Yorkshire on Monday 19 January 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 19 January 1831: Mary Taylor sees her later friend Charlotte Brontë (14) join her at Roe Head School, Mirfield (Kirklees)
- 19 January 1884: Harry England explains in the Yorkshire Weekly Press why the people of the town are known as Leeds Loiners
- 19 January 1905: A accident in fog on the Midland Railway between Leeds and Sheffield highlights the need for better communications technology
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:03-16:20, zenith 12:12
- Moon: rise 08:53 set 16:55, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:08-16:24, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 08:59 set 16:59, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:11-16:19, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 09:02 set 16:54, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:06-16:26, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 08:56 set 17:01, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:07-16:22, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 08:58 set 16:57, waxing crescent
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