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More information on the Brontës and their work


http://www.thebrontes.net/reading/
A fully comprehensive, detailed list of everything the Brontës are known to have read, or are likely to have read, with quotations that link their reading to their writing.

http://www.mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/anne/bronte.html Anne Brontë: The Scarborough Connection


http://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/index.htm Reader’s Guide to Wuthering Heights

 

http://www.historytoherstory.org.uk/ Images and transcriptions of Brontë Society material


http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/juvenilia/Research and teaching project publishing early works of Charlotte and Branwell


http://www.maney.co.uk Publishers of the tri-yearly journal Brontë Studies


Places associated with the Brontës

 

http://www.brontebirthplace.org.uk/ Birthplace Museum in Thornton near Bradford


http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/bronte-Homeland-Interpretative-Centre Brontë Homeland Interpretative Centre in Northern Ireland, birthplace of Patrick Brontë


http://www.pathwaysvideo.co.uk Videos and DVDs about the Haworth area


http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/venuedetails.asp?vID=7
Information on Red House, model for ‘Briarmains’ in Shirley


http://www.friendsofoakwellhall.org.uk/ 16th-century manor house and park, model for ‘Fieldhead’ in Shirley


http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/clergy-daughters-school.html The Clergy Daughters’ School, Cowan Bridge, model for Jane Eyre's ‘Lowood’


www.haworthchurchcottage.co.uk Sexton’s house opposite the Parsonage, once home of Charlotte’s husband Arthur Bell Nicholls, now a holiday cottage


http://www.haworth-village.org.uk Comprehensive information about Haworth and surrounding area


http://www.haworth.yorks.com More information about Haworth


http://www.haworthvillage.co.uk What’s on in Haworth, shops, tearooms, accommodation and parking


http://www.kwvr.co.uk Preserved steam railway links Keighley to the picturesque Pennine village of Oxenhope


http://www.visitbrontecountry.com Other local tourist attractions and accommodation


http://www.bronte-country.com Places related to the Brontë Parsonage Museum, plus where to stay and eat


http://www.bradford.gov.uk Tourism and leisure in the Bradford district, including other nearby museums and galleries


http://www.dalesman.co.uk Information about Haworth and the Yorkshire Dales area


http://www.yarnspinnerstours.co.uk Tours of Victorian Bradford


http://www.yorkshire-dales.com The Yorkshire Dales


http://www.north-york-moors.com North Yorkshire Moors


http://www.yorkshire-coast.com
Yorkshire Coast


http://www.brontecountrywalks.co.uk Guided walks on Haworth Moor


http://www.wethersfield-essex.co.uk Patrick Brontë's time as a parson at Wethersfield features in the 'Lost Love' section

 

Also useful: 'The Yorkshire Dales Accommodation and Tourist Guide'. 

 

Chat rooms, blogs and associated literary societies

 

http://www.bronteparsonage.blogspot.com Parsonage Museum blog maintained by Brontë Society Chair Richard Wilcocks, with regular news of Museum and Society activities


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BRONTE/
Brontë Chat room

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/janeeyre Jane Eyre chat room


http://www.gaskellsociety.co.uk
Home page of the Gaskell society


http://bronteblog.blogspot.com Well maintained updates of Brontë stories in the news


http://bronteana.blogspot.com Another excellent blog, this one from Canada

 

Other Brontë Societies


Australian Brontë Association

Brontë Society,  Brussels, Belgium

US Brontë Society: Heartland West  (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska)

US Brontë Society: Heartland East (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin)

US Brontë Society: Deep South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina)

US Brontë Society: New York State

US Brontë Society: New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusets, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

US Brontë Society: West (Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)

US Brontë Society: Northeast (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

US Brontë Society: Southeast (District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)

Brontë Society American Chapters General address for all states not listed above

 

 More information on the Museum and its exhibits

http://www.bridgemanart.com  Bridgeman Art Gallery Brontë collection (input 'Bronte' in the search box for the full collection)


http://www.lithouses.org Group dedicated to improving the literary Homes and Museums of Great Britain links to its member Houses and Museums from the home page