Brontes

The Brontë sisters, consisting of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, are renowned figures in the world of literature, celebrated for their contributions to English literature during the 19th century. Born in the early 19th century in Haworth, a remote village in West Yorkshire, England, the Brontë siblings left an indelible mark on the literary landscape […]

Pilate’s Wife’s Dream – Poem by Charlotte Bronte I’ve quench’d my lamp, I struck it in that startWhich every limb convulsed, I heard it fall–The crash blent with my sleep, I saw departIts light, even as I woke, on yonder wall;Over against my bed, there shone a gleamStrange, faint, and mingling also with my dream. It […]

Update 8th February 2012: Kirklees Council’s cabinet recommends keeping open Red House. Read more here… Update 31st January 2012: Kirklees Council are proposing to sell the Red House with a possible closure by September 2012. There is a BBC News article here… A petition to Save Red House here… “Briarmains stood near the highway. It was rather an old place, and had been […]

Ponden Hall is near to Stanbury, Elevation is 859ft. Emily Bronte is said to have portrayed Ponden Hall as “Thrushcross Grange” the home of the Linton family in “Wuthering Heights”. Take a 360 degree outside Ponden Hall here… Above the door reads:  “The Old house now Standing was built by Robert Heaton for his son Michael, […]

360 degree view of Church St – opposite the Sunday School Rooms here… 360 degree view of Church St – opposite the Parsonage here… CHARLOTTE BRONTE (1816 ñ 1855) TAUGHT AT THIS SCHOOL BUILT IN 1832 AND RESTORED BY THE CHURCH IN 1966 WITH HELP FROM THE BRONTE SOCIETY. This National CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL is under the Man […]

360 degree view beside Ponden Kirk here… 360 degree view on top of Ponden Kirk here…The word ‘kirk’ for ‘church’ is common in the north of England and Scotland.There is no evidence for there having been a church on the site, no one is certain how or why the word Kirk has has been associated with Ponden.According […]

17/03/1777 Patrick Bronte was born at Emdale, Drumballyroney, County Down, Ireland. 15/04/1783 Maria Branwell was born at Penzance, Cornwall. 01/10/1802 Patrick Bronte aged 25 registers as a student at St John’s College Cambridge. 03/10/1802 Patrick Bronte a student at St Johns College Cambridge, corrects spelling of his name from Brunty to Bronte. 23/04/1806 Patrick Bronte […]

Opening Times The Museum is open every day from:10.00am – 5.30pm April to September11.00am – 5.00pm October to Marchexcept 24-27 December and 2-31 January.Please note: last admission is half an hour before closing. Closed for holidays The Museum is open all year except:24th to 27th December2nd January – 31st January Entry Fees Adults £4.80Senior Citizens […]

If Fieldhead had few other merits as a building, it might at least be termed picturesque: its irregular architecture, and the grey and mossy colouring communicated by time, gave it a just claim to this epithet. The old latticed windows, the stone porch, the walls, the roof, the chimney-stacks, were rich in crayon touches and […]

Traveling to Scarborough by car. RAC Route Planner here (external site – opens in a new window) By Bus & Train, plan your journey here (external site – opens in a new window)About Scarborough & Tourist Information Centre here (external site – opens in a new window) The walk begins at Scarborough Harbourside Tourist Information Centre. Harbourside, Sandside.360 panorama here…Location map here (external site […]