Brontë Country

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The Brontë sisters, painted by their brother, Branwell c. 1834.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Brontë Country is a name given to an area of south Pennine hills west of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The name comes from the Brontë sisters, who wrote such literary classics as Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë), Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë), and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë) while living in the area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

GeologyEdit

The geology of the Brontë country is mainly gritstone.

Points of interestEdit

The area includes the village of Haworth, where the Brontë sisters lived, and where the Brontë Parsonage Museum is located today. Top Withens is said to have been the inspiration for Wuthering Heights.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ponden Hall, which located about half a mile outside Stanbury, is believed to inspire at least two buildings in Brontës' novels: Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights and the eponymous mansion in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.<ref name="Tenantgeo">Template:Cite book</ref> Thornton, on the outskirts of Bradford, is the birthplace of the Brontë sisters and their brother Branwell (their father was rector of Thornton church).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The house where they were born still exists as the Brontë Birthplace and in November 2023 was acquired for restoration and preservation as a cultural and educational space.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is located on Market Street in the centre of the village.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Other places of interest from the Brontë sisters' novels include Oakwell Hall (Fieldhead in Shirley), Red House (Briarmains in Shirley), and Gawthorpe Hall and Wycoller Hall (Ferndean Manor in Jane Eyre).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In media and cultureEdit

The film Brontë Country: The Story of the Emily, Charlotte & Anne Brontë discusses the area's geography and history, and the history of the Brontë family.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

GalleryEdit

Bronte birthplace, Thornton Village - geograph.org.uk - 39907.jpg

The birthplace of the Brontë brothers and sisters in Market Street, Thornton Village
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Bronte bridge
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Plaque at Bronte waterfall
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The Bronte Way, looking SW towards Bronte Bridge
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Haworth
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Haworth Churchyard
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Chancel east wall of the ruin of St James' chapel, Thornton, West Yorkshire
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Oakwell Hall
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Gawthorpe hall, Padiham seen from the south east
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St Barnabas' parish church, Hightown, Liversedge, West Yorkshire
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Red House Museum, Gomersal, often visited by Charlotte Brontë who featured the house as "Briarmains" in "Shirley"

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