Yorkshire on Saturday 23 August 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 23 August 1681: John Heywood’s is ordained at John Hey’s in Craven
- 23 August 1837: Robert Gibson, fishmonger of Queen Street, Hull, is beggared by his Liberal landlord for favouring the Conservatives in the general election, says the (Tory) Hull Packet
- 23 August 1933: John Betjeman witnesses the opening of the Leeds Civic Hall
Proverbially:
New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:53-20:14, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 05:51 set 20:23, new moon
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:57-20:19, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 05:56 set 20:28, new moon
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:54-20:20, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 05:52 set 20:28, new moon
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:58-20:18, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 05:57 set 20:27, new moon
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:55-20:18, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 05:53 set 20:26, new moon
Red-letter days and other special events:
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