Yorkshire on Monday 17 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 17 August 1561: William Strickland arrives at Flamborough and interviews witnesses of the northerly passage along the coast of Mary, Queen of Scots
- 17 August 1618: Walking from London to Edinburgh, Ben Jonson drives a parson and an innkeeper into an alcoholic frenzy at Tollerton (York),
- 17 August 1778: Civil engineers John Smeaton and John Wooler explain how to use the River Hull to flush the dock which has replaced the northwest section of the city walls
- 17 August 1821: Two slugicidal hedgehogs arrive by mail coach at Anne Lister’s in Halifax, sent by her lover in Market Weighton
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:42-20:28, zenith 13:05
- Moon: rise 11:58 set 21:29, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:46-20:33, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 12:04 set 21:34, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:42-20:35, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 12:05 set 21:30, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:47-20:32, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 12:02 set 21:35, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:44-20:32, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 12:02 set 21:31, waxing crescent
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