Yorkshire on Tuesday 19 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 19 May 1147: An expedition leaves Fountains Abbey to found Barnoldswick (WR/Lancs), predecessor of Kirkstall Abbey, as told by one of the colonists
- 19 May 1804: A woman is sold for the second time at Leeds market
- 19 May 1812: An Anglican Whit walk encounters a Nonconformist one at “Briarfield” (Birstall), amid Luddites and wars with France and the US, in the imagination of Charlotte Brontë
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:50-21:04, zenith 12:57
- Moon: set 00:12 rise 06:20, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:55-21:09, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 00:17 rise 06:25, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:50-21:12, zenith 13:01
- Moon: set 00:23 rise 06:16, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:57-21:07, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 00:13 rise 06:28, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:52-21:08, zenith 13:00
- Moon: set 00:17 rise 06:21, waxing crescent
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