Yorkshire on Monday 26 May 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 26 May 1335: Edward III imposes foreign exchange controls at Hull and various other ports to stop bad (Flemish) money driving out good
- 26 May 1808: The first Ascension Day on which is generally contemplated the notion that ammonites found on Whitby beach are snakes petrified by Saint Hilda, and that seabirds dip their wings in her honour when over-flying
- 26 May 1941: Headingley’s Shire Oak falls, legendary site of Anglo-Saxon local government between Aire and Wharfe
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:41-21:15, zenith 12:58
- Moon: rise 03:42 set 21:15, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:45-21:20, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 03:47 set 21:21, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:39-21:24, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 03:41 set 21:25, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:47-21:18, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 03:49 set 21:17, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:42-21:19, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 03:44 set 21:20, waning crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ☆ Spring bank holiday – statutory substitute for Whit Monday ☆ Barwick-in-Elmet maypole festival
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