Tag: Literary locations

• The Brontë Birthplace, Thornton

  

  Last week, I was lucky to get the opportunity to spend some time taking photos in the Brontë Birthplace, formerly known as Thornton Parsonage, before major renovation and restoration work begins. Patrick Brontë moved here in 1815 with his wife, Maria, and daughters Maria and Elizabeth, from their previous home at Clough House in Liversedge.…

  Andrew Fowler

  25th Apr 2024

  Bronte Connections, Uncategorized

  Brontë Birthplace, Bronte Country, English Literature, Georgian Fireplace, Literary locations, Patrick Brontë, Thornton, Thornton Parsonage, Wuthering Heights, Yorkshire

• High Sunderland Hall – The Real Wuthering Heights?

  

  High Sunderland Hall was a gothic mansion, dating back to the Middle Ages, which stood in a secluded location on the hills above Halifax and is believed to have been one of the buildings to have inspired the descriptions of the eponymous home of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Having visited Top Withens and…

  Andrew Fowler

  8th Oct 2023

  Uncategorized

  Bronte Country, Bronte Sisters, Emily Bronte, Halifax, haworth, Literary locations, Wuthering Heights