"It was a very closed culture," says Sue Allan, author of Mayflower Maid, a novel about a local girl who follows the Pilgrims to America. Allan leads me upstairs to the tower roof, where the entire town lay spread at our feet. "Everyone had to go to the Church of England," she said. "It was noted if you didn't. So what they were doing here was completely illegal. They were holding their own services. They were discussing the Bible, a big no-no. But they had the courage to stand up and be counted." 'Pilgrims Progress' by Simon Worrall - Smithsonian Magazine, November 2006
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Bed & Breakfast Accommodation in Gainsborough.
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Contents See What Others Have Said About Mayflower Maid An Introduction To The Authors. NEW * RESTORATION LADY Mary Brewster's Diary & BBC Rod Whiting Show Brewster's Scrooby Manor & Bradford's Austerfield LARGE PRINT AND AUDIO EDITIONS 'Lady Rose' a work in progress Links To U.K. Sites Of Special Interest A Disclaimer From The Authors- Relating to Raleigh Bruce Barlowe's later novel with same title |
