Yorkshire on Wednesday 19 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 19 August 1641: Henry Best of Elmswell (Driffield) begins to harvest mixed grain, and gleaners wait in the wings
- 19 August 1728: An elderly gamekeeper at Pilley recalls the extrajudicial execution of a Dodworth man on the orders of young Sir Francis Wortley during the Civil War
- 19 August 1767: The will of James Bean of Aldbrough (Holderness), proved today, frees and provides for his ‘mulatto’ daughter Nancie on Jamaica
- 19 August 1817: An encounter with John Oates of Halifax, autodidact optician
- 19 August 1826: The Leeds Mercury responds to requests from readers for cricket reports
- 19 August 1849: The last bull-baiting at Lydgate Wakes, Saddleworth
- 19 August 1931: Lawrence Ennis of Dorman, Long & Co. of Middlesbrough, producer of steel and bridges, supervises closure of the arch on Sydney Harbour Bridge
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:45-20:24, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 14:37 set 22:00, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:50-20:29, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 14:43 set 22:05, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:46-20:30, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 14:46 set 21:58, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:51-20:27, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 14:40 set 22:07, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:47-20:28, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 14:42 set 22:02, waxing crescent
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