Now! Then! 2025! - Yorkshire On This Day

A Yorkshire Almanac Comprising 365 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

« Yorkshire on Friday 7 March 2025 »

Then!

Yorkshire in history:

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: 06:32-17:52, zenith 12:12
  • Moon: set 03:38 rise 09:31, waxing gibbous

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Water level in Meanwood Beck at Monk Bridge: 0.30m (within normal range, highest recorded level 1.93m on 6 May 2024) (EA)
  • Sun: 06:37-17:56, zenith 12:17
  • Moon: set 03:43 rise 09:35, waxing gibbous

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:36-17:54, zenith 12:15
  • Moon: set 03:50 rise 09:26, waxing gibbous

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:36-17:56, zenith 12:16
  • Moon: set 03:39 rise 09:39, waxing gibbous

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 06:35-17:54, zenith 12:15
  • Moon: set 03:43 rise 09:32, waxing gibbous

Red-letter days and other special events:

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