Our Badge

The purpose of the Crowley Badge is to preserve in our minds the link between Crowley Lodge and Sir Ambrose Crowley. He was responsible for providing us with our ancestors in Freemasonry — there is no doubt that the Lodge of Industry, which met at Swalwell, was formed from and by the Operative Masons employed by Sir Ambrose Crowley, and these roots are pictorially shown in our badge.

Lower quarter — The name of the Lodge is linked with Sir Ambrose Crowley by the picture of the protective leather jerkin worn by his ironworkers as protection from flying anvil sparks.

Right quarter — A contraction of the crest of the Liddell Family, representing our Mother Lodge — Liddell Lodge No. 3616.

Left quarter — The Beehive, which is the Badge of the Lodge of Industry No. 48 — our Grandmother Lodge, and Mother of Liddell Lodge.

Top quarter — The Badge of the Masons Craft Guild with the compasses added and placed on the chevron, as used in the Badge of the Grand Lodge of England, illustrating that Crowley Lodge owes allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England and is directly descended from an Operative Lodge.

The badge carries two Latin mottoes chosen to express the aims of the Lodge and the ideals of our ancestors:

• Labore et Honore — By Labour and Honour
• More Majorum — After the manner of our ancestors