Yorkshire on Tuesday 28 July 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 28 July 1348: Archbishop Zouche writes from Cawood Palace to York ordering action against a great pestilence threatening England – the Black Death
- 28 July 1809: The Napoleonic career of Richard Beckett of the Coldstream Guards, Meanwood (Leeds), and the MCC, who fell today at Talavera (Toledo)
- 28 July 1887: “Local and Leeds cattle smallholders are abusing the (feudal) right to pasturage in Pontefract Park”
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:07-21:08, zenith 13:07
- Moon: set 03:14 rise 21:01, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:12-21:13, zenith 13:12
- Moon: set 03:19 rise 21:07, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:07-21:15, zenith 13:11
- Moon: set 03:11 rise 21:10, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:13-21:11, zenith 13:12
- Moon: set 03:22 rise 21:04, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:09-21:12, zenith 13:10
- Moon: set 03:16 rise 21:06, waxing gibbous
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