Yorkshire on Monday 28 December 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 28 December 1642: Four months into the Civil War, the Puritan John Shawe of Rotherham preaches iconoclasm at St. Mary’s, Beverley
- 28 December 1872: The tower of St Peter’s, Earlsheaton (Dewsbury), rings a true peal of Kent treble bob major (16,608 changes) in 9 hours 50 minutes, setting a new national record
- 28 December 1886: James Lonsdale Broderick (45) makes his final journey, from Hawes over Buttertubs Pass to a grave above the family farm near Crackpot (Swaledale)
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:16-15:49, zenith 12:02
- Moon: set 10:48 rise 22:06, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:21-15:53, zenith 12:07
- Moon: set 10:53 rise 22:11, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:24-15:47, zenith 12:06
- Moon: set 10:53 rise 22:09, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:19-15:55, zenith 12:07
- Moon: set 10:52 rise 22:11, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:20-15:50, zenith 12:05
- Moon: set 10:51 rise 22:09, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Massacre of the Innocents.
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