Yorkshire on Wednesday 27 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 27 May 1576: The Elizabethan Ecclesiastical Commission at York prohibits performance of a Corpus Christi play at Wakefield
- 27 May 1730: John Hobson writes off two thirds of a £48 debt because the debtor has fled to Crayke (Easingwold) in the Liberty of Durham
- 27 May 1746: Advertisement for a cockfight featuring 86 roosters at Pocklington (East Riding)
- 27 May 1776: Samuel Hick, apprentice blacksmith, overcomes his pacifist leanings to rescue the Wesleyan Richard Burdsall from an Anglican assailant at York
- 27 May 1849: Scarborough on the last evening of Anne Brontë’s life, as told by Ellen Nussey
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:40-21:16, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 02:46 rise 17:28, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:44-21:22, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 02:51 rise 17:33, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:38-21:25, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 02:48 rise 17:34, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:46-21:19, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 02:51 rise 17:32, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:41-21:21, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 02:48 rise 17:32, waxing gibbous
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