Around 1975 another Canterbury lodge was attracting so many new members that two senior brothers in that lodge became concerned about the time it was taking junior brethren to progress through its various offices.
It was decided the solution would be to form a new lodge. It would be called Dane John Lodge, taking it's name from the Dane John Gardens in Canterbury.
The Mound situated in the centre of the gardens became the lodge emblem, a true symbol of historic Canterbury.
The new lodge was consecrated in March 1978 at Westgate Hall, Canterbury, by Lord Cornwallis, who then was the Provincial Grand Master for Kent.