Yorkshire on Sunday 12 May 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 12 May 1687: Royal humour
- 12 May 1817: The transport of voters in the election of the registrar of deeds at Wakefield
- 12 May 1865: John Pick Allison, a Thirsk solicitor, writes to comfort his 14-year-old son William at Rugby School
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 05:01-20:53, zenith 12:57
- Moon: set 01:39 rise 07:46, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:06-20:59, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 01:45 rise 07:51, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:01-21:01, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 01:51 rise 07:42, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:07-20:56, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 01:41 rise 07:54, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:03-20:57, zenith 13:00
- Moon: set 01:44 rise 07:47, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
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