Yorkshire on Thursday 27 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 27 August 1673: John Holden fatally mugs his wife at Lightcliffe (Calderdale), but witnesses are fearful, and the jury sees only manslaughter
- 27 August 1754: The (Tory) Leeds Intelligencer calls on Holbeckers to accept the appointment by Samuel Kirshaw, Vicar of Leeds, of a new curate, Richard Fawcett Snr, to St Catherine’s Chapel
- 27 August 1801: The London painter Joseph Farington reconnoitres Leeds’s public cultural facilities
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:59-20:06, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 04:52 rise 19:51, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:04-20:11, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 04:57 rise 19:56, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:01-20:11, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 04:53 rise 19:56, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:05-20:09, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 04:58 rise 19:54, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:02-20:09, zenith 13:05
- Moon: set 04:55 rise 19:54, waxing gibbous
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