An aimless early morning wander around Thornton

Thornton was a small village when Patrick Brontë was parson here (1815-20) but it now sits right on the edge of the city of Bradford.

The remains of the old church of St James, known locally as The Bell Chapel, where Patrick preached.

The new St James, bathed in the warm glow of the rising sun, stands watch over the cupola, which originally sat on top of the old church and housed the bells, which now reside in the new church

The Brontë Birthplace on Market Street, currently being developed into a cafe and B&B.

Several buildings on Market Street bear the same builder’s mark as the Parsonage.

The Charlotte Stone, one of the four Brontë Stones, set up in 2018 along a 9 mile trail from Thornton to Haworth.

This building on Market Street reminded me of a painting by Manchester artist Lee Madgwick

A friendly local on Back Field, just off Market Street

Stone setts on Back Field

It’s a ginnel! Not a snicket or an alley or an entry or a snickleway or a twitten or a passage or a vennel or a wynd or a ten yard….

The 120 ft high, S-shaped Thornton Viaduct across Pinch Beck was opened in 1878 and closed in 1963. It is now part of the Great Northern Trail footpath / cycle path / bridleway.