Yorkshire on Thursday 20 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 20 August 1852: Leeds unveils a statue modelled by someone believed to resemble Robert Peel (RIP)
- 20 August 1915: The final letter to his father of Private Charles Langrick, 1st/5th Bn., The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment
- 20 August 1919: Two months after the Treaty of Versailles, the Daily News reports the arrival in a Sheffield garden of a balloon released by German POWs in Skipton
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:47-20:22, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 15:53 set 22:25, first quarter
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:52-20:27, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 15:59 set 22:30, first quarter
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:48-20:28, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 16:04 set 22:22, first quarter
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:52-20:25, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 15:55 set 22:33, first quarter
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:49-20:25, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 15:58 set 22:27, first quarter
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- Religion: Oswine of Deira.
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