Yorkshire on Saturday 24 January 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 January 1680: Miners rob, murder and burn a pit-owning nonconformist minister and his mother and maid at Beeston (Leeds)
- 24 January 1805: Painter Joseph Farington hears how Julius Cæsar Ibbetson left his (Cæsarean) birthplace of Farnley Moor (Leeds) to pursue a career in art in Hull
- 24 January 1826: Samuel Hick, blacksmith and Methodist preacher of Micklefield (Leeds), writes to his “dear bosom frend and beloved wife” and daughter Jan
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:57-16:29, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 09:46 set 23:50, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:02-16:34, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 09:51 set 23:55, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:04-16:29, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 09:49 set 23:56, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:00-16:35, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 09:51 set 23:54, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:01-16:31, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 09:49 set 23:54, waxing crescent
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