Yorkshire on Wednesday 12 August 2026
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)
Proverbially:
New mean, new mean, I hail thee,
This neet my true love for to see.
Not iv his best or worst array,
Bud iv his apparel for ivery day.
That I to-morrow may him ken
Frev amang all other men.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:33-20:39, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 04:47 set 20:37, new moon
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:37-20:44, zenith 13:11
- Moon: rise 04:52 set 20:43, new moon
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:33-20:46, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 04:47 set 20:44, new moon
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:38-20:42, zenith 13:10
- Moon: rise 04:54 set 20:41, new moon
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:35-20:43, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 04:49 set 20:41, new moon
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Customs: Glorious Twelfth – start of the (red grouse) shooting season.
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