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Brontë Country is a name given to an area ofsouth Pennine hills west ofBradford inWest Yorkshire,England.[2][3] The name comes from theBrontë sisters, who wrote suchliteraryclassics asJane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë),Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë), andThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë) while living in the area.[4]
Thegeology of the Brontë country is mainlygritstone.
The area includes the village ofHaworth, where the Brontë sisters lived, and where theBrontë Parsonage Museum is located today.Top Withens is said to have been the inspiration forWuthering Heights.[5]Ponden Hall, which located about half a mile outsideStanbury, is believed to inspire at least two buildings in Brontës' novels: Thrushcross Grange inWuthering Heights and the eponymous mansion inThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall.[6]Thornton, on the outskirts ofBradford, is the birthplace of the Brontë sisters and their brother Branwell (their father wasrector of Thornton church).[7] The house where they were born still exists as theBrontë Birthplace and in November 2023 was acquired for restoration and preservation as a cultural and educational space.[8] It is located on Market Street in the centre of the village.[9]
Other places of interest from the Brontë sisters' novels includeOakwell Hall (Fieldhead inShirley),Red House (Briarmains inShirley), andGawthorpe Hall andWycoller Hall (Ferndean Manor inJane Eyre).[10]
The filmBrontë Country: The Story of the Emily, Charlotte & Anne Brontë discusses the area's geography and history, and the history of the Brontë family.[11]
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