Yorkshire on Monday 10 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 10 August 1756: Leeds “gentlemen” burn an effigy of Admiral John Byng, scapegoat for the Whig government’s failure to save Minorca (and the Mediterranean theatre) from the French during the Seven Years’ War
- 10 August 1766: John Wesley crowd-counts 20,000 at Daw Green, Dewsbury
- 10 August 1870: The foundation stone of Bradford Town Hall is laid today, but not by ex-mayor Edward West, godfather of the project
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:29-20:43, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 01:39 set 19:56, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:34-20:48, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 01:43 set 20:01, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:30-20:50, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 01:35 set 20:05, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:35-20:46, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 01:47 set 19:58, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:31-20:47, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 01:40 set 20:00, waning crescent
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