Yorkshire on Tuesday 28 April 2026
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: Luddites fatally wound the Marsden textile manufacturer William Horsfall on his way home from Huddersfield market
- 28 April 1843: Thomas Hardwick announces the sale by auction at the Star and Garter of the Kirkstall Brewery, following the death in bankruptcy of Thomas Walker
- 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
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:29-20:28, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 04:20 rise 17:05, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:34-20:33, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 04:25 rise 17:10, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:30-20:34, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 04:23 rise 17:09, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:35-20:31, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 04:24 rise 17:09, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:31-20:31, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 04:23 rise 17:08, waxing gibbous
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