Yorkshire Almanac 2026

Yorkshire On This Day, Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire on Wednesday 29 July 2026 »

Then!

Yorkshire in history:

Now!

Hull, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:09-21:06, zenith 13:07
  • Moon: set 04:30 rise 21:19, full (grain) moon

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:13-21:11, zenith 13:12
  • Moon: set 04:35 rise 21:24, full (grain) moon

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:08-21:14, zenith 13:11
  • Moon: set 04:29 rise 21:27, full (grain) moon

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:15-21:09, zenith 13:12
  • Moon: set 04:37 rise 21:22, full (grain) moon

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:11-21:10, zenith 13:10
  • Moon: set 04:32 rise 21:23, full (grain) moon

Red-letter days and other special events:

    Proverbs: Blest be the day when Christ was born,/ We’ve getten mell [the last sheaf] of [X’s] corn,/ Well bun [bound] and better shorn./ Huzza, huzza, huzza! (Henderson 1866).

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