Categories: Colonization

On Bradford’s Trail: Austerfield Chapel

The chapel of St. Helena’s in Austerfield, Bradford’s hometown
This ancient carving of a dragon sits above the church door
A replica of the parish register is on display, showing the entry for William Bradford
My son, Justice Bradford, next to the font in which William Bradford was (very likely) baptized
A cracked sarcophagus (all marked graves here are from after Bradford’s time)
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