Yorkshire on Wednesday 7 January 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 7 January 1397: On the longest of the 42 days of his carnivalesque reign, boy-bishop John de Cave of York goes on a 200-mile begging spree
- 7 January 1813: In a novelisation of the Luddite murder of Marsden textile manufacturer William Horsfall, a local Baptist minister, Abraham Webster, reports on his execution-eve visit to George Mellor in York Castle
- 7 January 1974: During his trial the Pontefract architect John Poulson doubts whether entertaining (West Riding) public servants constituted corruption
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:14-16:00, zenith 12:07
- Moon: set 10:21 rise 21:32, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:19-16:05, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 10:26 rise 21:37, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:22-16:00, zenith 12:11
- Moon: set 10:26 rise 21:34, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:16-16:07, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 10:25 rise 21:37, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:18-16:02, zenith 12:10
- Moon: set 10:25 rise 21:35, waning gibbous
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