Yorkshire on Saturday 16 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 16 May 1687: John Reresby goes to Rotherham to receive an ancestral rent of one penny and the use of an inn room
- 16 May 1881: J. Gill (72) of Sugden & Briggs, wool spinners, Bradford, dies of pulmonary anthrax, and his successor, J.R. Baker (58), is fatally infected with cutaneous anthrax
Proverbially:
New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:55-20:59, zenith 12:57
- Moon: rise 04:07 set 21:23, new moon
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:00-21:05, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 04:11 set 21:28, new moon
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:54-21:07, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 04:06 set 21:33, new moon
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:01-21:02, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 04:13 set 21:25, new moon
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:57-21:03, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 04:09 set 21:27, new moon
Red-letter days and other special events:
- No red-letter days yet today, sorry!
Please check data before saddling your horse.
Search
Subscribe/buy
Order the book:
Subscribe to the free daily email:
Donate
Music & books
Place-People-Play: Childcare (and the Kazookestra) on the Headingley/Weetwood borders next to Meanwood Park.
Music from and about Yorkshire by Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder.
RSS feed
Bluesky
Extwitter