Yorkshire on Friday 8 May 2026
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 8 May 1154: The wooden bridge over the Ouse collapses under the crowd welcoming Archbishop William of York back from Rome
- 8 May 1849: Amid revelations of fraud at the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, Richard Nicholson, business partner and brother-in-law of the Railway King, George Hudson, drowns himself in the Ouse at York
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: 05:09-20:46, zenith 12:57
- Moon: rise 02:26 set 09:50, waning gibbous
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:14-20:51, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 02:31 set 09:54, waning gibbous
Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:09-20:53, zenith 13:01
- Moon: rise 02:35 set 09:48, waning gibbous
Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:15-20:49, zenith 13:02
- Moon: rise 02:28 set 09:57, waning gibbous
York, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:11-20:50, zenith 13:00
- Moon: rise 02:31 set 09:51, waning gibbous
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