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A very western Mayflower celebration, St John's Hall, Penzance, Cornwall (October, 1920)
Penzance’s was the most westerly of all the Mayflower celebrations for the 300th anniversary in 1920, but by no means the smallest. In fact, this was probably one of the largest celebrations that did not involve a traditional play or pageant.…
Type: Mixed Commemoration
Altrincham Celebrations (1920)
Tercentenary celebrations in the town of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, centred around the Baptist and Free Church communities. Sermons were preached at the Baptist Church by a number of local notables. These touched on common themes, like the…
Type: Mixed Commemoration
An American lady preacher at Lowestoft Methodist Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Lowestoft’s celebration for the Mayflower anniversary in 1920 was held under the auspices of the Lowestoft Free Church Council. In a highly unusual move, it was a female preacher who gave the service. The Rev. M. Marie Varney came from America and…
Type: Religious Service
An original Mayflower play at Exeter, King's Hall: "The Seed and the Fruit" (November, 1920)
There were a number of plays and pageants produced during the Mayflower Tercentenary of 1920, some of which, like Rev. Hugh Parry’s pageant, were performed in more than one town. But Exeter had the distinction of putting on an original play by a…
Type: Historical Reenactment
Austerfield – Huish and Chettle (1907)
The Manor House in Austerfield is popularly thought to be the place where William Bradford, orphaned as a child, was brought up by his paternal grandfather and uncles. Bradford became associated with the Brownists during his adolescence before…
Type: Tourist Guide
Tags: William Bradford
Babworth – Huish and Chettle (1907)
The radical preaching of Richard Clifton (d. 1616), rector of All Saints' Church, Babworth, is thought to have inspired William Brewster to begin a Separatist Church in his family home in Scrooby. William Bradford also apparently walked to All…
Type: Tourist Guide
Tags: William Bradford, William Brewster
Beckenham, Bromley Lecture (late September, 1920)
The Beckenham Men’s Brotherhood, as part of the Mayflower voyage anniversary in 1920, was treated to a lecture by Mr J.F. Chapter. He emphasised the importance of practical faith in God’s will and duty towards one’s children and family as key lessons…
Type: Public Lecture
Tags: nonconformity, Tercentenary
Blue plaque, Home of William Mullins (Dorking)
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…
Type: Plaque