Family Day Out: Bronte's House in Haworth Visit (1.1)

Today I and my family (Mum, Dad, & Younger Bro) went to Haworth, about an hour's drive from here, to visit where the Bronte family had lived in the 19th Century, which has now been changed into a museum.




The three Bronte sisters, Emily, Charlotte and Anne, are famous for being one of the most famous literary groups in the world, Emily writing the famous Wuthering Heights (1847), Charlotte writing Jane Eyre (1847) and Anne, though less well known, wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848).

Reverend Patrick Bronte brought his wife Maria to live at Haworth Parsonage in 1820, and they originally had six children: Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne, but as Maria and Elizabeth died along with Mrs Bronte within a few years of living here, and Branwell, their only son, was never as succesful as his three other sisters, the children are commonly known as the three Bronte sisters.
Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell lived all their lives in Haworth, but none of them living past 40. Their father outlived all of them, dying in 1861 at 84.

The Bronte sisters were originally reluctant to publish their books under their names as they were female, and instead the books were originally published under Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.

Charlotte was the only one to be married, and her husband Mr Nicholl moved in in 1854. She was also the only one to become famous in her lifetime.
Branwell was, as a child, considered the greatest genius of the Bronte family and he was the first of the family to see his poems in print, but after his lovelife failed and he was in debt, he later became an unsuccessful alcoholic as his sisters went on to write their famous books.

Charlotte Bronte - 1816 - 1855
Emily Bronte - 1818 - 1848
Anne Bronte - 1820 - 1849
The three sisters would stay up late at night talking and writing. Emily died on the sofa, not admitting she was ill until very late.

All of the Brontes are buried underneath a pillar in the nearby church.


On the trip we looked around the little town, looked in the museum and did a short walk around part of the moors that were inspiration for the books.
The Bronte house contains many retrievable original items owned by the family layed out to look at in the rooms and contains all the original furniture. In the museum/house, you can learn about each of the 10 rooms, (they were quite a rich family) and look at all the exact original clothing, furniture and items that the family used.
The rooms were: The entrance, Mr Brontes study, the dining room, the kitchen, Mr Nicholls study, the servants room, Charlotte's room, The nursery, later Emily's room, Mr Bronte's bedroom and Branwells art studio.
There was also a newly built room, added in 1878, which contains a special exhibiton, "The Brontes: a family history" which was where most of the information we found out came from. There was also an exhibiton, "Sex, Drugs and Literature - The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte" there, that we visited.
It was an interesting and educational trip :)