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Marcus Huish, writing in 1907, visits the recently installed Mayflower Stone in Plymouth. The scene is again illustrated by Elizabeth Chettle, showing children laying flowers near the memorial; a visual embellishment rich in pathos: "It was not until…

The Pilgrim Father William Brewster was baptised in this parish church (built in the 15th century and restored in the Victorian period). In 1955, a special return pilgrimage of 104 American Pilgrim descendants (plus 48 guests) toured Holland and…

Connecting the Mayflower to popular history and literature, Marcus Huish, writing in 1907, provides an extract from George Elliot’s Mill on the Floss and a brief narrative of events relating to The Old Hall, Gainsborough: "'All down the middle ages…

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)…

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…

Marcus Huish, writing in 1907, provides a rather discerning appraisal of the state of Boston Town Hall which he laments is rented ‘to a dealer in second-hand furniture, the whole place being in consequence squalid and dirty’. Nonetheless, Elizabeth…

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…

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,…

There were a number of events held in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire as part of the 350th Mayflower celebrations. One event was an exhibition held in Gainsborough’s Old Hall, an important point on the Mayflower tourist trail illustrated in both William…

In 1941, the original ‘Memorial Church of the Pilgrim Fathers’ – built in 1864 – was reduced to rubble by a Luftwaffe bombing raid. In 1956, a new church, costing £17,500, was opened on Great Dover Street not far from the previous site. Winthrop…