Yorkshire on Monday 3 March 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 3 March 1607: During a tithe case at Kirkbymoorside, George Hutton (82) recalls Roland Blyton hunting at Skiplam and Welburn before the Dissolution 70 years ago
- 3 March 1775: Edward Rookes Leedes sends miners to destroy new coal workings leased by Abraham Balmes to Nathan Jowett
- 3 March 1825: Children’s author Annie Keary is born at Bilton-in-Ainsty, to the alarm of sister Lucy (7), as she recalls 50 years later
- 3 March 1867: Robbed by a young Leeds prostitute, the elderly captain of a Goole boat keeps his shirt on
- 3 March 1913: Winifred Stansfield is born unable to suckle at Balby (Doncaster)
Proverbially:
Munday flitte
Neaver sitte.
(Best 1857)
Now!
Hull, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:41-17:44, zenith 12:13
- Moon: rise 07:42 set 23:10, waxing crescent
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:46-17:49, zenith 12:18
- Moon: rise 07:47 set 23:15, waxing crescent
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:46-17:47, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 07:44 set 23:17, waxing crescent
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:46-17:49, zenith 12:17
- Moon: rise 07:48 set 23:13, waxing crescent
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 06:45-17:47, zenith 12:16
- Moon: rise 07:45 set 23:14, waxing crescent
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ✝ Shrove Monday ☆ Collop Monday – fried eggs served on collops (bacon) (Bedell 1847)
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