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Please click on the headings below to chose the section you wish to read. Click a meteorite name to be taken to its Meteoritical Bulletin Database page.

England
Aldsworth:
Fell: 4:30pm, 4th August 1835.
Type: LL5 (Veined)
The fall consisted of a single 0.7kg stone and a shower of smaller stones. Detonations were heard and a fireball seen before the fall 0.5 miles from Aldsworth, Gloucestershire.

Further Reading:

Aldsworth

Appley Bridge:
Fell: 8:45pm, 13th October 1914.
Type: LL6 (Veined) S2
After a fireball and detonations, a stone of approximately 15kg was found at Halliwell Farm, Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire.

Further Reading:

Appley Bridge

Ashdon:
Fell: 1:00pm, 9th March 1923.
Type: L6
A stone of approximately 1300g was seen to fall at Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex. Note: Image source is unknown.
Ashdon

Barwell:
Fell: 4:20pm, 24th December 1965.
Type: L6, S3
After a fireball and sonic effects a shower of stones fell in Leicestershire. Material was recovered over several weeks and totals at least 44kg.
Barwell

Danebury::
Found: 1974
Type: H6
The first British meteorite 'find'. A single weathered stone, with a mass of 30g, was found by archaeologists excavating an iron-age site in Hampshire.

Glatton:
Fell: 12:30pm, 5th May 1991.
Type: L6
A single 767g stone was recovered from a garden in Glatton, Cambridgeshire, following the sound of rushing wind. Despite searches no further material was ever found.

Further Reading:

Glatton

Hambleton:
Found: 2005.
Type: Pallasite
A single mass of 17.6kg was found on a forest track by Rob Elliott, approximately 2km south of Hambleton, North Yorkshire. Image courtesy of Dave Harris.

Further Reading:

Ashdon

Hatford::
Fell: 5:00pm, 9th April 1628.
Type: Stone (Unclassified)
At least three stones fell in Berkshire. Hatford (10.9kg), Challow (11.8kg) and Balking (6.3kg). Nothing has been preserved but it is clear from the descriptions of the time that this is a genuine meteorite.

Launton::
Fell: 7:30pm, 15th February 1830.
Type: L6 (Veined)
After the appearence of a fireball accompanied by a triple detonation, a single 1.05kg stone was seen to fall.

Middlesbrough:
Fell: 3:35pm, 14th March 1881.
Type: L6
After detonations a single 1.6kg stone was seen to fall at Pennyman's Siding on the railway about 1.75 miles from Middlesbrough. The Middlesbrough meteorite is a stunning example of orientation. Image courtesy of the Yorkshire Museum.
Middlesbrough

Rowton::
Fell: 3:45pm, 20th April 1876.
Type: Iron IIIAB Medium Octahedrite, Bandwidth 1.2mm.
After detonations a 3.5kg mass was found in an 18 inch deep hole near Wellington, Shropshire.

Stretchleigh::
Fell: 10th January 1623.
Type: Stone (Unclassified)
A mass of 10.4kg fell, it is described as "like a stone singed or half burnt for lime". None has been preserved.

Wold Cottage:
Fell: 3:30pm, 13th December 1795.
Type: L6
After detonations a stone of approximately 25.4kg was seen to fall 0.75 miles from Wold Newton church, Wold Newton, Scarborough, Yorkshire.

Further Reading:

Wold Cottage

General Further Reading:

Unless otherwise stated, information on this page was obtained from the Catalogue of Meteorites (5th Edition, Grady) and the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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