On 11/05/2011 11:51, Nick Leverton wrote:
They left from Plymouth on about the third attempt, having had to turn
back. Their first attempt did leave the UK from Southampton, as Graeme
recalled, the settlers having originally come from Nottinghamshire via
the Netherlands (source: Dodgypedia).

Their first attempt to leave the country was to depart from Lincolnshire
for the Netherlands, but they were arrested and imprisoned in Boston
(Lincolnshire).

You can visit the cells where they are believed to have been imprisoned
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Guildhall

There is a Pilgrim Fathers memorial near Boston
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Fathers_Memorial

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Jeremy Double {real address, include nospam}
Rail and transport photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmdoubl...7603834894248/