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The Pilgrim Fathers' Immingham connection

They sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620 - but the Pilgrims' journey began long before that on the North Lincolnshire coast.

The Pilgrim Fathers sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620 - a voyage often associated with Boston in Lincolnshire.
But their journey to the New World as they fled religious persecution leads back several years to the banks of the Humber in the north east of the county.
Josh Gorroño Chapman explores Immingham’s often overlooked link to the Pilgrims.

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