Historedia
Person

John Shipley

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1795

Every event in Historedia whose sources name John Shipley, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Wold Newton Meteorite

    1795

    Role: ploughman near whom the meteorite landed

    1. after 1795 · Wold Newton meteorite fall as referenced in filmFilm Legacy

      The film Robinson in Ruins referred to the meteorite fall, with its main character Robinson seeing it as showing that meteorites always fall at the time of significant events, in this case the 1795 Settlement Act amendment.

    2. 13 December 1795 · near Wold Cottage farm, a few miles from Wold Newton, YorkshireFall of the Wold Cottage Meteorite

      The meteorite fell near Wold Cottage farm, Yorkshire, at around three o'clock on 13 December 1795, landing within a few yards of ploughman John Shipley.

Sources

  1. Wold Cottage meteorite Wikipedia, revision of 2025-09-02