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England’s oldest attraction turns teddy bears to stone

Tom Scott | May 1, 2025



In Knaresborough, in Yorkshire, sits Mother Shipton’s Cave. Folks there have been charging admission for nearly 400 years, and the star of the show is a “petrifying well”. A few folk legends do actually turn out to be true.

Mother Shipton’s Cave: https://www.mothershipton.co.uk/ – thanks to all the team there, and especially to John!

Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux
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Thanks to Jake Robshaw for the suggestion.

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