Yorkshire on Sunday 8 March 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 8 March 1768: William Evers, engineer-inventor at Swillington (Leeds), advertises his new machine: a windmill for the threshing and grinding of grain
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:30-17:53, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 07:33, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:35-17:58, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 07:38, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:34-17:56, zenith 12:15
- Moon: set 07:32, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:34-17:58, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 07:39, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:33-17:56, zenith 12:15
- Moon: set 07:35, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Customs: Yorkshire regional brass band championships (Huddersfield); International Women’s Day.
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