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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…

Several passengers on the Mayflower came from Essex. Christopher Martin, who was originally the governor of the leaky Speedwell, was at one time a churchwarden in Great Burstead – though went on to get himself in trouble for dissenting from the…

This celebration for the 300th anniversary of the Mayflower voyage took the simplest form: a service at the Congregational Church which was located on the Green at Ossett. As at similar events elsewhere, speakers took the floor to reflect on the…

In 1970, the influence of the Tercentenary was large enough to be felt in places that had no real claim to the Mayflower story. In Coventry, this even extended to local planning and street names. As reported by the Coventry Evening Telegraph, the…

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1860) was born in Coxhoe Hall, Durham, and the eldest child of 12 siblings (8 boys and 4 girls). For over two hundred years the Barrett family had resided in Jamaica as the owners of sugar plantations which profited…

Dartmouth's claim to fame in the Mayflower story was accidental - the ship, along with the Speedwell, pulled into the small harbour after the latter sprung a leak. Commemoration in Dartmouth did not really start until the 1950s. In 1970, however,…

Described by William Henry Bartlett as a ‘romantic harbour’, his beautiful illustration of a peaceful seaside scene contrasts starkly with the difficulties the separatists faced in commencing their Atlantic voyage: "The emigrants were then regularly…

Born at Dowth Castle, near Drogheda, Co. Meath, Ireland, John Boyle O’Reilly (1844-1890) was a journalist, writer and civil rights activist. He worked as a recruiter for the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, also known as the IRB or Fenian…

A number of celebrations were held in London, the most significant of which was Hugh Parry’s Mayflower Pageant. But a great many smaller celebrations also took place, usually in the form of lectures and public meetings. On one Saturday in October…