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Plymouth - as the final port of departure for the Mayflower in 1620 - was one of the key sites for the 300th anniversary celebrations, with a full programme of events. Some events were very much aimed at the civic elite - there was a whole load of…

Norwich’s celebrations were talked of at least a year in advance of the tercentenary. The previous May, the Norfolk Protestant Dissenters’ Benevolent Society met for its 120th annual meeting, during which the various members discussed the…

The main events of Manchester’s Mayflower Tercentenary took place over the week of September 18th to 25th. First was a young people’s demonstration in Cross Street Chapel, held on Saturday the 18th. On the following Monday, there was a large public…

In the summer of 1920, events celebrating the Pilgrim Fathers were happening all across Britain. On occasion, reference was made to the ‘Pilgrim Mothers’ too – but, in the main, women were not lauded as highly as the men. One exception to this was…

The non-conformist congregations of Leicester, which had a long history, came out in force to support the Mayflower tercentenary there: about two dozen different churches took part in a series of events that included cinema shows, historical…

Tercentenary celebrations in the town of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, centred around the Baptist and Free Church communities. Sermons were preached at the Baptist Church by a number of local notables. These touched on common themes, like the…