THE JOURNEY TO The Mayflower
The Mayflower’s iconic journey began almost 400 years ago, after it set sail from the English port of Plymouth on 6 September 1620 in search of the New World (although it was technically 16 September, as England didn’t adopt the Gregorian calendar for another 130 years).
That treacherous 66-day transatlantic voyage and the English colony that followed in Plymouth, Massachusetts has become an important landmark in the early history of North America. Yet the events leading up to the launch were hugely significant and involve a number of historic figures and places that are ripe for exploring.
The religious roots of the can be traced to an area known by some as “Pilgrim Country” which covers the adjoining English counties of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. It was here where the Separatists (named on account of their desire
