This article is about 18th century draper and subject of Cowper's comic ballad. For the 20th century dancer, see John Gilpin (dancer). For the 1852 clipper, see John Gilpin (clipper).
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Illustration by Randolph Caldecott for The Diverting History of John GilpinJohn Gilpin clipper ship card
John Gilpin was featured as the subject in a well-known comic ballad of 1782 by William Cowper, entitled The Diverting History of John Gilpin. Cowper had heard the story from his friend Lady Austen.
Gilpin was said to be a wealthy draper from Cheapside in London, who owned land at Olney, Buckinghamshire, near where Cowper lived. It is likely that he was a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of Paternoster Row.[1] The poem tells how Gilpin and his wife and children became separated during a journey to the Bell Inn, Edmonton, after Gilpin loses control of his horse which bolts and carries him ten miles farther to the town of Ware.
Gilpin's Bell, a sculpture by Angela Godfrey in Fore Street, Edmonton
A number of sites commemorate the exploits of John Gilpin, most notably Gilpin's Gallop, a street in the village of Stanstead St Margarets. This was said to have been on the original route taken by the horse and his unfortunate rider.
John Gilpin's Ghost was a ballad (1795) by John Thelwall. The John Gilpin clipper of 1852 was also named after him. A former public house in Cambridge was named John Gilpin.[2] A sculpture by Angela Godfrey, which was inspired by Cowper's poem about Gilpin now sits in Fore Street, Edmonton, London.[3]
^The Poetical Works of William Cowper, p. 212, London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1892
^"The Fenstanton Brewery Plant". Cambridge Chronicle and Journal - Friday 21 September 1894. p. 6.
^"Gilpin's Bell". Art UK. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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