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 24 October 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: 07:44-17:46, zenith 12:45
  • Moon: rise 11:34 set 18:11, waxing crescent

Leeds, on earth and in heaven:

  • Water level in Meanwood Beck at Monk Bridge: 0.29m (within normal range, highest recorded level 1.93m on 6 May 2024) (EA)
  • Sun: 07:49-17:51, zenith 12:50
  • Moon: rise 11:40 set 18:15, waxing crescent

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:50-17:48, zenith 12:49
  • Moon: rise 11:44 set 18:08, waxing crescent

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:48-17:51, zenith 12:50
  • Moon: rise 11:36 set 18:18, waxing crescent

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 07:48-17:48, zenith 12:48
  • Moon: rise 11:39 set 18:12, waxing crescent

Red-letter days and other special events:

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