Yorkshire on Saturday 18 October 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 18 October 1765: Court-appointed experts order alum producers Samuel Howlett and John Mathews of Iburndale, Sleights, to clean up Whitby harbour and the Esk
- 18 October 1835: A Keighley churchwarden and constable drag one Mr Aken, a local bookseller and printer, into Sunday service
- 18 October 1966: The charter converting the Bradford Institute of Technology into the University of Bradford defines its secondary object as “the application of knowledge to human welfare”
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:33-17:59, zenith 12:46
- Moon: rise 04:00 set 16:58, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:38-18:04, zenith 12:51
- Moon: rise 04:05 set 17:03, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:38-18:01, zenith 12:50
- Moon: rise 04:02 set 17:02, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:37-18:04, zenith 12:50
- Moon: rise 04:05 set 17:03, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:36-18:02, zenith 12:49
- Moon: rise 04:02 set 17:01, waning crescent
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