Yorkshire on Tuesday 12 August 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 12 August 1439: Joan Cantcliffe, widow, buys a pension and a lifetime lease on a basement flat in the hall of the Mistry of Mercers, York
- 12 August 1772: Writing to George Selwyn, Horace Walpole contemplates a living death at Castle Howard
- 12 August 1866: William Allison (15) goes grouse shooting for the first time, on Saltergate Moor (Pickering)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:33-20:39, zenith 13:06
- Moon: set 09:33 rise 21:35, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:38-20:44, zenith 13:11
- Moon: set 09:38 rise 21:40, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:34-20:45, zenith 13:09
- Moon: set 09:37 rise 21:38, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:39-20:42, zenith 13:10
- Moon: set 09:38 rise 21:40, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:35-20:42, zenith 13:09
- Moon: set 09:36 rise 21:38, waning gibbous
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ! Glorious Twelth – start of the (red grouse) shooting season
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