Yorkshire on Monday 25 August 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 25 August 1662: Following Charles II’s purge of Presbyterian ministers, Roundhead Captain John Hodgson of Coley Hall (Halifax) is again harassed as a suspected plotter
- 25 August 1840: Debating the teetotal vegetarian Frederic Lees at Rotherham, the Wesleyan James Bromley calls the pledge unchristian, and “alcohol-free” wine undrinkable
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:56-20:10, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 08:29 set 20:38, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:01-20:15, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 08:34 set 20:43, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:58-20:15, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 08:33 set 20:42, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:01-20:13, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 08:34 set 20:43, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:59-20:13, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 08:32 set 20:41, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ! Summer bank holiday – a “St Lubbock’s Day” proposed by the eponymous legislator in 1871, which facilitated seaside holidays
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