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Fall of the Wold Cottage Meteorite
- When
- 13 December 1795
- Where
- near Wold Cottage farm, a few miles from Wold Newton, Yorkshire
- Part of
- Wold Newton Meteorite
The meteorite fell near Wold Cottage farm, Yorkshire, at around three o'clock on 13 December 1795, landing within a few yards of ploughman John Shipley.
The stone known as the Wold Cottage meteorite, also called the Wold Newton meteorite, fell near Wold Cottage farm in 1795, a few miles from the village of Wold Newton in Yorkshire, England. The fall took place at around three o'clock on 13 December 1795, and the stone landed within a few yards of ploughman John Shipley, making the near miss a notable feature of the event.
Sources
- Wold Cottage meteorite Wikipedia, revision of 2025-09-02
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