Yorkshire on Friday 13 March 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 13 March 1728: Wild daffodils in the hedges at Wickersley (Rotherham)
- 13 March 1853: Army veteran John Sykes takes a blunderbuss to Hiram Yeadon during a feud between Wesleyan and Reformer Methodists at Yeadon
- 13 March 1884: Darlington iron magnate William Barningham is portrayed for a probate court from the diary of a beneficiary of his decision to leave his daughter little and his wife nothing of £450,000
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: 06:18-18:02, zenith 12:10
- Moon: rise 04:33 set 10:51, waning crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:23-18:07, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 04:38 set 10:56, waning crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:22-18:06, zenith 12:14
- Moon: rise 04:44 set 10:48, waning crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:23-18:07, zenith 12:15
- Moon: rise 04:35 set 10:59, waning crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:21-18:05, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 04:38 set 10:52, waning crescent
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