Appley Bridge meteorite

{{short description|Meteorite that hit ground in 1914}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

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|Name = Appley Bridge meteorite

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|Type = Ordinary chondrite

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|Group = LL6

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|Country = England

|Region = Appley Bridge, Lancashire

|Lat_Long = {{coord|53|35|N|2|43|W|display=inline,title}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=2318 |title=Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Appley Bridge |publisher=The Meteoritical Society |date=26 January 2019 |access-date=30 January 2019}}

|Observed_fall = Yes

|Fall_date = 13 October 1914

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|TKW = {{convert|33|lbs|kg}}

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The Appley Bridge meteorite is a meteorite that hit ground at Halliwell Farm in Appley Bridge, Lancashire, England at around 8:45 PM on Tuesday, 13 October 1914.{{cite web|url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=2318 |title=Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for Appley Bridge |publisher=Lpi.usra.edu |access-date=2012-03-04}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bimsociety.org/bim1.shtml|title=British and Irish Meteorite Society|author=Matthew Smith|publisher=Lpi.usra.edu|access-date=22 January 2015}}{{cite web|title=The Appley Bridge Meteorite Fall|url=http://steveswikisite.wikispaces.com/file/view/LAS%20eNewsletter%20for%20December%202014.pdf/532066164/LAS%20eNewsletter%20for%20December%202014.pdf|website=Liverpool Astronomical Society Monthly Newsletter|author=Phil Williams|date=December 2014|pages=11–12|access-date=2015-12-20}}

After local residents saw a bolide, the meteorite was subsequently found in a farmer's field in the village the following day. It was {{convert|18|in}} below the surface of the field, with the appearance of burnt iron, and weighed almost {{convert|33|lb}}.

An article in Scientific News (No. 2588, 30 October 1914) stated "a small fragment which had been detached from the larger mass was put on view in a shop-window at Appley Bridge."

A collection of letters, memoranda, and news-cuttings pertaining to the meteorite is held by the Natural History Museum Archives in London.{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C8675221|title=Appley Bridge meteorite, England: letters, memoranda and newscuttings|publisher=nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=22 January 2015}} In 2011, a fragment weighing less than an ounce and mounted in a one-inch plastic gem case was sold for £1,000 by auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh.{{Cite web |title=Lot 65 - Appley Bridge |url=https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/auction/lot/65-appley-bridge/?lot=99140&sd=1 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.lyonandturnbull.com |language=en}}