Monument
Pilgrim Fathers Memorial
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Wendy
August 4, 2022
Pilgrim Fathers Memorial At Fishtoft on the Haven, ten minutes downriver from Boston there’s a modest-looking monument to an intriguing episode in European and American history. It was here in 1607 that the Puritan Scrooby Congregation attempted to set sail for the Netherlands. In those days, unsanctioned emigration was illegal, and their attempts were thwarted on that occasion, when the captain notified the local authorities, landing them a prison sentence. A later attempt in 1609 was successful, and after spending 11 years in Leiden the separatists eventually departed from Plymouth for the New World.
Pilgrim Fathers Memorial At Fishtoft on the Haven, ten minutes downriver from Boston there’s a modest-looking monument to an intriguing episode in European and American history. It was here in 1607 that the Puritan Scrooby Congregation attempted to set sail for the Netherlands. In those days, unsan…
Lesley
July 15, 2020
Local historical landmark
Lokalità
Fishtoft, England