Yorkshire on Saturday 14 March 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 14 March 1573: Archbishop Grindal intercedes on behalf of the commoners of Sutton-on-the-Forest (north of York) against enclosure of part of the royal Forest of Galtres
- 14 March 1655: Mary Sharp of Little Horton, Bradford, writes to her son Sam at Cambridge, in the year preceding his death, of his “misery by nature”
- 14 March 1670: The itinerant Presbyterian, Oliver Heywood, is arrested for preaching in a private house at Little Woodhouse, Leeds
- 14 March 1787: Death of Levi Whitehead, centenarian walker and runner of Bramham, near Wetherby
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:16-18:04, zenith 12:10
- Moon: rise 05:01 set 12:08, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:21-18:09, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 05:06 set 12:13, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:20-18:08, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 05:11 set 12:06, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:20-18:09, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 05:03 set 12:15, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:19-18:07, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 05:06 set 12:10, waning crescent
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