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As part of the 350th year anniversary of the Pilgim Fathers' sailing from Plymouth in 1970, the Devonport Royal Dockyard desinged and built a scale model of the Mayflower to a 1:11 inch scale. The model features 360 fathoms of rigging made of sewing…

Created by Rotherhithe local Peter McClean, and commissioned by the London Docklands Development Corporation, this artwork stands in a regenerated Thameside area of Southwark. The bronze statue shows the ghost of William Bradford (and his dog)…

After the Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire in 1834, a Royal Commission was set up in 1841 to deal with the question of how to decorate the new palace (by then already under construction). A series of competitions and exhibitions of…

In the 1930s, the Essex County Hall was greatly expanded from one red brick building (built in 1909) through a Portland stone extension (designed by J Stuart). For the Council Chamber, four large panels were painted to adorn the east wall. Each…

Mementoes of the Mayflower were popular around the time of the tercentenary in 1920, but the silver model of the ship that went on display in the aptly named “Pilgrims’ Room” of London’s Hotel Victoria was unique. Far from being just a decorative…

This small sculpture of Edward Winslow, a Pilgrim Father born in Droitwich Spa, was commissioned by Kandahar Real Estates, the owner of the town’s shopping centre. Sara Ingleby-Mackenzie was the artist; she imagined Winslow taking his first steps…

In September 1920, the Royal Museum of Scotland welcomed the loan of a new addition to its collection of ship models: a model of the famous Mayflower. The Mayflower model was designed by Mr Morton Nance of Carbis Bay, Cornwall and constructed by Mr…

Captain Christopher Jones was based in Rotherhithe, on the Thames, with the Mayflower; he was buried in the grounds of St Mary’s Church in 1622 (though the grave is now lost). A blue plaque on the church states ‘In 1620 the Mayflower sailed from…

William Butten, servant to Samuel Fuller, died during the Mayflower’s voyage across the Atlantic. There is no strong evidence to tie him to Austerfield (William Bradford’s parish), but he is memorialised nonetheless in this striking Delft-tiled mural…