Yorkshire Almanac 2026

Yorkshire On This Day, Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire on Monday 6 April 2026 »

Then!

Yorkshire in history:

Proverbially:

Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:20-19:47, zenith 13:03
  • Moon: rise 00:31 set 07:17, waning gibbous

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:24-19:52, zenith 13:08
  • Moon: rise 00:36 set 07:22, waning gibbous

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:22-19:52, zenith 13:07
  • Moon: rise 00:41 set 07:14, waning gibbous

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:25-19:51, zenith 13:08
  • Moon: rise 00:33 set 07:25, waning gibbous

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:22-19:50, zenith 13:06
  • Moon: rise 00:36 set 07:19, waning gibbous

Red-letter days and other special events:

    Religion: Easter Monday. Customs: Gawthorpe Coal-Carrying Championships.

Entries for Easter Monday:

  • 23 April 1832: “Pilgrims” arrive at Leeds on Easter Monday on their way to York to hear Richard Oastler call for a 10-hour working day for mill children
  • 28 March 1692: On Easter Monday Francis Pemberton, Vicar of Bradford, sits all day in a Haworth pub, collecting his Easter dues, while Oliver Heywood preaches for next to nothing
  • 1 April 1641: Tips on bringing ewes and lambs to market in the East Riding today, Easter Monday

    Please check data before saddling your horse.

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    The Yorkshire Almanac is a day-by-day calendar, featuring modern happenings in the heavens and on earth and some 970 historical serendipities (775K words) from the last 2,000 years, quoted from 1,700 more-or-less contemporary accounts, and dealing with 6,972 subjects. Leeds’s Singing Organ-Grinder has been compiling, composing and coding the Yorkshire Almanac online at bedtime since 2021, and it's now also available in paperback. You can also book a performance with barrel organ of The Yorkshire Almanac Songbook.

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