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John Carver & The Pilgrim Fathers (booklet)

Deliveries: These deliveries are sent when ordered on eBay. eBay no longer use PayPal, but most of the major Debit/Credit Cards. This makes the service quicker.
Sales: They have started sell from The Hub, Retford, near the Market.
eBook: There are problems with the eBook but we are seeking to remedy them. As soon as we have overcome them we will inform you.

Bawtry Wharf

Last year I was approached by a number of influential people to see if I was interested in opening up Bawtry Wharf. I said I was as it was a place that played a part in lives of the Pilgrim Fathers. Bawtry Wharf was an inland port, but has not been used for some time.

It was from Bawtry Wharf that the Pilgrim Fathers left on their second, and successful attempt to reach Holland. They travelled down the River Idle to the River Trent, then overland to Immingham where a boat was waiting for them.
When settled in Leiden, William Brewster, and others, set up a printing press. Here they printed Christian books that King James had banned. They sent these books to England in casks of hops, wheat, and barley. These were opened at Bawtry Wharf and the books distributed.

If you are interested, in any way, in bringing this lost part of the life of the Pilgrim Fathers back to life please contact me on the form below.

John Carver of the Pilgrim Fathers, (non-fiction book)

This is almost finished. Two Chapters as well as the Index to be completed. Finding a book online has saved me a trip to the London Library. I have to also check me facts to see if they are correct.

Auckley Primary School 50th Year Celebrations
(1pm -4.30pm, Wednesday 17th July 2024)

Auckley Show
(Saturday 17th August 2024)
Last year, (2023), was not as successful as, (2022). This though has not daunted us. We look forward to a profitable year.

Mayflower Day (16th September 2023), Retford Market. Some from South England who had moved north bought my booklet, John Carver & The Pilgrim Fathers, being keen to learn about them. We also distributed a large amount of leaflets, The Pilgrim Trail, given to us by Doncaster T.I.C.

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