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PLYMOUTH MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS |
THE BARBICAN AREA
MAYFLOWER MEMORIAL
| ~ On the 6th of September 1620 in the Mayoralty of
Thomas Fownes, after being "kindly entertained and courteously used by divers Friends
there dwelling", the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth in the Mayflower, in the
Providence of God, to settle in NEW PLYMOUTH, and to lay the Foundation of the NEW ENGLAND
STATES -- The ancient Cawsey whence they embarked was destroyed not many Years afterwards
but the Site of their Embarkation is marked by the Stone bearing the name of the MAYFLOWER
in the pavement of the adjacent Pier. This Tablet was erected in the Mayoralty of J T Bond 1891 to commemorate the Departure, and the visit to
Plymouth in July of that Year of a number of their Descendants and Representatives.~
So reads the plaque on the Mayflower Memorial. |
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The Mayflower
Memorial on Plymouth's Barbican, with the stone now laid in front of
it. |
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A granite block set in the pavement was the original
memorial, although as can be seen from the photograph this was originally set in the
roadway. The memorial tablet dates from 1891. The granite block was moved and a new canopy of Portland
stone was erected in 1934. This was designed by Mr J Wibberley, the City Engineer at
the time and the work was carried out by Messrs A N Coles (Contractors) Ltd at a cost of
£238 10s, paid for by Sir Frederick Winnicott.
The lettering at the bottom of the present memorial states that ~ The memorial
presented by Alderman Sir Frederick Winnicott, JP. Unveiled by the Right Worshipful
The Mayor of Plymouth Councillor Mr E Stanley Leatherby on the 5th September 1934.~
The United States Consul, Mr Rollin R Winslow, himself a direct descendant of one
of the Pilgrims, was amongst those present at the unveiling.
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The Mayflower
Memorial stone originally lay on the Barbican,
the plaque being visible on the wall in the background. |
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