Yorkshire on Friday 20 March 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 20 March 1649: Judge and Yorkshireman Francis Thorpe justifies to the grand jury at York the recent execution of Charles I
- 20 March 1695: Why there are more sheep than foxes
- 20 March 1755: Royal assent for the Whig government’s act prohibiting, among other things, on-street parking in Leeds
- 20 March 1840: A judge finds that Charles Brown (52) feigned deafness to try to evade the gallows for sexually assaulting young Frederick Haselm at Hull
- 20 March 1847: Following 73 deaths at Oaks Colliery, the Rev William Thorp tells pit owners how to avoid explosions in the Barnsley Seam
- 20 March 1848: Showman Pablo Fanque tells an inquest how he overfilled a poorly propped Leeds circus, which collapsed, killing his wife
- 20 March 1852: Sam Hyam, gents’ outfitter of Briggate, Leeds, markets his spring collection to poetry-lovers
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: 06:01-18:16, zenith 12:08
- Moon: rise 06:13 set 20:42, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:06-18:20, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 06:18 set 20:48, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:05-18:19, zenith 12:12
- Moon: rise 06:15 set 20:49, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:06-18:20, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 06:18 set 20:46, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:04-18:19, zenith 12:11
- Moon: rise 06:16 set 20:46, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Religion: Eid al-Fitr – end of Ramadan, and an official return to 24-hour eating, drinking, and (marital) sex. Customs: Spring equinox.
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