Image ID: 16225

Manor House, Scrooby, near Doncaster, c 1900s?

Scrooby
England

The house and buildings stand on the site of the Archbishop's mansion. On the farm house is a tablet with the following inscription: "This tablet was erected by the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, to mark the site of the ancient manor house where lived William Brewster, from 1588 to 1608, and where he organized the Pilgrim Church, of which he became Ruling Elder, and with which in 1608 he removed to Amsterdam, in 1609 to Leyden, and in 1620 to Plymouth, where he died, April 16th, 1644." Information from www.nottshistory.org.uk

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