Item List (7)
- Tags: Anglo-Saxonism
Victoria Woodhull's Pageant, Bredon's Norton, Worcestershire (September, 1920)
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…
Type: Historical Reenactment
The Pilgrim Father's Memorial (Southampton, 1913)
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…
Type: Monument
Plaques, (remains of) Scrooby Manor House (Scrooby, c. 1895 and 1920 and 1977)
Scrooby, in Nottinghamshire, is famous today for its associations with the Pilgrims as the home of William Brewster and a meeting place for the Brownist congregation led by John Robinson and Richard Clyfton. It was not until the late 1840s, however,…
Type: Plaque
Mayflower Tablet and Ceremony, Billericay United Reformed Church (Billericay, 1920)
Several passengers on the Mayflower came from Billericay in Essex – including Christopher Martin, who was originally the governor of the leaky Speedwell. There had been religious dissenters in the town since the early 17th century; after the…
Type: Religious Celebration
John Alden’s Choice (Southampton, 1920)
Written by Canon Leville Lovett and his daughter Myra, ‘John Alden’s Choice’ was the crowning glory of Southampton’s 1920 celebrations for the 300th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower. Staged four times by a large cast of 444 amateur…
Type: Historical Reenactment
James Russell Lowell memorial window (London, 1893), Westminster Abbey Chapter House
The Westminster Abbey Chapter House was completed in 1255 as part of Henry III’s rebuilding of the abbey. Following the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s, the Benedictine monks left; until 1863 this ornate building was used as a meeting…
Type: Monument
Hugh Parry's Mayflower Pageant, Horticultural Hall, London (September-October 1920)
The performance of Hugh Parry’s Mayflower pageant (which you can read more about here) was the biggest Mayflower event in London, and possibly in the country. The performances took place at the large Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, which was…
Type: Historical Reenactment