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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Bredon’s Norton was the site of an old Tudor manor house which became the setting for a highly successful and popular Mayflower celebration during the tercentenary year of the voyage in 1920. One of the primary reasons for its success was the…

Throughout the summer and autumn of 1920, Bredon’s Norton’s local Manor House, home of the Manor House Club, was the scene of many celebratory events organised by Victoria Woodhull Martin (1838-1927), an American ex-pat with a storied past. Woodhull…

Laurence Washington, who died in Maldon, Essex in 1652, was the great-great grandfather of George Washington. In 1924, Malden, Massachusetts was celebrating its 275th anniversary. Isaac Lothian Seymour, vicar of Maldon back in the ‘Old World’, was…

Southampton’s most elaborate monument to the Mayflower voyage was erected in 1913. Standing on the Western Esplanade, chosen to be as near as possible to the point of departure, it consists of a Portland stone square column that rises fifty feet from…

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…