Reformation Impact on Church Interiors

By the early C16th many countries across Europe were seeing rising dissatisfaction with the teaching and behaviour of the Catholic Church. John Wycliffe (1328 – 1384) championed reform of the Church with a return to a vow of poverty and following the teaching in the Bible.  He translated the...

Little Woodham C17th English Living Village (Part 2)

To get a better understanding of what life was like in England during the 17th century we looked at reconstructed buildings such as at Little Woodham – Living History Village in Hampshire. The village started in the mid-1980s as a community project and was initially funded with a grant...

Little Woodham C17th English Living Village

Today it is still possible to see buildings all over England and in Leiden in the Netherlands dating back to the period when the Mayflower passengers lived there. In many cases these buildings have been altered over the years although elements of them still survive. To get a better...

The Making of Mayflower 400 DVD – Webinar

This webinar was streamed on the 11th November 2020, and presented by Adrian Moss (Managing Director of and Research Lead / Director & Producer of the Mayflower 400 DVD), and introduced by Peter O’Sullivan (Former member of Mayflower 400 programme team and resident of Winchcombe, Gloucestershire). It was specifically...