Yorkshire on Friday 21 August 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 21 August 1774: Emanuel Bowes returns to Captain John Bolton’s house in Bulmer before his master has finished disposing of his pregnant fellow-apprentice, Elizabeth Rainbow (16)
- 21 August 1880: Wildflowers in the children’s column of the local newspaper
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: 05:49-20:19, zenith 13:04
- Moon: rise 17:01 set 23:02, waxing gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:53-20:24, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 17:07 set 23:07, waxing gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:50-20:25, zenith 13:08
- Moon: rise 17:13 set 22:58, waxing gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:54-20:23, zenith 13:09
- Moon: rise 17:03 set 23:10, waxing gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:51-20:23, zenith 13:07
- Moon: rise 17:06 set 23:03, waxing gibbous
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