Yorkshire on Monday 12 August 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 12 August 1439: Joan Cantcliffe, widow, buys a pension and a lifetime lease on a basement flat in the hall of the Mistry of Mercers, York
- 12 August 1772: Writing to George Selwyn, Horace Walpole contemplates a living death at Castle Howard
- 12 August 1866: William Allison (15) goes grouse shooting for the first time, on Saltergate Moor (Pickering)
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 05:34-20:38, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 14:47 set 22:38, first quarter
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:38-20:43, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 14:52 set 22:42, first quarter
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:34-20:45, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 14:56 set 22:36, first quarter
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:39-20:41, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 14:50 set 22:44, first quarter
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:36-20:42, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 14:51 set 22:40, first quarter
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ! Glorious Twelth – start of the (red grouse) shooting season
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