EASTER FUN AT THE BRONTË PARSONAGE

The newly refurbished Brontë Parsonage Museum is hoping for a busy Easter break this year. The museum has had a brisk start to the year following a major refurbishment funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. There are various new displays featuring several newly acquired treasures including Emily Brontë’s artists box and an early Charlotte Brontë poetry manuscript as well as items not previously displayed; amongst which are some of the Brontës' stockings! There are also new items relating to Haworth Church and day to day life in the village in the nineteenth century that have been donated by locals following a recent appeal, and an exhibition of contemporary paintings based on Emily Brontë’s poems by local artist Jo Brown.

Charlotte Brontë passed away

Very sad day at the Haworth Parsonage today 155 years ago. Charlotte Brontë passed away in the early morning hours leaving a disconsolate husband and father behind, not to mention servants, friends and, eventually, admirers such as all of us through the years.