While surfing through some old journals, I happened across this claim in The Observatory about a supposed meteorite fall near Salisbury on Dec 1 1848 -
I don't see it mentioned in the 19th C page, even among the doubtful falls -
http://www.meteoritehistory.info/UKIRELAND/C19.HTM
Could be a red herring, but on account of the claim appearing in a reputable journal I thought it was worth drawing attention to.
Finbarr.