Yorkshire on Monday 15 December 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 15 December 1824: Joseph Aspdin, bricklayer of Hunslet (Leeds), submits the process description for his patent for “artificial stone,” which he calls “Portland cement”
- 15 December 1846: Charlotte Brontë tells Ellen Nussey of cold, boredom and debts at Haworth
- 15 December 1888: Frank Kidson longs for Leeds’ musical Christmasses past
- 15 December 1888: Leeds’s most popular wassailing song, according to Frank Kidson
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:10-15:42, zenith 11:56
- Moon: rise 03:37 set 12:49, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:15-15:47, zenith 12:01
- Moon: rise 03:42 set 12:54, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:18-15:41, zenith 12:00
- Moon: rise 03:44 set 12:49, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:12-15:49, zenith 12:01
- Moon: rise 03:40 set 12:55, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:14-15:44, zenith 11:59
- Moon: rise 03:41 set 12:51, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ First day of Hanukkah
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