Yorkshire on Monday 13 January 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 January 1536: Richard Layton, dissolver of monasteries, writes to Thomas Cromwell claiming that Yorkshire clergy use birth control
- 13 January 1686: A mob plunders the funeral of the Countess of Strafford at York Minster
- 13 January 1812: “My neighbours would think I was going to ruin if they could not smell my factory children half an hour after they had gone down the lane”
- 13 January 1893: The Independent Labour Party is born in Bradford as a result of the Liberal Party’s aversion to working class candidates and following a branding discussion
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 08:14-16:15, zenith 12:14
- Moon: set 08:44 rise 15:10, full moon (after Yule)
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Hilary of Poitiers – Hammer of the Arians ! Plough Monday – first day back at work after Christmas and Epiphany, known in Yorkshire for Plough Stotts ! Lohri – Punjabi midwinter fire festival 🗩 Coldest day of the year (Swainson 1873)
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