Yorkshire on Sunday 28 April 2024
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 28 April 1489: Yorkshire tax rebels kill Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, at South Kilvington (Thirsk), leading to a very expensive funeral at Beverley Minster
- 28 April 1730: John Hobson meets a nematicide at Woodall (Rotherham)
- 28 April 1747: John Wesley visits “the new house of the Germans” (the Moravians) at Pudsey, which is financed by overseas donations
- 28 April 1812: Methodist Luddites fatally wound the textile manufacturer William Horsfall on his way home from Huddersfield market
- 28 April 1866: On appeal in London, one Mr Clark is jailed for a second time for refusing to honour his employment contract with Unwin & Rogers, Sheffield cutlers
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 05:28-20:28, zenith 12:58
- Moon: rise 01:23 set 07:14, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:33-20:34, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 01:28 set 07:19, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:29-20:35, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 01:35 set 07:10, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:34-20:32, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 01:24 set 07:22, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:30-20:32, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 01:28 set 07:15, waning gibbous
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