Now! Then! 2024! - Yorkshire On This Day

A Yorkshire Almanac Comprising 366 Historical Extracts, Red-letter Days and Customs, and Astronomical and Meteorological Data

Entries for the tag ‘Lady Day’

Feast of the Annunciation, celebrated 25 March, commemorates the visit of the archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to tell her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ.

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