Yorkshire on Sunday 22 February 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 22 February 1865: Rioters besiege the Park Square, Leeds, home of surgeon and magistrate Henry Chorley, on the release from Armley Gaol of his dripping-thief cook Eliza Stafford
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:03-17:26, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 08:17, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:08-17:31, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 08:22, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:08-17:28, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 08:18, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:06-17:31, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 08:23, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:06-17:29, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 08:20, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Feast of the Peter’s Chair – for some the start of spring.
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