Yorkshire on Thursday 9 July 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 9 July 1680: The Protestant Robert Bolron says that William Battley of Leeds lied in saying that Bolron had falsely accused the Catholic Sir Thomas Gascoigne of treason, and was fussy about almanacs
- 9 July 1849: Sarah Ann Haldren of Hoxton (London) meets her end at the home of her new husband, William Wilkinson Walley of Holbeck (Leeds)
- 9 July 1903: Clifford Allbutt, late of Leeds, tells a Bradford sanitary congress to reject the view that (preventive) medicine is antagonistic to the survival of the fittest
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:40-21:32, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 00:12 set 16:15, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:45-21:37, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 00:17 set 16:20, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:39-21:41, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 00:13 set 16:23, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:47-21:34, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 00:18 set 16:18, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:42-21:36, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 00:14 set 16:19, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Everilda – 7th century founder of a convent at Everingham (East Riding).
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