6/22/2023 0 Comments A grey bronte![]() They would even become physically unwell with homesickness when they went away. Despite its bleak nature, the Brontës adored their home. Exposed to the elements on its hilltop setting, bitter wind would howl and whistle through its grey-stone walls. Two in five children died before the age of six, and the average age of death among adults was 25. This had a dramatic effect on mortality rates. Some days, the main well’s water would run green and fetid. ![]() There were no sewers, only open drains, and the water supply was insufficient. Health and sanitary conditions were spectacularly poor. On a clear day they could have seen as far as the Yorkshire Dales.īut the town had its dark side. ![]() From the parsonage, standing at the high point of the village, the Brontës could look out over vast swathes of dramatic moorland. "The family had access to music, art, libraries and lectures." And then there were the Moors. "Haworth was a busy industrial West Riding township, not the remote and backward village of Brontë legend," Juliet Barker, author of The Brontës, reveals. ![]()
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