Yorkshire on Tuesday 1 July 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 July 1718: The first issue of the Leeds Mercury consists of London news presided over by a woodcut of a fat postman in a wig
- 1 July 1788: Leeds textile workers celebrate the banning of exports of live sheep
- 1 July 1822: Sheffield miners are reminded of the dangers of working without one of Humphrey Davy’s new safety lamps
- 1 July 1840: The opening of the Hull and Selby Railway counters threats to Hull’s port from Goole, Scarborough and Bridlington
- 1 July 1947: An entire farm is moved by train from Ilkley to Rutland
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:33-21:37, zenith 13:05
- Moon: set 00:08 rise 11:53, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:37-21:42, zenith 13:10
- Moon: set 00:12 rise 11:58, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:31-21:46, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 00:12 rise 11:57, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:40-21:39, zenith 13:09
- Moon: set 00:12 rise 11:58, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 04:34-21:41, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 00:11 rise 11:56, waxing crescent
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