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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…

The riverside borough of Southwark in south London had a traditional link with the Pilgrim Fathers, who were said to have worshipped at one of the area’s first Protestant Separatist congregations before emigrating to Holland (thus the “Church of the…

William Bradford was baptised in St Helena’s Church, Austerfield. Since William Henry Bartlett’s description and illustration of the building in the 1850s the church has reflected is association with the New Plymouth Governor. In 1897 the north aisle…

Like in many other places, the Free Church Council was responsible for bringing the Mayflower Tercentenary to Guernsey. The island was well beyond the usual geographic range of the Mayflower story, but even so, its residents were keen to understand…

Like William Henry Bartlett 60 years before him, Marcus Huish visits Boston’s remarkable church: St Botolph’s, a notable local landmark and a relic from Boston’s time as a wealthy medieval trading port. The church has become an important location on…

On his 1850s tour of Mayflower sites, William Henry Bartlett travels to Standish, Lancashire, the ancestral home of the Standish family. It is not certain whether he was a Separatist, but Miles Standish was certainly one of the most well-known of the…

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…

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)…