Yorkshire on Saturday 3 January 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 3 January 1638: On the eve of the civil war, Henry Slingsby witnesses Royalist cavalry exercising near Wetherby on Bramham Moor, scene of the defeat of the Percy Rebellion in 1408
- 3 January 1647: “H.M.” arrives at York with 36 carts containing £200,000, the first half of the sum paid to the Scots for custody of Charles I and to persuade their army to go home
- 3 January 1820: Following Peterloo, the Rev Sydney Smith (Foston, Ryedale) tell the Whig Edward Davenport that literacy and the populist press make parliamentary reform inevitable
- 3 January 1915: Ex-prime minister Asquith on the Yorkshireness of his then chief whip, Percy Illingworth (Bradford), who died this day of typhoid
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:15-15:55, zenith 12:05
- Moon: set 09:01 rise 15:32, full moon (moon after Yule)
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:21-16:00, zenith 12:10
- Moon: set 09:07 rise 15:36, full moon (moon after Yule)
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:24-15:54, zenith 12:09
- Moon: set 09:12 rise 15:28, full moon (moon after Yule)
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:18-16:02, zenith 12:10
- Moon: set 09:03 rise 15:39, full moon (moon after Yule)
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:20-15:57, zenith 12:08
- Moon: set 09:06 rise 15:33, full moon (moon after Yule)
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