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 5 December 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: 07:59-15:44, zenith 11:52
  • Moon: set 09:20 rise 15:26, waning gibbous

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: 08:04-15:49, zenith 11:56
  • Moon: set 09:26 rise 15:31, waning gibbous

Middlesbrough, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 08:07-15:43, zenith 11:55
  • Moon: set 09:32 rise 15:22, waning gibbous

Sheffield, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 08:02-15:51, zenith 11:56
  • Moon: set 09:22 rise 15:34, waning gibbous

York, on earth and in heaven:

  • Sun: 08:03-15:46, zenith 11:55
  • Moon: set 09:26 rise 15:27, waning gibbous

Red-letter days and other special events:

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