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Penzance’s was the most westerly of all the Mayflower celebrations for the 300th anniversary in 1920, but by no means the smallest. In fact, this was probably one of the largest celebrations that did not involve a traditional play or pageant.…

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…

Lowestoft’s celebration for the Mayflower anniversary in 1920 was held under the auspices of the Lowestoft Free Church Council. In a highly unusual move, it was a female preacher who gave the service. The Rev. M. Marie Varney came from America and…

There were a number of plays and pageants produced during the Mayflower Tercentenary of 1920, some of which, like Rev. Hugh Parry’s pageant, were performed in more than one town. But Exeter had the distinction of putting on an original play by a…

The Manor House in Austerfield is popularly thought to be the place where William Bradford, orphaned as a child, was brought up by his paternal grandfather and uncles. Bradford became associated with the Brownists during his adolescence before…

The radical preaching of Richard Clifton (d. 1616), rector of All Saints' Church, Babworth, is thought to have inspired William Brewster to begin a Separatist Church in his family home in Scrooby. William Bradford also apparently walked to All…

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…

William Mullins was a Mayflower passenger who died in the first harsh winter in the new colony; his daughter, Priscilla, went on to marry John Alden (now immortalised in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s fantastically popular poem The Courtship of Miles…

By the early twentieth century Boston, Lincolnshire had become an important point of interest on the Mayflower tourist trail. Its association with the group later known as the Pilgrim Fathers stretches back to 1607 when the small band of men, women…