The Parsonage
- Church Street, Haworth, BD22 8DR. Tel: 01535-642323
www.bronte.org.uk
The Reverend Patrick
Brontė, his wife, five daughters and son moved to Haworth in 1820. The Georgian Parsonage
became the Brontė family's home for the rest of their lives.
Maria and Elizabeth, the eldest girls, died here in childhood, not long after their mother. Charlotte,
Branwell, Emily and Anne survived to adulthood.
Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre and Emily's Wuthering Heights were written in
The Parsonage.
Parish Church & Churchyard
The original church was demolished in 1879, but part of the old tower still remains. The
Brontė family vault is in the church and there, beneath an inscribed plaque, the whole family, apart from Anne (who
was buried in Scarborough) is interred. See the Brontė Memorial Chapel and the collection of documents concerning notable events in the
Brontė family's life.
Sunday School
Between the Parsonage and the Church is the Sunday school where Charlotte, Branwell and Anne taught.
Druggists Store
Now a gift shop at the top of Main Street, this was the store where Branwell obtained the opium to which he was addicted.
Main Street
The steep village street is paved with stone setts (cobbles) and lined with shops, galleries, inns and
cafés, many converted from cottages originally used by handloom weavers which was once the staple industry in Haworth.
At the top of Main Street are the old village stocks where local offenders were once punished.
Keighley
& Worth Valley Light Railway www.kwvr.co.uk
This
steam-driven railway was rescued after the closure of branch lines across Britain in 1963.
At weekends, Bank Holidays, and throughout the summer, restored locomotives
take local people and visitors through the picturesque Worth Valley, from Keighley to
Haworth, passing through Oakworth, in and around which 'The Railway
Children' was filmed.
The
Brontė Weaving Shed - Townend Mill, Haworth. 01535 646217
See
hand weaving of Brontė Tweed, the working water wheel, Timmy Feather Exhibition - the last handloom weaver in
Yorkshire and the country kitchen and shop. Also, a mill shop offers
a wide selection of knitwear, country and casual wear from which to choose.
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