Welcome to the website of the District of Oxfordshire, Berkshire & Buckinghamshire. I hope that you will find some areas of interest in our site, which we intend to keep up to date regularly, with details of activities within the District.
The Grand Council of the Royal and Select Masters (or Cryptic Degrees) of England and Wales and its Districts and Councils Overseas was formally constituted in the early 1870s. The District of Oxfordshire, Berkshire & Buckinghamshire was created in 1995 out of the previous Southern Division. The District continues its impressive record of growth, with the consecration of the 10th Council,the third new Council in under 2 years. Unity Council No. 299 is a Council for Thrice Illustrious Masters, and was consecrated by the Grand Master and his team on Friday 25 June. A full report and photographs is on the Current Events page. Details of the future meetings of this all Councils are on the Councils page
I must thank all the Companions - District Officers, members, and visitors - who attended our second "stand-alone" Annual District Meeting which we held at Slough Masonic Centre on Thursday 15 July. I was delighted at the numbers who came, creating the largest single meeting of this District in any form and at any time - this new format for the meetings was a real experiment when we began it last year, and it will certainly continue into 2011. More details of the meeting, including extracts from what was said, and photographs, are on the Current Events page.
This website also provides more information about the history and qualifications of the Order of Royal & Select Masters, and full details of all our Councils.
Thank you for visiting our website, I trust that you will find it interesting and informative.
Len Starling