Yorkshire on Sunday 28 January 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 28 January 1069: In the first major northern battle after Hastings, Tynesiders slaughter a Norman army at Durham, whereupon William the Conqueror ravages the north
- 28 January 1847: Edward Stillingfleet recounts finding a “British” chariot burial during excavation of 100 Iron Age tumuli at Arras and Hessleskew on the Wolds 30 years ago
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 07:52-16:35, zenith 12:14
- Moon: set 09:19 rise 19:36, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 07:57-16:40, zenith 12:19
- Moon: set 09:24 rise 19:41, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 07:59-16:36, zenith 12:17
- Moon: set 09:25 rise 19:38, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 07:55-16:41, zenith 12:18
- Moon: set 09:23 rise 19:42, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 07:56-16:38, zenith 12:17
- Moon: set 09:23 rise 19:39, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Septuagesima Sunday
Please check data before setting forth.
Search
Donate
Music & books
The Headingley Gallimaufrians: a choir of the weird and wonderful.
Music from and about Yorkshire by Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder.
RSS feed
Bluesky
Extwitter