Yorkshire on Tuesday 3 March 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 3 March 1607: During a tithe case at Kirkbymoorside, George Hutton (82) recalls Roland Blyton hunting at Skiplam and Welburn before the Dissolution 70 years ago
- 3 March 1775: Edward Rookes Leedes sends miners to destroy new coal workings leased by Abraham Balmes to Nathan Jowett
- 3 March 1825: Children’s author Annie Keary is born at Bilton-in-Ainsty, to the alarm of sister Lucy (7), as she recalls 50 years later
- 3 March 1867: Robbed by a young Leeds prostitute, the elderly captain of a Goole boat keeps his shirt on
- 3 March 1913: Winifred Stansfield is born unable to suckle at Balby (Doncaster)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:42-17:43, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 06:45 rise 17:59, full (lenten) moon
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:47-17:48, zenith 12:18
- Moon: set 06:50 rise 18:04, full (lenten) moon
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:47-17:46, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 06:50 rise 18:02, full (lenten) moon
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:46-17:48, zenith 12:17
- Moon: set 06:49 rise 18:04, full (lenten) moon
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:45-17:46, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 06:48 rise 18:02, full (lenten) moon
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