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Mother Shipton's Cave (or "Old Mother Shipton's Cave") is at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, near the River Nidd. Nearby is a petrifying well, also known as a dropping well. [1] The latter is the oldest tourist attraction to charge a fee in England, and has been operated since 1630. [2] The water of the well is so rich in sulphate and ...
The petrifying well at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire Notable examples of petrifying wells in England are the spring at Mother Shipton's Cave in Knaresborough and Matlock Bath , in Derbyshire . In Ireland, such wells were noted by John Rutty on Howth Head , [ 1 ] among other locations.
Mother Shipton was born Ursula Southeil or Sonthiel, in 1486 or 1488 (though some sources claim she was born as early as 1448) [11] to 15-year-old Agatha Soothtale, allegedly in a cave outside the town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire.
Ursula Southeil (ca.1488–1561), known as Mother Shipton, a medieval seer, may have been born in a cave south of the town. [38] Robert Byerley (1660–1714), soldier and politician, lived at Goldsborough Hall; Eugene Aram (1704-1759), scholar and murderer lived here. [39]
Mother Shipton is a mostly mythical character, who supposedly foretold the death of Cardinal Wolsey in 1530. [2] Charles Hindley, a nineteenth-century bookseller, created a prophetic poem that he claimed to be by Shipton. [9] This poem told of "Carriages without horses" and air planes, as well as predicting the end of the world in 1881. [10]
Tree remains that have undergone petrifaction, as seen in Petrified Forest National Park. In geology, petrification (from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals.
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