Places

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 […]

Wycoller Hall built by the Hartley family in the latter part of the 16th century. In the 18th century it was owned by Squire Henry Owen Cunliffe, when he died in 1818 he left substantial debts, it slowly went into disrepair as the stonework was taken and used for other buildings. The friends of Wycoller […]

The Bronte Memorial Chapel is inside St Michael and All Angels Church, Haworth. It was completed in 1964. The 17th Century Communion table would have been used for the notable services of the reverend William Grimshaw.  Originally in the old church which was built in 1655 and pulled down in 1879, it was restored to […]

“I intended to have written a line yesterday, but just as I was sitting down for that purpose, Arthur called to me to take a walk. We set off, not intending to go far; but though wild and cloudy it was fine in the morning; when we got about half-a-mile on the moors, Arthur suggested […]

Top Withins or Withens? The earliest record of the name goes back to the 14th century and it is named as Withins, at about the 17th century it becomes Withens. Take a complete 360º virtual tour near Top Withens ruin here…There are no known records that state any reference of a Bronte connection to Top Withens, it has […]