History of Haworth by Michael Baumber

History of Haworth by Michael Baumber

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Haworth parsonage and village will forever be linked inextricably with one nineteenth-century literary family. For it was here, in 1821, that Patrick Bront, an Irish Anglican clergyman, came from Thornton to be curate. This book tells the whole story of the Haworth district from the early Mesolithic onwards. It also features many old photographs.

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History of Haworth by Michael Baumber

Haworth parsonage and village will forever be linked inextricably with one nineteenth-century literary family. For it was here, in 1821, that Patrick Bront, an Irish Anglican clergyman, came from Thornton to be curate. This book tells the whole story of the Haworth district from the early Mesolithic onwards. It also features many old photographs.
Michael Baumber was Head of History at Greenhead Grammar School, Keighley, from 1969 to 1987. He has previously published two books about Keighley and Haworth. He has also written a biography of Admiral Blake and is a contributor to the new Dictionary of National Biography and to the forthcoming Companion to Bronte Studies to be published by Cambridge University Press.
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ISBN 13 9781859361566
ISBN 10 1859361560
Title History of Haworth
Author Michael Baumber
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Carnegie Publishing Ltd
Year published 2009-12-18
Number of pages 336
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.