Useful Links

Scroll down for more useful Brontë-linked sites

Scroll down for more useful Brontë-linked sites

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.

wuthering-heights.co.uk Reader’s Guide to Wuthering Heights

http://www.bl.uk/people/charlotte-bronte The British Library's factsheet on Charlotte Bronte, including a detailed overview of her life and work.
 

Places associated with the Brontës

 http://www.brontebirthplace.org.uk/ birthplace of the Brontes 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’
 

https://haworthguide.co.uk Things to do, dining, accommodation, and events in Haworth - as written by locals!


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


https://www.visitbradford.com/explore/haworth-and-bronte-country 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.yorkshire-dales.com The Yorkshire Dales


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


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

 

Chat rooms, blogs and associated literary societies

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)

General address for all states not listed aboveBrontë Society American Chapters

 

More information on the Museum and its exhibits

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