Yorkshire on Sunday 3 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 3 May 1343: Short of cash for his French wars, Edward III asks what the effect on his rental income will be of January storms and coastal erosion at Ravenser Odd (Holderness)
- 3 May 1641: On the day of the discovery of the True Cross, Driffield folk start moving their livestock out of town to high summer pasture, endangering crops
- 3 May 1804: Settlement of an absurdly modest legal bill from Joseph Bentley of Bradford
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:19-20:37, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 05:22 rise 23:29, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:23-20:42, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 05:26 rise 23:34, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:19-20:44, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 05:19 rise 23:40, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:25-20:40, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 05:29 rise 23:31, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:21-20:40, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 05:23 rise 23:34, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Invention of the True Cross by Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, acclaimed emperor at York – associated with the transhumance of flocks up to summer pasture. Proverbs: If dry be the buck’s horn on Holyrood morn,/ ‘Tis worth a kist of gold;/ But if wet be seen ere Holyrood e’en,/ Bad harvest is foretold (Swainson 1873).
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