Pilgrim Fathers' Memorial, Southampton (1913)
The Pilgrim Fathers' Memorial (or Mayflower Memorial) was designed by R.M. Lucas, made and erected by Garret and Haysom, and unveiled by the U.S. Ambassador, Dr William Hines Page, in August 1913. The monument consists of a 50 ft high column of Portland Stone on a base, surmounted by a cupola and a copper model of the Mayflower. It commemorates the sailing of the Pilgrim Fathers to America in the Mayflower and Speedwell in 1620.
Views Around the City of Southampton, Hampshire, England - 30 March, 2019
Views Around the City of Southampton, Hampshire, England - 30 March, 2019 .
I've just added a new film to my Tourism: England: Hampshire playlist, here: of the views on a walk around the city of Southampton.
The film begins at Southampton Central and then features the following locations and features along the journey: Blechynden Terrace Gardens, Blechynden Terrace, Empire Lane, Commercial Road, Cumberland Place, West Park, Isaac Watts Memorial, Cenotaph, Above Bar street, Titanic Engineers Memorial, East Park, Richard Andrews Memorial, East Park Terrace, Charlotte Place Roundabout, Charlotte Place, Jurys Inn, Brunswick Place, Dorset Street, Solent University, The Spark, St. Andrew's Road, Southampton Guildhall, West Marlands Road, Southampton Council Civic Centre, Southampton Clock Tower, Sea City Museum, Southampton City Art Gallery, Scholars Arms, John Hansard Gallery, Bargate Southampton, East Bargate, High Street, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Anchor, Holyrood Church, Bernard Street, St. Michael's Street, St. Michael's Church, St. Michael's Square, Tudor House, Bulge Street, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Westgate Street, Westgate, Western Esplanade, Mayflower Roundabout, Mary Ann Rogers Memorial, Town Quay, Pilgrim Fathers Memorial, Watergate Ruin, Queen's Park, Terminus Terrace, Canute Road, The Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Ocean Village, and Ocean Village Marina.
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Where the Pilgrim Fathers walked, long before Plymouth Rock
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Pilgrim Fathers
This BBC documentary tells the story of the Pilgrim Fathers for school children. It is one of the better documentaries for use in the classroom. The quality isn't brilliant but its good enough.
Southampton Town Walls & Western Esplanade
West Quay and West Gate - This area was known as the West Quay, and was the busiest part of Southampton. The Quay stretched out into the river Test, where ships unloaded their cargo. This was still part of the shore until the 1920s, when land was reclaimed to build the western docks. Imported goods from all over Europe were unloaded in the area, including wine. Wool was the main export commodity to depart from here. It was from this quay that the Pilgrim Fathers actually left Southampton to go to America in 1620, in the Mayflower and Speedwell; however, due to the Speedwell's poor condition, it was abandoned at Plymouth, and the Mayflower travelled to America alone.
The Westgate was built in 1380, and was the only access to the Quay from the town. Inside the gate was a double portcullis; 'murder holes', where weapons can be dropped from above; and cannon. The angled gun ports are quite rare in England. This gate was the second most important in the town, after the Bargate. It was through this gate that Edward III and his bowmen left for France and the Battle of Crecy in 1346; and in 1415 Henry V passed through with his troops to embark on the second largest fleet ever assembled at Southampton en route for France and the Battle of Agincourt. Only the fleet assembled for D-Day was bigger. The Pilgrim Fathers also passed through this gate.
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The Pilgrim Fathers - Mayflower Steps. The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth on the 6th of September, 1620, with 102 passengers and 48 seamen. Most of these were Puritans who broke away from the Church of England during the reformation and were seeking a new life away from the persecution by James I.
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1-4 The Pilgrim Fathers
Who were the Pilgrims?
How did Europeans get to the United States?
What will people do for freedom?
In The Pilgrim Fathers, students will find the answers to these questions and much more. Students will read about American Indians and Pilgrims in the American colonies.
The Pilgrim Fathers | Reformation Tour of Scotland & England
Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers - 1620
Simple video of Landing Of The Pilgrim Fathers, from Decca-40031 A, recorded 1/23/46. Narration by Agnes Moorehead, music composed and conducted by Victor Young.
The Pilgrim Fathers (History Project)
A video I made about the Pilgrim Fathers for an open-ended history task.
Mayflower Park Southampton 2007
Small clip of inside Mayflower Park here in Southampton showing a view of the Pilgrim Fathers memorial to the people who sailed from Southampton on The Mayflower to the America. Also you see the main toll house of the Royal Pier which was built in the early 1930's.
Chilton's Challenge Act Two
Chilton’s Challenge tells the story of one of the Mayflower passenger James Chilton and his daughter Mary Chilton who arrived in America in 1620 to established Plymouth Colony. Act Two - Mary Chilton is portrayed as a grandmother living in Boston and looking back over fifty years and telling of her experiences in the early days of Plymouth Plantation including being the first person to step on Plimoth Rock and the First Thanksgiving. Mary’s voice can help us to relate to the very human experience of the Pilgrims in their first years in Plymouth.
The Pilgrims Weren't Socialists
When next you sing the Hymn of Harvest Home, think kindly of our Pilgrim Fathers, for they were not communists with a small c nor any other kind of communists, Some conservative editors and commentators in recent years have given the impression that the Pilgrims were starry-eyed idealists intent upon founding a socialist utopia in the wilderness. One such editor, zealous to refute socialism, has written: Socialism is not a new experiment in the United States. Neither is Communism. The Socialist community was tried by the Pilgrims in New England over three hundred years ago. The dream of the Pilgrims didn't work and the Mayflower Compact was a total failure.
That is nutshell history as spurious as it is brief. It misrepresents the purpose of the Pilgrims and the results of their heroic strivings. It derives from a superficial appraisal of a statement by Governor William Bradford and a partial reading of the copious records left by the literate Pilgrims.
Stated in the simplest terms, and in their own language, the Pilgrims purposed to lay a good foundation for propagating and advancing the Gospel of the Kingdom of Christ in remote parts of the world. In order to make that possible, they sought financial backing from a group of venture capitalists in England. While in Holland, the Pilgrims gave much consideration to what part of the world they would settle and finally decided upon Northern Virginia, above Jamestown but below the Hudson River. Negotiations with a syndicate called the Merchants and Adventurers of London dragged on for three years. Finally in 1620 the Pilgrims wound up on the wrong end of a bad bargain.
Socialism was never the dream of the Pilgrims. They needed no Adam Smith to spell out for them the merits of free enterprise and the necessity for individual responsibility. The business purpose of the expedition was to found a fishery. The Merchant Adventurers agreed to take care of the shipping and to fund the provisions. A contract was drawn up detailing the terms of the repayment and profit sharing, but when the Pilgrims arrived in England from Holland they discovered the terms had been altered, much to their hurt. Sadly, necessity having no law, the emigrants were constrained to be silent.
There were three factions aboard the Mayflower: the Separatists or Saints from Leyden in Holland; the colonists from London, called Strangers, recruited by Thomas Watson, prime mover of the Merchants and Adventurers; and, the ship's crew, who disliked both.
The contingent of Separatists from Leyden had crossed from Holland to England in their small vessel misnamed the Speedwell. It was purchased to be used as transportation and for fishing in the new settlement, She proved a balky ship, heeling way over and soaking her passengers on the short trip. They were seasick and drenched when the Speedwell pulled into Southampton harbor and docked alongside the Mayflower with its complement of Strangers from London. The two groups, unknown to each other but bound together in a perilous undertaking, had only a short time to get acquainted before new problems cropped up.
Christopher Martin, a Puritan, had been named expedition treasurer. He could not get along with the Leyden agents, Deacons Robert Cushman and John Carver. And they were having trouble getting along with each other. There was little cooperation in buying provisions and, as a result, the Mayflower was stocked with two tons of butter, hardly any guns, and little to use in trade with the Indians.
Thomas Weston, the London adventurer, was denounced as a bloodsucker for changing the terms of his agreement and he stomped off to London when the Leyden leaders refused to sign the new agreements. He vowed the Pilgrims would not get another cent from the Merchants and Adventurers. That was a heavy blow because the Speedwell captain refused to sail until the vessel's rigging was changed and that would cost money.
Pleas for help were sent to Weston but he kept his word and sent the Pilgrims nothing. To clear port they had to sell some of their provisions, including most of their butter, leaving them short of supplies.
A HISTORY OF THE MAYFLOWER
A HISTORY OF THE MAYFLOWER. The Mayflower was a three-masted ship, most likely between 90 and 110 feet long, that carried the people who came to be known a Pilgrims from England to Plymouth in 1620.
The ship was hired in London, and sailed from London to Southampton in July 1620 to begin loading food and supplies for the voyage--much of which was purchased at Southampton.
The Mayflower left Holland on 31 July 1620, joining the Speedwell in Southampton, England, for the voyage to
The Pilgrim's Journey
My Social Studies Project on the Pilgrim's.
Basic information on the journey the pilgrims took to found the settlement at Plymouth.
Speedwelp, this ship is going down
Final film animation submission
*pours one out for Catherine and the Speedwell* for the gals
The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The myth
The story of William Bradford and the founding of America
The Pilgrim Fathers: Their South Yorkshire Origins
Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, their motivation, inspiration and their connections with North Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire
Mayflower 400 - Southampton Launch Video
Southampton and the Mayflower story
The Mayflower arrived in Southampton in late July 1620 and several days later was joined by the Speedwell, carrying the Pilgrims from Leiden. Their intention was to prepare both vessels and sail in company directly to America.
Southampton was a thriving seaport offering all the commercial facilities to provision and equip for the long sea voyage. Many of the buildings and streets familiar to the Pilgrims then still exist.
The town had established trading links with Virginia and Newfoundland, so there was an experienced pool of seamen who had previously made the dangerous Atlantic crossing. John Alden, a cooper, joined the Mayflower and it is thought William Brewster also slipped aboard here, having been in hiding after publishing material that angered King James.
Stephen Hopkins from Hampshire also joined here and is known as the only Mayflower passenger with prior New World experience, having been shipwrecked in Bermuda in 1609.
There were already concerns about the Speedwell, which required repairs after developing a leak. But on 15 August the two ships weighed anchor and set sail.
Southampton was an ideal place to start the voyage for many reasons. The water is one of the world’s largest natural harbours and offers a safe anchorage, plus its unique double tide provides easy access for 16 hours out of every 24.
Southampton was a true Sea Town (now Sea City since 1964) with all requirements for the preparation of a maritime adventure. Extensive quays and wharfs provided easy access to the commercial facilities in what was and still is a very successful trading port.
Although there was much local trade from the surrounding counties; Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Sussex as well as France and the Channel Isles, there were also trading links with Virginia and Newfoundland. This meant that there was an experienced pool of seamen who had previously made the difficult and dangerous Atlantic crossing.
John Alden, a cooper, joined Mayflower here and a George Alden who could well have been his father lived in the high street. The town records show that the Council were ordered to press 100 seamen and mariners for the Royal Navy in July perhaps a good enough reason to sign on to the Mayflower’s crew.
The Speedwell was found to be leaking and it was thought at the time that she may have had too large a mast and sail area. The extensive ship building and repair facilities near West Quay were very useful in expediting repairs.
According to Southampton’s Book of Instruments records, a ship called Speedwell was built locally in 1606 and this may have been the vessel that returned to her home port.
However, the most important benefit to the expedition was the availability of all the supplies required, not only for the voyage but to establish a permanent community in the New World. It is thought that the Pilgrims and settlers shopped during the day and slept back on board both ships. These were supposedly anchored just off West Quay.
In 1620, there were 153 Merchants in the Town of whom 118 were engaged partially or wholly in the wool trade but the balance would have been able to provide all the other items required for self-sufficiency.
When the Mayflower and Speedwell left together on that fateful Saturday 15 August after a fraught and hectic stay they could not have imagined that their persistence would lead to the founding of New England.
Southampton has extensive records pertaining to the Pilgrims which can be found in the city archives.