Brontë Country

Brontë Country is a name given to an area of south Pennine hills west of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. 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.

Geology

The geology of the Brontë country is mainly gritstone.

Points of interest

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. 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. Thornton, on the outskirts of Bradford, is the birthplace of the Brontë sisters and their brother Branwell (their father was rector of Thornton church). 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. It is located on Market Street in the centre of the village

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).

In media and culture

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.

Gallery

See also

References

External links

• Bronte Country
• Tourist Information website for the Brontë Country Archived 16 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine
• Tourist information website for Haworth Archived 6 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
• Web news magazine from the Brontë Parsonage Museum
• Website of the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth

1. Anne Brontë
2. Brontë Waterfall
3. Brontë family
4. Charlotte Brontë
5. Bronte
6. Brontë Parsonage Museum
7. Haworth
8. Brontë Way
9. To Walk Invisible
10. Thornton, West Yorkshire
11. Gondal (fictional country)
12. Stanbury
13. City of Bradford
14. Penistone Hill Country Park
15. Keighley
16. Mountains and hills of England
17. The Brontë Sisters
18. Queensbury, West Yorkshire
19. Wuthering Heights
20. Yorkshire