• What is the Orange Order

We are a Protestant fraternity who is loyal to the crown which was founded in 1795, Our name comes from King William lll, 

Prince of Orange who’s victory over James II at the battle of the Boyne in July 1690 resulted in the parliamentary democracy in the British Isles. 

We also exist in nine countries of the World—England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United 

States, Ghana and Togo West Africa

• North Western Province of Cumberland and Westmoreland

The province was made up of 4 Districts, Whitehaven, Maryport, Barrow In Furness and even the Isle Of Man.

Our Great institution was founded in 1795 and rapidly grew in massive numbers throughout the country and sometime around 1863 started to see a rise in the Cumbrian towns of Whitehaven, Cleator Moor, Frizington, Egremont, Bigrigg, Harrington, Workington, Maryport and Barrow-in-Furness. 

There were many Lodges in each town consisting of male, female and juvenile lodges and the towns had two or three Orange Halls or meeting rooms, some very prominent piers were also members, such as Lord Lonsdale (Hugh Cecil Lowther) Victoria Cross winner Abraham Acton who were membes of LOL171 Whitehaven, and many others from other Male and Female Lodges  such as LOL522 Workington True Blues, Crimson Banner LOL403 Harrington, Furness True Blues LOL905 and many more to mention who would sadly not return from WW1 and WW2 and would also add to the decline in membership which seen in recent years the folding of these lodges.

However in 2013 this was to change when lodges began to form in Cumbria once again with the newly formed Abraham Acton VC Memorial LOL572 and in 2018 the newly formed Daughters of William LLOL573 and more recently in January 2020 seen the reforming of the Whithaven Loyal Sons Of Ulster LOL171, all 3 come under The Northern Provice and District 46 Tynside & North Yorkshire Don Middleton HDGM Memorial which has still been active from its formation in the very early days of early 1800s