Yorkshire on Tuesday 13 October 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 October 1769: The poet Thomas Gray walks from Malham (“Maum”) to Gordale Scar and is horrified at the sight
- 13 October 1855: The Mercury publishes a letter from a chemist claiming that Leeds’s bakers adulterate their bread with a poisonous whitener
- 13 October 1863: After a long and acrimonious strike, Henry Briggs, co-owner of Methley Junction Colliery, receives a letter
- 13 October 1967: Barbara Castle visits the M62 construction site and ponders regional development via road-building
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:23-18:11, zenith 12:47
- Moon: rise 11:13 set 18:29, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:28-18:16, zenith 12:52
- Moon: rise 11:18 set 18:34, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:28-18:14, zenith 12:51
- Moon: rise 11:22 set 18:27, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:27-18:16, zenith 12:52
- Moon: rise 11:15 set 18:36, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:26-18:14, zenith 12:50
- Moon: rise 11:17 set 18:31, waxing crescent
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