Haworth, Cumberland

Description
Haworth, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Bradford parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village lies on a hill-slope, adjacent to the Worth Valley railway, 9 1/2 miles WNW of Bradford, and 216 from London. It consists chiefly of a steep narrow street of poor houses; possesses interest as the home and burial-place of the novelist Charlotte Bronte (Currer Bell) and. her sisters; and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Reighley, a railway station, a church, Primitive Methodist, two Wesleyan, and two Baptist chapels, Liberal and Conservative clubs, three branch banks, a mechanics' institute, and a cemetery formed in 1891. The Worth Valley railway is from Reighley, 4 miles to the NNE, and was opened in the latter part of 1865. The church was founded in the 14th century; rebuilt in the time of Henry VII.; enlarged in 1755, and replaced by a neat Gothic building in 1880; has a square embattled tower-the first stage of which is part of the original church; and contains, close to the chancel screen, the graves of the Bronte family. Fairs are held on Easter Monday and the first Monday after Michaelmas (old style). There are several extensive worsted mills. The township contains also the hamlets of Stanbury, Far Oxenhope, and Near Oxenhope. Acreage, 8114; population, 8023. Ash Mount is a fine Elizabethan mansion, the seat of the Sugdens. Much of the land is moor, and is partly used as pasture. The ecclesiastical parish includes only part of the township, the rest being assigned to Oxenhope. Population, 5028. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bipon; net value, c£250 with residence. Patrons, the Vicar of Bradford and certain trustees. Part of the parish is governed by a local board.