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HAWORTH , an See also: urban See also: district in the See also: Keighley See also: parliamentary division of the West See also: Riding of See also: Yorkshire, See also: England, ro m
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N.W. of See also: Bradford, on a branch of the Midland railway
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Pop
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(1901), 7492
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It is picturesquely situated on a steep slope, lying high, and surrounded by moorland
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The Rev
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Patrick Bronte (d.1861) was incumbent here for See also: forty-one years, and a memorial near the west window of St Michael's See also: church bears his name and the names of his gifted daughters upon it
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The
See also: grave of See also: Charlotte and Emily Bronte is also marked by a See also: brass
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In 1895 a museum was opened by the Bronte society
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There is a large worsted industry
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