Mark Coleman Wallace PhD Thesis - University of St Andrews

late as 1760 “the majority of Modern [English] lodges were located in the
capital, while most Ancient [English] lodges at that time were also London
based.” 54 At roughly the same time, only 15 per cent of Scottish lodges were
located in Edinburgh and, by 1800, the Edinburgh District represented a meagre
11 per cent of all lodges (Table 3.5).
Despite the overall lacklustre showings, by 1750 Edinburgh had the
second highest number of lodges, closely following the Western District (Figure
3.2). As the Western District encompassed more territory than any other
District, it is not surprising that throughout the eighteenth century it accounted
for the highest number of lodges. Compared to English data for the same
period, however, smaller towns were significantly underrepresented. 55
Number of Lodges
25
20
15
10
5
0
Edinburgh
Western
Lodges
Figure 3.2. New Lodges per District 1736-1750
Perth &
Kinross
Dumfries
&
Galloway
Stirling
Fife
Districts
Aberdeen
& Angus
Borders
Highlands
Orkney &
Shetland
Western
Isles
1736-1750
As Figure 3.2 illustrates, the number of lodges for the remaining nine
Districts were similar, with the exception of the Highlands which made up 11
per cent of the aggregate total. The largest concentrations of lodges were
54 Clark, British Clubs, 313.
55 Ibid, 309-319.
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