Yorkshire on Thursday 20 March 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 20 March 1649: Judge and Yorkshireman Francis Thorpe justifies to the grand jury at York the recent execution of Charles I
- 20 March 1695: Why there are more sheep than foxes
- 20 March 1755: Royal assent for the Whig government’s act prohibiting, among other things, on-street parking in Leeds
- 20 March 1840: A judge finds that Charles Brown (52) feigned deafness to try to evade the gallows for sexually assaulting young Frederick Haselm at Hull
- 20 March 1847: Following 73 deaths at Oaks Colliery, the Rev William Thorp tells pit owners how to avoid explosions in the Barnsley Seam
- 20 March 1848: Showman Pablo Fanque tells an inquest how he overfilled a poorly propped Leeds circus, which collapsed, killing his wife
- 20 March 1852: Sam Hyam, gents’ outfitter of Briggate, Leeds, markets his spring collection to poetry-lovers
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:00-18:16, zenith 12:08
- Moon: rise 00:48 set 07:31, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:05-18:21, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 00:54 set 07:36, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:04-18:20, zenith 12:12
- Moon: rise 00:59 set 07:28, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:05-18:20, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 00:50 set 07:39, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:03-18:19, zenith 12:11
- Moon: rise 00:53 set 07:33, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ☆ Spring equinox ☆ Kiplingcotes Derby
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