Yorkshire on Monday 5 May 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 5 May 1546: Sir Henry Savile invites William Plumpton to a cockfight at Sheffield between Derbyshire, Lancashire and … Hallamshire
- 5 May 1601: Margaret Hoby of Hackness (Scarborough) spends the day praising the Creator and pondering one of His creations
- 5 May 1732: William Lindley of Dodworth recalls how charcoal burners would cheat coal merchants at the time of the Restoration
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:14-20:41, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 03:26 rise 12:36, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:19-20:46, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 03:31 rise 12:41, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:15-20:48, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 03:33 rise 12:36, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:20-20:44, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 03:29 rise 12:42, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:16-20:45, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 03:30 rise 12:38, waxing gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ☆ Early May bank holiday – statutory substitute for May Day
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