Yorkshire Almanac 2026

Yorkshire On This Day, Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire on Sunday 22 March 2026 »

Then!

Yorkshire in history:

Proverbially:

Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:56-18:19, zenith 12:08
  • Moon: rise 06:41 set 23:52, waxing crescent

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:01-18:24, zenith 12:13
  • Moon: rise 06:46 set 23:58, waxing crescent

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:59-18:23, zenith 12:11
  • Moon: rise 06:40, waxing crescent

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:01-18:24, zenith 12:12
  • Moon: rise 06:47 set 23:54, waxing crescent

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:59-18:22, zenith 12:11
  • Moon: rise 06:43 set 23:57, waxing crescent

Red-letter days and other special events:

    Religion: Passion Sunday – start of Passiontide. Customs: Carlin Sunday – grey peas softened in water and fried with pepper, salt and butter (Bedell 1847).

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Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.

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