Yorkshire on Saturday 12 September 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 12 September 1680: Francis and Mary Huntrodes are buried together at St. Mary’s, Whitby with a poetic epitaph
- 12 September 1687: Installation of a bell at St Leonard’s, Thrybergh
- 12 September 1731: Edward Garner of Dodworth dies, perhaps the victim of his runaway horse
- 12 September 1856: Band-leader John Hope tells an inquest of the life and murder of his daughter, the dancer Jane Banham, by her ex-lover, a Mancunian tailor, at the Malt Mill Inn, Armley
- 12 September 1865: An unexpected gesture from Richard Scurr, watchmaker, at the Thirsk burial of John Pick Allison, solicitor
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:27-19:27, zenith 12:57
- Moon: rise 08:11 set 19:26, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:32-19:32, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 08:16 set 19:31, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:30-19:31, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 08:16 set 19:29, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:32-19:31, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 08:15 set 19:31, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:30-19:30, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 08:14 set 19:29, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Customs: Rosh Hashana (Jewish new year); St Leger Stakes, Doncaster – the last of the classics, and the end of the English summer. Markets: Headingley Farmers’ Market.
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