth Road" from Totnes)
At the "Woodpecker" junction with the A38, turn right, away from the south-west bound A38 slip road, on to the B3372 towards South Brent, and pass beneath the A38.
After entering South Brent proceed up the hill ('Exeter Road', still B3372) past the garage on your left and at the top of the hill, turn left at the roundabout into Totnes Road.
South Brent Masonic Hall is a little over 200 yards on the left hand side (opposite the school).
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Contact Details
Our Brethren already have contact details for each other, and officers' contact details are available on each Summons which all Brethren receive, but the Secretary is happy to help if required.
Anyone wishing to contact the Council, please contact the Secretary in the first instance.
Our Secretary's contact details are:
Email: sec@amd200.org.uk
Phone: 07766 960 885
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Meetings / Dates
The Dartmoor Council meet three times a year: on the morning of the first Monday in March, the morning of the third Monday in May, and our annual Installation on the morning of the third Monday in September.
Our next Council meeting is our Annual Installation.
There will be an additional ceremony performed, which will be detailed here in due course.
The meeting will be held on the morning of:
Monday 15th September 2025
District Grand Council
The next annual meeting of the
District Grand Council of Devon and Cornwall
will be held on
Saturday 26th July 2025
at:
Mount Edgcumbe Masonic Hall, Citadel Road East, Plymouth. PL1 2NG.
Come and support our District Grand Prefect !
www.amd200.org.uk
Links
The District Grand Council
of
Devon & Cornwall
(Our local District Grand Council)
The Grand Council
of the Order of the Allied Masonic Degrees
of England and Wales
and Districts and Councils Overseas
(Our Governing Body -
based in Mark Masons Hall)
Mark Masons Hall
(The Home, and Administrative Centre for many Masonic Orders
including the Allied Masonic Degrees)
(Home of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons and
incorporating Governing Bodies of many Orders including AMD)
Mark Masons of Devonshire
(Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons)
The District Grand Council of Severn
(District Grand Council of the neighbouring District
to our North and North-East)
The District Grand Council
of the Allied Masonic Degrees
of London
(A District Grand Council site which seems regularly maintained and
has useful information)
(Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees in the USA)
(Differences to UK and interesting)
Wikipedia page of the
Allied Masonic Degrees
(Developer of this Web-page)
www.amd200.org.uk
To Join the Allied Masonic Degrees you need to be:
a Mark Master Mason
as well as:
a Companion in the Holy Royal Arch
