JOHN GILPIN

• Born:
• Nationality: English
• Profession: Businessman

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. The John Gilpin clipper of 1852 was also named after him. A sculpture by Angela Godfrey, which was inspired by William Cowper's poem about Gilpin now sits in Fore Street, Edmonton, London.