Yorkshire on Thursday 21 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 21 May 1108: Archbishop Gerald of York dies reading Roman astrology
- 21 May 1641: Six corn-wains from villages east of Driffield pass slowly through Elmswell on their way to Malton
- 21 May 1643: Thomas Fairfax takes two “true prisoners” at Wakefield, but is then surrounded by their comrades
- 21 May 1785: Aged 15, William Butterworth of Leeds runs away to sea and joins a slaver
- 21 May 1809: Painter Joseph Farington hears an anecdote of York architect John Carr’s 1760s Palladian conversion of Constable Burton Hall, Leyburn
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:47-21:07, zenith 12:57
- Moon: set 01:35 rise 09:18, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:52-21:13, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 01:41 rise 09:23, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:47-21:16, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 01:44 rise 09:16, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:54-21:10, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 01:38 rise 09:25, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:49-21:12, zenith 13:00
- Moon: set 01:40 rise 09:20, waxing crescent
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