Yorkshire on Friday 14 March 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 14 March 1573: Archbishop Grindal intercedes on behalf of the commoners of Sutton-on-the-Forest (north of York) against enclosure of part of the royal Forest of Galtres
- 14 March 1655: Mary Sharp of Little Horton, Bradford, writes to her son Sam at Cambridge, in the year preceding his death, of his “misery by nature”
- 14 March 1670: The itinerant Presbyterian, Oliver Heywood, is arrested for preaching in a private house at Little Woodhouse, Leeds
- 14 March 1787: Death of Levi Whitehead, centenarian walker and runner of Bramham, near Wetherby
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!
Heavenly data for Hull:
- Sun: 06:15-18:05, zenith 12:10
- Moon: set 06:24 rise 18:31, full (Lenten) moon
Heavenly data for Leeds:
- Sun: 06:20-18:10, zenith 12:15
- Moon: set 06:29 rise 18:36, full (Lenten) moon
Heavenly data for Middlesbrough:
- Sun: 06:19-18:08, zenith 12:14
- Moon: set 06:29 rise 18:35, full (Lenten) moon
Heavenly data for Sheffield:
- Sun: 06:20-18:09, zenith 12:14
- Moon: set 06:29 rise 18:36, full (Lenten) moon
Heavenly data for York:
- Sun: 06:18-18:08, zenith 12:13
- Moon: set 06:28 rise 18:34, full (Lenten) moon
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