Yorkshire on Saturday 26 July 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 26 July 1699: Doncaster magistrates hear how Dr. Greene, a mountebank, assaulted those who sought to cancel his show
- 26 July 1802: Dorothy Wordsworth travels with brother William from Scarborough across the Wolds to Beverley and Hull
- 26 July 1827: Amid Nonconformist protests at a new church rate, payable by all Leeds to build temples for the Church of England, a Farnley man says organs are a waste of money
- 26 July 1858: Walter White finds ancient gloom in Shipley and new hope in Titus Salt’s Saltaire
- 26 July 1858: Walter White samples the nascent Brontë tourist industry at Haworth, but declines to buy photographs or visit the father
Now!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 05:04-21:11, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 06:50 set 22:06, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 05:09-21:16, zenith 13:12
- Moon: rise 06:55 set 22:11, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 05:04-21:18, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 06:50 set 22:12, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 05:10-21:13, zenith 13:12
- Moon: rise 06:56 set 22:09, waxing crescent
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 05:06-21:15, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 06:52 set 22:09, waxing crescent
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