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Throughout the summer and autumn of 1920, Bredon’s Norton’s local Manor House, home of the Manor House Club, was the scene of many celebratory events organised by Victoria Woodhull Martin (1838-1927), an American ex-pat with a storied past. Woodhull…

This event in Richmond, one of many in Britain staged for the 300th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage in 1920, is an example of the importance of simply telling the story of the Pilgrim Fathers to audiences who did not necessarily have much…

Lectures and sermons were popular ways of engaging with the Mayflower tercentenary in churches and religious communities, not least because there was a genuine demand for information about the Mayflower, the Pilgrim Fathers, and their importance in…

Unlike its neighbours to the east and west, Southampton and Plymouth, Bournemouth could claim no special relationship to the Mayflower story. Nevertheless, the wide reach of the Free Church Council meant that Bournemouth too had an opportunity to…

The Beckenham Men’s Brotherhood, as part of the Mayflower voyage anniversary in 1920, was treated to a lecture by Mr J.F. Chapter. He emphasised the importance of practical faith in God’s will and duty towards one’s children and family as key lessons…