Yorkshire on Tuesday 2 June 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 2 June 1755: John Wesley ponders the cause of the huge landslip (“like many cannons, or loud and rolling thunder”) of 25 March at Whitestone Cliff (Hambleton Hills)
- 2 June 1867: Dr Clifford Allbutt tells the Epidemiological Society that the market will not provide decent housing for Leeds’s poorest
- 2 June 1917: Olive Mallet and her lover Alfred Gorham are charged with falsely claiming benefits for poisoning she suffered at Barnbow munitions factory (Leeds)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:34-21:24, zenith 12:59
- Moon: set 05:20, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:38-21:29, zenith 13:04
- Moon: set 05:24, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:32-21:33, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 05:16, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:40-21:26, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 05:28, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:35-21:28, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 05:21, waning gibbous
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