Yorkshire on Sunday 19 January 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 19 January 1831: Charlotte Brontë (14) starts at Roe Head School, Mirfield (Kirklees), witnessed by her later friend Mary Taylor
- 19 January 1884: Harry England explains in the Yorkshire Weekly Press why the people of the town are known as Leeds Loiners
- 19 January 1905: A accident in fog on the Midland Railway between Leeds and Sheffield highlights the need for better communications technology
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 08:03-16:20, zenith 12:12
- Moon: set 10:07 rise 23:04, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 08:08-16:25, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 10:11 rise 23:09, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 08:11-16:20, zenith 12:15
- Moon: set 10:10 rise 23:08, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 08:06-16:26, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 10:11 rise 23:08, waning gibbous
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 08:07-16:22, zenith 12:15
- Moon: set 10:09 rise 23:07, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
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