Yorkshire on Monday 16 September 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 16 September 1641: Henry Best of Elmswell (Driffield) begins to harvest peas, and describes the technique required
- 16 September 1821: The Rev Sydney Smith tells Lady Grey how the harvest was saved at Foston (Ryedale)
- 16 September 1858: Augustus Duncombe, dean of York, reopens St Helen’s, Stonegate, York, following a thoroughly Victorian restoration
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 06:35-19:16, zenith 12:56
- Moon: set 03:41 rise 18:58, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 06:40-19:21, zenith 13:00
- Moon: set 03:46 rise 19:03, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 06:38-19:20, zenith 12:59
- Moon: set 03:42 rise 19:04, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 06:40-19:20, zenith 13:00
- Moon: set 03:48 rise 19:02, waxing gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 06:38-19:19, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 03:44 rise 19:02, waxing gibbous
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