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Southampton’s most elaborate monument to the Mayflower voyage was erected in 1913. Standing on the Western Esplanade, chosen to be as near as possible to the point of departure, it consists of a Portland stone square column that rises fifty feet from…

Taking place indoors in the Southampton Guildhall in May 1947, the Southampton Quincentenary Pageant was staged as part of a larger celebration put on to acknowledge the anniversary of the granting of a County Town charter 1447.Historical pageants, a…

In addition to the pageant put on by Rev. Hugh Parry, the Mayflower tercentenary also saw the production of several original plays, including John Alden's Choice, performed in Southampton, and The Seed and the Fruit performed in Exeter. Probably the…

Written by Canon Leville Lovett and his daughter Myra, ‘John Alden’s Choice’ was the crowning glory of Southampton’s 1920 celebrations for the 300th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. Staged four times by a large cast of 444 amateur…

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…

Chatham, on the Medway in North Kent, was one of several towns and cities to undertake performances of the Mayflower Pageant written by the Rev. Hugh Parry (which you can learn more about here). Like many early twentieth-century pageants, Parry’s…