The Provincial Library (visits by appointment), is under the care of Richard Sandbach Lodge of Research No. 9600. Its librarian is WBro Alan Harden PPJGW.

Some very old books can be viewed albeit they CANNOT be taken off the premises.

The Provincial Library is now located at the Ellindon Masonic Centre, Peterborough and contains over 2000-books, e.g:

• St Peter's Lodge No. 442 old minute-books, etc.
• Very old summonses from the 1800's
• Lodge circulars (e.g., summonses from 1919-2009, 2017-2018)
• Yearbooks (1945-2007)
• Mark Master Masons yearbooks (1990-2003)
• The Masonic Record
• ARS Quatuor Coronatorum 1894-1999 (a very good resource for research - see catalogue for more details)
• A selection of magazines, etc.
• Many very old summonses from different lodges within the Province and elsewhere (viewing only)
• Many old pictures, e.g., pictures of Past Masters, Masters, Masons, Buildings etc.

The catalogue has a synopsis (what the book contains) as a few titles are not easy to understand, eg. ARS Quatuor Coronatorum.

Members can view the library catalogue via the following link:

• Ellindon Provincial Library Catalogue

Here is a small sample of the many hundreds of topics included in the library:

A Narrative History of the Cutlers Company	Ark of the Covenant	Bank of England
Benedict XIV, Pope	Deptford Rituals	Devil Tavern
Druidical Remains in Anglesey and Scotland	Druids	Fleet Street
Foundation stones	Freemasonry and the Vatican Russian Initiation Ceremony	Freemasonry in Boston (Lincs.)
Freemasonry in the Tower of London.	Goose and Gridiron	Gravitation near the Earth’s Surface
Hiram Abiff	Installation of Viscount Lascelles	Jacob’s ladder
Kilwinning Lodge	Knights Templar	London Masons’ Company
Love in a Forest	Masonry in East Africa	Minutes of York Lodge, 1703
Napoleon I & II, Emperor of France	Napoleonic Freemasonry in Italy.	North American Indians
Scarborough Roll	Secret Scrolls of Christ	Some Old Masonic Customs
St. Paul’s Cathedral	Stone Circles	Temple Bar
The Boston Tea Party and Freemasonry.	The Brass-Workers of King Solomon.	The Craft in the 14th century
The First Indian Freemason	The Magic Words	The Medieval Mason
The Tower of Babel	The Triple Tau	Was Sir Christopher Wren a Freemason?
Westminster Abbey	Etc, etc…

Brethren who cannot find what they are looking for should contact WBro Alan via the contact form.