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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 101 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAWORTH , an See also:

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

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