Yorkshire on Wednesday 10 June 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 10 June 1715: Following the accession of the Hanoverian George I, Tories ring the bells of Leeds church on the birthday of his Jacobite rival, the Old Pretender, currently plotting a comeback
- 10 June 1846: John Richard Walbran begins an antiquarian excavation of the Neolithic henge on Hutton Moor, Dishforth (Ripon)
- 10 June 1882: A satirical London magazine congratulates the Yorkshire Tannery and Boot Manufactory on its embrace of meritocracy
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:29-21:32, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 01:43 set 15:38, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:33-21:37, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 01:47 set 15:43, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:27-21:41, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 01:45 set 15:44, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:35-21:34, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 01:48 set 15:42, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:30-21:36, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 01:45 set 15:42, waning crescent
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