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52°0'N, 1°7W Mixbury Oxfordshire, England
Fall 1725, July 3
Stone. Doubtful

A stone of 20lb (9.1kg) is said to have fallen, R.P. Greg (1860); T.M. Hall (1879)

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'Mixbury' - probably not a genuine meteorite

Coordinates: 52° 0' N / 1° 7' W

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July 3. 1725. at Mixbury, a storm of thunder and lightning began about half an hour past 1 in the afternoon, and lasted with intermissions for an hour. About 2, W. Hall, aged above 60, was found dead in a hard gravelly field, with 5 sheep which lay round at about 30 yards distance; but that only which lay nearest him had a visible wound, which was through the head, the ground being torn up near two yards round about it.
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