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Victoria Rooms, Bristol (2003)
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…

Exeter Cathedral west end 1963
The 1920 Mayflower tercentenary is notable for its religious character, particularly its non-conformity. Many of the people who led the way in organising the tercentenary celebrations were members of the Free Church Council, made up of Quakers,…

Lectures and sermons were popular ways of engaging with the Mayflower tercentenary in churches and religious communities, not least because there was a genuine demand for information about the Mayflower, the Pilgrim Fathers, and their importance in…

Pearson Bellamy, Newland Congregational Chapel, Lincoln - Akrill's Visitor Guide to Lincoln (1880).
Following Mayflower events at the Wesleyan Chapel for the 300th anniversary, a “Mayflower sale of work” was held at the Newland Congregational Church with the aim of raising £500; £273 8s 5d was raised on the opening day alone. The opening of the…

It was repeatedly said throughout the tercentenary year that many of the people who sailed on the Mayflower had come from the region of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Lancashire was not home to a large number of the Pilgrims, but it could boast of…

Lonpicman, City Temple, Holborn Viaduct (2009)
The 88th annual assembly of the Congregational Union of England and Wales in 1920 occasioned a talk given by Rev. A.E. Garvie, Principal of New College, London (later part of the University of London’s theology faculty). Garvie reflected on the…

Lancashire always claimed a certain affiliation with the Mayflower story because of Myles Standish’s local connection. As residents of one of the premier cities in “Standish country”, the people of Preston felt entitled to have their own performance…

Duxbury Hall, Chorley -
Duxbury Hall was thought to be built on the same site as the birthplace of Miles Standish, whose imagined unrequited affection for Patricia Mullins was invented and immortalised by Longfellow. Duxbury Hall itself was to be the site of a visit by the…

Harecourt United Reformed Church
The end of the tercentenary year saw a number of Mayflower-themed bazaars and sales of work. Such events were often held at churches and chapels around the Christmas period to raise money for repairs and building work, and the tercentenary provided a…

Hotel Victoria, Northumberland Avenue
Mementoes of the Mayflower were popular around the time of the tercentenary in 1920, but the silver model of the ship that went on display in the aptly named “Pilgrims’ Room” of London’s Hotel Victoria was unique. Far from being just a decorative…

Type: Public Art