Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Robert Cadman or Robert Kidman(1711–1739) was an 18th-century steeplejack and ropeslider who between 1732 and 1739 performed feats of daring by sliding or flying down a rope from St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury to the Gay Meadow across the River Severn.Cadman walked some 250 metres up the rope that connected the 68-metre-high spire of St Mary’s Church with an anchor in the ground in Gay Meadow. Climbing up the rope across the River Severn, he performed tricks on the way.. }
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- Robert_Cadman comment "Robert Cadman or Robert Kidman(1711–1739) was an 18th-century steeplejack and ropeslider who between 1732 and 1739 performed feats of daring by sliding or flying down a rope from St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury to the Gay Meadow across the River Severn.Cadman walked some 250 metres up the rope that connected the 68-metre-high spire of St Mary’s Church with an anchor in the ground in Gay Meadow. Climbing up the rope across the River Severn, he performed tricks on the way.".