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Mother Shipton book

22 Oct 2026

The book, held here by librarian Sally Hughes, also contains a detailed record of some of Mother Shipton’s most famous predictions, many of them written in verse, including one of her most famous, which has been interpreted as a foretelling of The Plague and The Great Fire of London in 1666.

Mother Shipton book: The book, held here by librarian Sally Hughes, also contains a detailed record of some of Mother Shipton’s most famous predictions, many of them written in verse, including one of her most famous, which has been interpreted as a foretelling of The Plague and The Great Fire of London in 1666.
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