Yorkshire on Sunday 27 July 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 27 July 1612: Jennet Preston, the only Yorkshirewoman among the Pendle witches, is found guilty at York of the murder of Thomas Lister of Westby Hall, Gisburn (Ribble Valley)
- 27 July 1822: An inquest at York finds that John Furnel of the Queen’s Regiment of Foot died of flogging and resulting illness
- 27 July 1858: Walter White arrives at Batley
- 27 July 1892: The Rev Lower Carter leads members of Leeds Geological Association from Hyde Park Corner on a tour of Rowley and Co’s quarries in Meanwood Valley
- 27 July 1976: Fast bowler Wayne Daniel on being serenaded by fans following the West Indies’ Test series victory over England today at Headingley
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:06-21:09, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 08:13 set 22:15, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:10-21:14, zenith 13:12
- Moon: rise 08:18 set 22:20, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:05-21:17, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 08:15 set 22:20, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:12-21:12, zenith 13:12
- Moon: rise 08:19 set 22:19, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:08-21:13, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 08:16 set 22:18, waxing crescent
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