Yorkshire on Sunday 23 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 23 August 1681: John Heywood’s is ordained at John Hey’s in Craven
- 23 August 1837: Robert Gibson, fishmonger of Queen Street, Hull, is beggared by his Liberal landlord for favouring the Conservatives in the general election, says the (Tory) Hull Packet
- 23 August 1933: John Betjeman witnesses the opening of the Leeds Civic Hall
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:52-20:15, zenith 13:03
- Moon: rise 18:37, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:57-20:20, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 18:43, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:54-20:21, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 18:48, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:58-20:18, zenith 13:08
- Moon: set 00:02 rise 18:39, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:55-20:18, zenith 13:06
- Moon: rise 18:42, waxing gibbous
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