Yorkshire on Monday 27 April 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 27 April 1703: Ralph Thoresby of Leeds sends a list of “local” dialect words to the naturalist and linguist John Ray
- 27 April 1888: Edwin Wild (6 months) of Sheffield is attacked for his milk by a ratting ferret while being cared for by his grandparents
- 27 April 1924: In a letter to Edmund Gosse, Clifford Allbutt recalls the Brontës
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:31-20:26, zenith 12:58
- Moon: set 04:12 rise 15:48, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:36-20:31, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 04:17 rise 15:53, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:32-20:32, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 04:16 rise 15:51, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:37-20:29, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 04:16 rise 15:52, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:33-20:29, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 04:15 rise 15:51, waxing gibbous
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