Yorkshire on Friday 13 February 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 February 1669: Oliver Heywood’s sons set off from Northowram to Heath Grammar School, Halifax, without having learned their Latin
- 13 February 1796: Marshall and the Benyons’ linen factory at Leeds burns down with the loss of eight lives
- 13 February 1896: Now connected to mains electricity from the Whitehall Road power station, Leeds City Council sells off the town hall’s (coal-fired) generation and storage plant
Proverbially:
Dean’t o’ Friday buy your ring,
O’ Friday dean’t put t’ spurrins [banns] in;
Dean’t wed o’ Friday. Think on o’ this,
Nowther blue nor green mun match her driss.
(Moorman 1916)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:22-17:08, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 06:00 set 11:59, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:27-17:13, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 06:05 set 12:04, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:28-17:09, zenith 12:19
- Moon: rise 06:11 set 11:55, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:25-17:14, zenith 12:20
- Moon: rise 06:01 set 12:07, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 07:25-17:11, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 06:05 set 12:00, waning crescent
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