Yorkshire on Monday 12 October 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 12 October 0633: Edwin of Northumbria is killed and his army defeated by Gwynedd and Mercia at Hatfield Chase near Doncaster
- 12 October 0709: St Wilfrid of York’s soul departs with the birds at Oundle (Northants)
- 12 October 1659: With political turmoil elsewhere, gunfire celebrating the ceremonial demarcation of Hull’s bounds is heard as “a strange and very wonderful thing”
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:21-18:13, zenith 12:47
- Moon: rise 09:53 set 18:10, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:26-18:18, zenith 12:52
- Moon: rise 09:58 set 18:14, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:26-18:16, zenith 12:51
- Moon: rise 10:00 set 18:09, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:25-18:19, zenith 12:52
- Moon: rise 09:56 set 18:16, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:24-18:16, zenith 12:50
- Moon: rise 09:57 set 18:12, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Edwin of Northumbria – tramps, kings, parents of large families; Wilfrid of Northumbria – successful advocate for the Roman Easter date at the Synod of Whitby.
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