Yorkshire on Sunday 13 September 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 September 1816: The greatness of Great Britain
- 13 September 1893: A local inquest jury struggles with the death of James Gibbs, a miner shot by Staffordshire troops amid rioting at Samuel Lister Jr.’s mine at Pontefract
- 13 September 1894: J.B. Priestley descends on a cloud to the West Riding of Yorkshire
Proverbially:
Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t’ bairn had niver been born.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:29-19:24, zenith 12:57
- Moon: rise 09:34 set 19:36, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:34-19:29, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 09:39 set 19:41, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:32-19:29, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 09:39 set 19:38, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:34-19:29, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 09:37 set 19:42, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:32-19:28, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 09:37 set 19:39, waxing crescent
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- Customs: Ramsbottom World Black Pudding Lobbing Championships.
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