Brontë Country
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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, Wut
The Brontë sisters, painted by their brother, Branwell c. 1834.
The birthplace of the Brontë brothers and sisters in Market Street, Thornton Village
Bronte bridge
Plaque at Bronte waterfall
Top Withens
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Top Withens is a ruined farmhouse near Haworth, West Yorkshire, England, notable for its association with Emily Bronte's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. It occupies a remote and exposed position on Hawo
Brontë Country
…is mainly gritstone. 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…
Top Withens from the south in 2005
Brontë Society plaque at Top Withens
A moorland sheep in front of the derelict building
Top Withens circa 1900