Yorkshire on Sunday 16 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 16 August 1819: James Lees of Saddleworth (West Riding) attends a public meeting in favour of male suffrage at St Peter’s Square, Manchester – Peterloo
- 16 August 1842: Lancastrian plug-drawing rioters invade Skipton in an attempt to halt the mills
- 16 August 1845: The York Herald is conned into posting the American actor Ira Aldridge’s sensational account of his own death
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:40-20:31, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 10:37 set 21:19, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:44-20:36, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 10:43 set 21:23, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:41-20:37, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 10:43 set 21:20, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:45-20:34, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 10:42 set 21:24, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:42-20:34, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 10:41 set 21:21, waxing crescent
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