Yorkshire on Tuesday 1 April 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 April 1641: Henry Best of Elmswell (Driffield) weighs his wool for a purchaser from Beverley
- 1 April 1641: Tips on bringing ewes and lambs to market in the East Riding today, Easter Monday
- 1 April 1689: Miraculous extinction of a roof fire at Thrybergh Hall
- 1 April 1979: Amid motorway mania in Leeds, West Yorkshire Council will today unleash secret plans to link Chapeltown and Woodhouse with a ¼-mile suspension bridge across Meanwood Beck
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:31-19:38, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 07:19, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:36-19:43, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 07:23, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:34-19:43, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 07:17, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:36-19:42, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 07:25, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:34-19:41, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 07:20, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ! All Fools’ 🗩 [Note given to those sent on a fool’s errand:] On the first day of April,/ Hunt the gowk another mile (Hone 1826)
Please check data before saddling your horse.
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Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.
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