Yorkshire on Thursday 22 August 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 22 August 1138: King David of Scotland is overtaken near Northallerton by a furious local army in possession of a great standard: a Victorian view
- 22 August 1572: The head of Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland and leader of the Catholic Rising of the North, is impaled on Micklegate Bar, York, where it stays for two years
- 22 August 1596: A lewd church parade at Cawthorne, Barnsley
- 22 August 1853: Leeds retailers agree to early closing – eight o’clock in summer and seven in winter
- 22 August 1876: The Sheffield Independent publishes a letter condemning “the blackguardism of the streets”
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 05:51-20:16, zenith 13:04
- Moon: set 09:30 rise 21:12, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:56-20:21, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 09:35 rise 21:17, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:53-20:22, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 09:34 rise 21:15, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:57-20:20, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 09:34 rise 21:17, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:54-20:20, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 09:33 rise 21:15, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Symphorian – children, eye problems, syphilis, for some the start of autumn
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