Pilgrim Fathers’ Memorial
Other memorial · Second World War · City of Southampton, Hampshire
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THE PILGRIM FATHERS' MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND. THE SEPARATIST CONGREGATION FROM BABWORTH, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE (1586-1604) WHICH MOVED TO SCROOBY IN 1606, TO AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS IN 1608, AND TO LEYDEN IN 1609, SAILED FROM DELFT HAVEN IN THE SPEEDWELL ON AUGUST 1 (NEW STYLE) 1620 TO JOIN THE MAYFLOWER WITH ITS LONDON COLONISTS, HERE. BOTH SHIPS SAILED ON AUGUST 15 (N.S.) 1620 FOR THE NEW WORLD. AFTER TURNING BACK TO DARTMOUTH, AND A SECOND TIME TO PLYMOUTH FOR REPAIRS, THE SPEEDWELL WAS ABANDONED, AND ON SEPTEMBER 16 (N.S.) THE MAYFLOWER ALONE SAILED TO PLYMOUTH, NEW ENGLAND WITH 102 PASSENGERS. THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF MAYFLOWER DESCENDANTS (U.S.A. 1897) [...] ON THEIR FIRST PILGRIMAGE, 152 BY PLANES, TO THE NETHERLANDS AND ENGLAND SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 6, 1955 335 YEARS AFTER THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER
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