Yorkshire on Wednesday 11 March 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 11 March 1730: News that John Barber, heir to Gawbert Hall (Lightcliffe), has married a servant
- 11 March 1864: An inhabitant of Bacon Island survives the Great Sheffield Flood
- 11 March 1879: Calling for magistrates to lose their jurisdiction over pub licences, the teetotaller Wilfrid Lawson suggests that Tory Radical William St James Wheelhouse serves the Yorkshire Brewers’ Association
- 11 March 1974: Bradford councillor and would-be property developer John Foers denies trying to “Poulson” Gary Rawnsley, chair of the planning committee
- 11 March 2020: Abigail Marshall Katung, Labour councillor and future Lord Mayor of Leeds, explains to the National Crime Agency how in 2015 she obtained a £360,000 house deposit from Nigeria
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:23-17:59, zenith 12:11
- Moon: rise 02:58 set 08:52, last quarter
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:28-18:03, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 03:03 set 08:57, last quarter
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:27-18:02, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 03:10 set 08:47, last quarter
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:27-18:03, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 02:59 set 09:00, last quarter
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:26-18:02, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 03:03 set 08:53, last quarter
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