Yorkshire on Friday 24 April 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 24 April 1688: At Pontefract, the new Catholic and Dissenting members of the judiciary send James II, a Catholic, thanks for allowing freedom of religion, leading him to believe he has popular support
- 24 April 1905: Eliza Hawley inaugurates Sheffield’s new crematorium at the City Road Cemetery
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: 05:38-20:20, zenith 12:59
- Moon: set 03:34 rise 11:37, first quarter
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:42-20:25, zenith 13:04
- Moon: set 03:39 rise 11:41, first quarter
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:39-20:26, zenith 13:03
- Moon: set 03:42 rise 11:36, first quarter
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:43-20:24, zenith 13:04
- Moon: set 03:36 rise 11:43, first quarter
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:40-20:24, zenith 13:02
- Moon: set 03:38 rise 11:39, first quarter
Red-letter days and other special events:
- Customs: Mark’s Eve – young women walk round churches scattering seed and chanting “Hempseed I saw/ He that must my true love be,/ Come after me and maw,” whereupon their true love appears (Carr 1828).
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