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What is Bronte wear?

By Robert Bradley |

What is Bronte wear?

Bronte has that timeless country classic range of products. For those who grew up in the countryside, their clothing sings out like coming home, and for those who have always been rural at heart, Bronte wear is the perfect place to help build up your country closet. Read More Showing items 1-16 of 16.

Where is Brontë Country?

Visiting Brontë Country is an easy day trip from Leeds, Bradford, Manchester and many other parts of the North. This part of West Yorkshire is wild, rural and incredibly beautiful. Mill villages like Haworth are dotted around the landscape, usually in the river valleys which provided the power for the mills.

Where did the Brontë sisters live in Yorkshire?

One of my favourite places in Yorkshire is Haworth, where the Brontë sisters lived between 1820 and 1855. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë wrote some of their most famous books here in Haworth at the Parsonage (now the Brontë Parsonage Museum), and the wild moorland landscape around Haworth was a rich source of inspiration for them.

What happened to Patrick Brontë’s House in Haworth?

After Patrick Brontë died in 1861 the contents of the Parsonage were auctioned off to clear it for the next occupant. The Brontë family moved to the Parsonage in Haworth when Patrick Brontë became the parish priest in 1820. The house was bought by a local businessman in 1928 and given to the Brontë Society to be used as a museum.