Yorkshire on Thursday 25 September 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 25 September 1066: The Stamford Bridge massacre by Harold Godwinson’s army of Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson’s force symbolises the end of the Viking Age
- 25 September 1705: Daniel Defoe is amazed by Leeds’s outdoor cloth market on Briggate, shortly before the opening of the white cloth hall
- 25 September 1779: The Rev. William Whytehead writes from Hornsea to his cousin four miles away with news of the Battle of Flamborough Head
- 25 September 1880: Thomas Harper reveals to the Leeds Mercury’s young readers a mnemonic song of monarchs (except Oliver) used in the village school at Weldrake (York) in the 1770s
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:51-18:54, zenith 12:52
- Moon: rise 11:16 set 19:25, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:56-18:59, zenith 12:57
- Moon: rise 11:21 set 19:30, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:54-18:58, zenith 12:56
- Moon: rise 11:24 set 19:24, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:55-18:59, zenith 12:57
- Moon: rise 11:19 set 19:32, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:54-18:57, zenith 12:55
- Moon: rise 11:20 set 19:27, waxing crescent
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