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Modern Freemasonry is dated from the formation of the Grand Lodge of England at the Goose and Gridiron pub in London in 1717. The lodges which formed this Grand Lodge had already been around for a number of years. English Lodges are known to have existed from the mid-seventeenth century and Scottish ones from the late sixteenth. Some of the principles of Masonry are believed to derive from the practices of the actual stonemasons, for which there is documentary evidence going back to the late fourteenth century. Some historians believe that the practices of the Knights Templar were incorporated into Masonic organization and teaching, which would date these aspects to the thirteenth century or earlier. As with anything which evolved gradually over centuries, it is impossible to fix a date at which it started.

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