Yorkshire on Saturday 22 August 2026
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”
- 22 August 1896: A Leeds GP suggests that mysterious cases of diphtheria in Meanwood may be caused by its market gardens
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:50-20:17, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 17:57 set 23:54, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:55-20:22, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 18:02 set 23:58, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:52-20:23, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 18:08 set 23:49, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:56-20:21, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 17:58, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:53-20:21, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 18:02 set 23:55, waxing gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Symphorian – children, eye problems, syphilis, for some the start of autumn.
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