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Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936), born in Campden Hill in Kensington, London, became one of the leading literary figures of his age. A well-known poet, novelist, and journalist he was described by George Bernard Shaw as ‘a man of colossal…

Annie Webb-Peploe (1805–1869) was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, the daughter of Captain John Molyneux (1769-1832) and Ella Molyneux (1780-1836). In 1828 she married John Birch Webb (1776–1869), the vicar of Weobly, Herefordshire. The family took the…

As part of the 350th year anniversary of the Pilgim Fathers' sailing from Plymouth in 1970, the Devonport Royal Dockyard desinged and built a scale model of the Mayflower to a 1:11 inch scale. The model features 360 fathoms of rigging made of sewing…

The Mayflower 70 celebrations were centred around Plymouth. There was much anticipation of the events in the British media and hopes that the festivities could be a boost to the economy of the South-West. A five-page feature length article in the…

In 1920, Southampton had held one of Britain’s largest anniversary celebrations of the Mayflower voyage – only Plymouth could make a challenge to that supremacy. By the time the 1970 commemoration came around, however, Southampton’s Devonian rival…

One of the boldest commemorations of the Mayflower, and not just in Britain but the USA too, happened in a non-anniversary year. This was the Mayflower II, a reconstruction of what the original ship may have looked like, and its retracing of an…

Historical pageants, a sort of amateur re-enactment, were incredibly popular forms of engagement with the past in the early to mid 20th century. They usually took the form of a series of chronological episodes, often starting as far back as the…

Edward Winslow, arguably one of the most important Pilgrim Fathers, was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, in 1595, and educated at the King’s School (then based at Worcester Cathedral) between 1606 and 1611.Interest in the Mayflower was quite high…

The congregation of Union Chapel was formed in 1799 when a group of evangelical Anglicans broke away from the church to join with other nonconformists. Their aim was to create a 'Catholic and liberal plan' that would 'unite Christians of different…