The Legend of Mother Shipton. Knaresborough.

Knaresborough can lay claim to have Britain's oldest and longest running tourist attraction, as since the 17th century, visitors have descended upon the picturesque town to visit the cave of Mother Shipton.
Mother Shipton was a prophetess who predicted the future would see cars, telephones, and submarines, as well as predicting events such as The Spanish Armada defeated. and the Great Fire of London. Predicting a victory for the then King, Henry VIII. saw her a favourite of royalty and achieved great fame.
Although most of what has been written about Mother Shipton came 200 years after her death, including the stereotypical 'witch' image, the visitors still flock to Knaresborough to visit the cave of her birth, as well as the famous petrifying well that turns objects to stone.

[@tomhirons7475]

Interesting Thanks.

[@matparks08]

😊

[@hobi1kenobi112]

Thanks for this. Knaresborough is so cool. My school went when I was a nipper and our headmaster, who was mad about teddy bears and collected them took a teddy bear up to be petrified in the well. They did hang it up so I don't know if Mr Broadbent's teddy is in the museum but say hello to it from me if you spot it ever! :D

[@matparks08]

There was certainly plenty of petrified teddies in the museum and shop so potentially Mr Broadbent's is still there 😁. Thanks for watching

[@jasoncarr9808]

Great content

[@matparks08]

Thank you 😊

[@psherman6128]

Interesting video Matt and Danielle. I wouldn’t like to bump into some of those carved figures at night. I’d have a heart attack 😂 That was some rain storm. Hope you didn’t get too wet! I see Danielle was part of the cast and crew for Happy Valley, bet that was good 👍🏻

[@matparks08]

Yeah, the St Roberts Cave was really terrifying. Especially as the thunder roared away 😅 We escaped just minutes before the flooding. Dani's worked on a few TV shows, films and adverts. Emmerdale, Happy Valley, etc. 😊

[@psherman6128]

What a cool job Danielle must have. Glad you escaped before the floods and didn’t have to stay the night in that cave 🤣

[@emmajanewatts4388]

I’m up the road in Harrogate but I grew up in knaresborough

[@matparks08]

Lovely 🙂. It's a very special place. Not been to Harrogate in years, I'll add that to the list 😊

[@grabtharshammer]

If Ursula was born in the cave, and lived there for a couple of years with Agatha, then how was she supposed to have caused neighbours in a house next door to levitate at 9 months. They weren't living in a house then. Ursula was two when fostered out to a family by the Abbot. As is often the case with old legends, the stories don't always match up

[@matparks08]

Folklore sees tales change over time....there's no proof of events due to lack of written work. Doesn't stop a good story though 🙂