At the meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge Committee at Barry this evening, the Provincial Grand Master, R.W.Bro. Hywel Davies announced that following a decision by the M.W. Grand Master, after 160 years the name of the Province would revert to "South Wales".
The Eastern and Western Divisions of South Wales were created in 1848. Prior to that, the Province of South Wales also included the counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Those three counties made up the Province of South Wales Western Division, which has already adopted the style "West Wales".
The use of the style "Province of South Wales" will be phased in gradually.
