Yorkshire on Monday 2 March 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 2 March 1665: A sighting of the northern lights at Northowram (Halifax) recalls the eve of the civil war
- 2 March 1797: Tombstone epitaph for George Wilkinson, village crier of Ecclesfield (Sheffield), who died today aged 94
- 2 March 1830: Leeds Corporation prosecutes its own waste contractors, Messrs Kelly, and a Woodhouse Moor landowner, who have been fly-tipping fæces
- 2 March 1867: Anthony Cogan, the (Irish?) keeper of a lodging house, nine pigs, and a donkey, appears before Leeds magistrates, despite the efforts of the Pig Protection Society
- 2 March 1867: Zachariah Barton, “a tall, sanctified-looking man,” appears before Driffield magistrates for “expounding the gospel”
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:44-17:41, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 06:35 rise 16:35, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:49-17:46, zenith 12:18
- Moon: set 06:40 rise 16:40, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:49-17:44, zenith 12:17
- Moon: set 06:41 rise 16:37, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:48-17:46, zenith 12:17
- Moon: set 06:38 rise 16:41, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:48-17:44, zenith 12:16
- Moon: set 06:38 rise 16:38, waxing gibbous
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- Religion: Chad of Mercia.
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