Yorkshire on Tuesday 17 February 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 17 February 1801: Recent international arrivals and departures at the port of Hull
- 17 February 1812: Leeds businessmen meeting at the magistrates court act against the authors of the first successful Luddite attack in Yorkshire, at the Oates, Wood, and Smithson works at Oatlands, Woodhouse Carr
Proverbially:
New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:14-17:16, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 07:28 set 17:21, new moon
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:19-17:21, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 07:33 set 17:27, new moon
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:19-17:18, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:34 set 17:23, new moon
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:17-17:21, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 07:31 set 17:27, new moon
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:17-17:19, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:31 set 17:24, new moon
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Shrove Tuesday. Customs: Chinese New Year of the Horse; Pancake Tuesday bells in Bingley, Richmond and Scarborough; Pancakes cooked in bacon fat from yesterday (Bedell 1847); Scarborough Shrovetide Skipping Festival. Proverbs: It’s unlucky ta go abaght borrain a fryinpan a pancake Tuesday (Rogers 1855).
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