Original sentence: Although Freemasonry had existed in The Old Lodge at York since 1705 and in Scotland since the Schaw Statutes were enacted in 1598 and 1599, the establishment of a permanent Grand Lodge in London in 1717 represents the formation of organized Freemasonry in its modern sense.English Masonic historians place great importance on the date of 24 June 1717 when four London lodges came together at the Goose and Gridiron Ale House in St Paul’s churchyard and formed what they called The Grand Lodge of England
Edited sentence: " The term "Grand Lodge of England" did not come into use until the latter half of the eighteenth century when its members began to recognize its geographic nature.Although organized Freemasonry had existed in The Old Grand Lodge at York since 1705 and in Scotland since the Schaw Statutes were enacted in 1598 and 1599, the establishment of a permanent grand lodge in London in 1717 represents the formation of organized Freemasonry in London.English Masonic historians place great importance on the date of 24 June 1717 when four London lodges came together at the Goose and Gridiron Ale House in St Paul’s churchyard and formed what they called The Grand Lodge of London.This early London grand lodge is properly referred to as "the Grand Lodge of 1717" or "the premier London Grand Lodge