Pilgrim Roots - Gainsborough, UK - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

This small statue at the side of the rive River Trent is dedicated to the separatists who fled the England to Holland and then ultimately sailed onward to the United States.

More specifically it commemorates the women who were on this epic journey.

There is a plaque on the wall behind the statue.

Pilgrim Roots

In May 1608, a samll group of Separatists boarded
a barge called the Francis at Gainsborough.

They sailed up the River Trent to Stallingborough near Immingham,
to escape to the Netherlands in search of religious tolerance.

Over 80 people joined them as they sailed north, heading
for a growing Separatist community in Amsterdam.

Some of them sailed to America to establish an early English colony at
Plymouth Massachusetts. The first group, who became known as the Pilgrims,
sailed on the Mayflower in 1620.

Rachel Carter's commemorative sculpture represents the women who
began their life's journeys from this riverside centuries ago.

The sculpture was cast from a digital template of a dress made by volunteers at
Gainsborough Old Hall for Rachel Carter's Spirit of Mayflower 50 Women project.

Commissioned by West Lindsey District Council with
funding from Gainsborough Development Trust.

The statue stands on a stone plinth with the following inscription.

Steering our
future
informed by
the past

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Pilgrim Roots Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Rachel Carter Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: Unknown Materials used: Bronze Location: Not listed

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