Yorkshire on Sunday 23 February 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 23 February 1832: The son of the landlord of the Five Lions Inn, Walmgate, York is carried across the River Foss by a runaway Galloway pony
- 23 February 1863: The Rev Samuel Gray of Cundall tries to make school interesting for a nervous William Allison (12)
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:00-17:28, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 05:17 set 11:04, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:05-17:33, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 05:22 set 11:08, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:05-17:30, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 05:29 set 10:59, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:04-17:34, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 05:18 set 11:12, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:03-17:31, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 05:22 set 11:05, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Sexagesima Sunday – second Sunday before Ash Wednesday, part of Shrovetide
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