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Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth (i)

Parsonage from garden:-

Haworth Parsonage

Model of original building; inside Brontë Parsonage Museum:-

Model of Haworth Parsonage

Patrick Brontë’s study:-

Study, Brontë Parsonage Museum

Dining room:-

Dining Room, Brontë Parsonage

Curate’s room:-

Curate's Room, Brontë Parsonage Museum

Passage to kitchen:-

Passage to Kitchen, Brontë Parsonage

Kitchen:-

Kitchen, Brontë Parsonage

 

Brontë Parsonage Kitchen

Stairs:-

Stairs, Brontë Parsonage

Haworth Again

This was a return trip to Haworth.

Main Street, Haworth, looking down the hill. Taken by the Black Bull, Branwell Brontë’s favourite watering hole. In this photo the Brontës’ home at the Parsonage is behind and to the right:-

Main Street, Haworth, Looking Down the Hill

Further down Main Street:-

Further Down Main Street, Haworth

Looking back up from further down. This really shows the street’s steepness:-

Main Street, Haworth

Graveyard at Haworth Church, Parsonage in background.

Haworth Church Graveyard

It was the packed nature of the graveyard that led to the high degree of disease in the Victorian town, the highest in England. Water from heavy rainfall would flow down from the graves under/beside the church and down Main Street carrying germs to the populace. Eventually it was decided to plant trees and space out graves to help prevent this:-

Graveyard at Howarth Church

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