Yorkshire on Friday 1 August 2025
Then!
Yorkshire in history:
- 1 August 1813: The 51st Foot wear bay leaves, not white roses, on Minden (now Yorkshire) Day, as they drive the French back over the Pyrenees
- 1 August 1833: At Kelfield (East Riding), Hannah Beedham fails to fulfil her prophecy of her own death
- 1 August 1846: Three Halifax residents appear in court charged by the Earl of Scarborough with treating Shroggs Wood as common land
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!
Leeds, on earth and in heaven:
- Sun: 05:19-21:05, zenith 13:12
- Moon: rise 14:40 set 23:03, first quarter
Red-letter days and other special events:
- ! Minden Day > Yorkshire Day
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