The state of the graves in Haworth churchyard:

Keighley News reports complaints about the state of the graves in  Haworth churchyard:

Grass is waist-high at the site, close to the tourist honeypot of the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
Bradford Council, which is responsible for its maintenance, this week blamed the weather conditions. A spokesman said: “Unfortunately, due to the warm, wet weather, the grass has had a rapid growth rate this season,” adding it was due to be cut imminently.
The complaint was raised by Thelma Shackleton, 68, who has been been visiting the graveyard – where her parents are buried – for 60 years. She said the grass had been allowed to grow so high that people looking for a particular grave would struggle to find the right place.
A spokesman for the parish church said as the graveyard had been closed to new burials for many years, responsibility for it lay with Bradford Council. (...)
Most members of the Brontë family are buried in a vault beneath the church. John Huxley, secretary of the parochial church council, said: “I do understand that Bradford has budgetary constraints.
“To clear a churchyard of that size is going to take a fair amount of money.”
The council spokesman said: “The grass in the churchyard is only scheduled to be cut six times – once a month from May to October – so the grass will be getting quite long as it is due for a cut again this week.” (Miran Rahman) Bronte blog/aboug-gigs-graveyards-and-signatures