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 25 April 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: 05:35-20:23, zenith 12:59
  • Moon: rise 04:45 set 17:20, waning crescent

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:40-20:28, zenith 13:04
  • Moon: rise 04:49 set 17:25, waning crescent

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:36-20:29, zenith 13:02
  • Moon: rise 04:48 set 17:24, waning crescent

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:41-20:26, zenith 13:03
  • Moon: rise 04:49 set 17:25, waning crescent

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 05:37-20:26, zenith 13:02
  • Moon: rise 04:48 set 17:23, waning crescent

Red-letter days and other special events:

    ✝ Mark the Evangelist – desert lions, mole-hunters

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