Yorkshire on Sunday 1 November 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 November 1530: Dining at Cawood on All Hallows’ Day, Thomas Wolsey, Henry VIII’s ex-Lord Chancellor, receives divine warning that his time is nigh
- 1 November 1643: Sam Priestley of Soyland (22) saves a Royalist enemy from drowning in Hebden Water at the Battle of Heptonstall, and himself dies later of pneumonia
- 1 November 1664: News of the Tadcaster boy-giant
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:59-16:30, zenith 11:44
- Moon: set 13:54 rise 22:19, last quarter
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:04-16:35, zenith 11:49
- Moon: set 14:00 rise 22:24, last quarter
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:05-16:31, zenith 11:48
- Moon: set 14:02 rise 22:19, last quarter
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:02-16:35, zenith 11:49
- Moon: set 13:57 rise 22:25, last quarter
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:03-16:32, zenith 11:47
- Moon: set 13:58 rise 22:21, last quarter
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: All Saints’ Day; Start of Diwali – victory of light over darkness.
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