Yorkshire on Monday 27 July 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 27 July 1612: Jennet Preston, the only Yorkshirewoman among the Pendle witches, is found guilty at York of the murder of Thomas Lister of Westby Hall, Gisburn (Ribble Valley)
- 27 July 1822: An inquest at York finds that John Furnel of the Queen’s Regiment of Foot died of flogging and resulting illness
- 27 July 1858: Walter White arrives at Batley
- 27 July 1892: The Rev Lower Carter leads members of Leeds Geological Association from Hyde Park Corner on a tour of Rowley and Co’s quarries in Meanwood Valley
- 27 July 1976: Fast bowler Wayne Daniel on being serenaded by fans following the West Indies’ Test series victory over England today at Headingley
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:05-21:09, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 02:05 rise 20:36, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:10-21:14, zenith 13:12
- Moon: set 02:09 rise 20:42, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:05-21:17, zenith 13:11
- Moon: set 02:01 rise 20:47, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:12-21:12, zenith 13:12
- Moon: set 02:13 rise 20:38, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:07-21:13, zenith 13:10
- Moon: set 02:06 rise 20:41, waxing gibbous
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