A Tour of the Bronte Sisters House - Bronte Parsonage, Haworth West Yorkshire
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- This time we take a tour of the Bronte Sisters House, the Bronte Parsonage in Haworth, West Yorkshire. Last week we told you the life story of Emily Bronte and her sisters Anne and Charlotte. We also visited many of the places that the Bronte Sisters lived or frequented. This time we take an in-depth look at the Bronte Parsonage. The Home of the Bronte Sisters for almost all of their short lives.
We will take a room-by-room tour of the house, and look closely at many of the personal items that the Bronte Society has been able to keep or purchase to create the largest collection of Bronte artefacts in the world.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Getting to Haworth
00:40 Museum Tickets
01:01 House History
02:34 Entrance Hall
02:44 Patrick Bronte Study
03:55 Dining Room
05:33 Mr Nicholls' Study
06:31 Kitchen
07:37 Staircase
08:16 Servant's Room
08:53 Charlotte's Room
11:27 Children's Study
11:52 Mr Bronte's Bedroom
12:56 Branwell's Studio
13:53 Exhibition - Possessions
20:07 Next Time
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I don't have words to describe how grateful I am for this incredible job you've done! I'm Brazilian, and getting to know such places would be kind of impossible for me, but through this incredible footage I was able to get to know these places that are so important in the lives of my favorite authors! I'm out of words to thank! Thanks Thanks Thanks!
Thank you for the lovely comment. It is wonderful that we can share it with you and are so pleased you enjoyed it.
I am braziiian as well, and through Kate Bush -Wuthering Heights, song from 1978 this song and vídeo still rumbling.on my mind. How qonderful is the song, and how wonderful isnthe story a s well as this marvellous vídeo. Thank you for recording and the iníquo opportunity to enkjy cultura, literature.
I love the way you narrate with all the details of the intimacy of the family and their house. Makes me travel to the past🥰
Thank you so much that is lovely to hear.
What a wonderful memory. In 1998, my mother, and I traveled from San Francisco to London. We took a side trip to York, which included a day-trip to Haworth. I well remember the home and the town.
Ah great memories for you. So nice. Glad you have experienced it.
A beautifully crafted tour and history lesson. I will never get to England but the tours I would want to take are the places that you take us to. At times the way you narrate I feel as though the family are there doing their daily activities. Thank you for this compassionate look into the Bronte's home. Take care =-)
Thank you for the lovely comment Lorraine, so nice to know that you felt that way though our presentation and narration. All the best.
Phew, that was a melancholy tour. What a brilliant family they were though.
Such an informative video full of information and background stories. Apart from Bramwell's struggle with drink, I get the impression that the Bronte home was a house full of love. Such a tragedy that Patrick had to see his children die well before their time. Thank you Simon and Will and I cannot wait for the next video. Have a great weekend!
Thank you for watching as usual. So glad you liked it. It is indeed tragic that Patrick outlived them and I agree with you, I am sure whatever they had to deal with the love of the family was the strongest force. All the best.
Oh my goodness! What a treat this was! So many treasures in that house. What a wonderful job you've done providing us with this intimate tour. Once again, thank you so much!
Thank you Cheryl so lovely to know how much you enjoyed it.
I first read “Jane Eyre” when I was 10. It made such an impression on me that I soon read “Wuthering Heights”. The Brontë sisters, their family, friends, visits to other places and life experiences have fascinated me for years. While I’ve seen parts of the parsonage in Haworth in other films and videos your video is so much more expansive, and the narration added so much. Seeing the artifacts from the sisters and the rest of their family and friends’ lives (especially the apostles’ cupboard) was the best part of all. As I have ancestors who come from near Haworth I now plan to not only visit where they lived but to also go on pilgrimage to the Brontë parsonage and the surrounding moors. Thank you for bringing the sisters to life for me.😊
Hopefully the 3 videos we have done ( last one still to come) will help you plan our Bronte adventure.
Excellent. Thank you. 🧡
You are so welcome!
Thoroughly enjoyed many thanks!
Our pleasure!
This video is a jewel👍👍
Ah thank you! 😊
if I am in madam Charlotte village😍😊 I love❤ her Lady so much... and her lovely family👪. ...
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Truly, this was a feast for the mind and eyes...Thank you for sharing!!!
Our pleasure. So glad you enjoyed it.
Another wonderful and fact full video by the best guide to England. Thank you for this weeks vlog.
Thank you for your kind words. So glad you liked it.
Yet another great episode, thanks for all your excellent commentry. It really feels like we are walking along beside you as you go from room to room. Cheers Cheryl 🙂
Thank you Cheryl, so nice to hear that you felt that way. 😊
I have been in the house. I got so over owed seeing the things they had touched .felt it was such a privilege .
Hello Simon and Will. I really loved this video. This family has touched me more than I expected. I suppose it’s because I have two daughters of my own, 28 and 30 and I think how, in this day and age, life is really just beginning. The Bronte sisters accomplished so much in their short lives. Truly amazing. As for Bramwell I can’t help but feel sorry for him. It can’t have been easy being the only boy, he struggled and failed to find a career to suit him and I’m sure Patrick was the kind of man with expectations. The house itself was beautiful and it was great to see so many of the family’s belongings have been preserved. I loved the Fragments of a Dress display. For me it seemed to represent past and present, something once beautiful, complete and vibrant now hollow, empty, only a memory remains. This video was only 21:04 minutes and I’ve spent well over an hour here. So much to see and think about. I can’t thank you enough. These last two videos I will definitely be revisiting again. Take care of each other and have a great week. Btw I sometimes have trouble when leaving a comment. My comment gets submitted but I always scroll down and like other peoples comments and my comment is usually duplicated. If I go to delete one comment they both get deleted. I have just had to redo my entire comment. So if it’s duplicated again ignore it. I have no idea why this happens. For some strange reason it seems to be when I’m on UK channels. ❤
Incredible words Jill, lovely to hear your thoughts and passion for this subject. We have learnt so much we didn't know about their lives in making the videos and visiting the wonderful places. We are so lucky to still have them to explore. We do take it for granted these days ,the wonderful leaps in technology that every day keep us alive. The lives the Brontes lived back then was all to common, and when we head back to Haworth one last time later in the series we will touch on the mortality rate as it was shocking in that area.
I also watched the first part, hiking to the top of the hill. This is the perfect end for the trip. As I said your narrative is perfect and we can imagine the sisters living there. Beautiful video as usual. Cheers.
This was such a beautiful Vlog. To be able to see the gorgeous home and all of their private possession’s was really like taking a walk back in time.
How wonderful! Thank you so much really lifted my spirits 😊
Thank you so much Jay. Very happy that you enjoyed it.
Excellent! Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks to you I’m learning so much history. ❤️
I'm so glad, so are we. Lots of research to find out the finer details 😊
Thank you for the lovely tour. My daughter's name is Bronte after the Bronte sisters.
Ah so lovely!
Interesting items, love the inkwells, spectacles, long clay pipe and the drawings around the home. Well done 🐨🦘🐨🦘😷👍
It is a wonderful collection, amazing it all still exists.
I lived in haworth all my life and been many times since I was young very proud of my heritage ❤❤❤❤
I remember my parents took me there when I was about thirteen. I still remember it vividly. It was a very emotional experience.
I am sure it stirred the memories 😊
Thank you so much for this wonderful video! I just felt like crying as I watched it - you perfectly captured the Brontes and their home.
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed the presentation.
This was wonderful. You do such a beautiful job with these, showing the whole room, then showing the details, and have such a great voice for narrating. You have spoiled me for other ‘travel’ type channels! Lovely to see your subscriber numbers growing. Have to seen the movie about the family, I think it is called To Walk Alone. They built a temporary house to be the parsonage for filming, and the details in that compared to the real one are amazing. Such genius and such tragedy in the whole family. Thanks so much for sharing, looks like you had a very busy summer holiday!! 😊
The movie title is "To Walk Invisible". I hope this is the one you are referring to. Thanks.
@@keishakeish8323 That’s it! Thanks!
I have only just watched it on the back of your comment. Incredible movie and the set design for the house was amazing. I am glad I watched it after the fact, so I could compare all the things we saw at the house. It really was spot on. It also brought home how sad it was for Branwell. 😰
@@MemorySeekers I am so glad you liked it. And it really was a sad story. Other than Patrick they all died so young. I liked the differences you see between the sisters, too. Sometimes we can have a picture in our mind of them all writing together and things being all rosy, but they lived in difficult circumstances and didn’t always agree.
I look forward to the video of the church. On our visit here in 2015, we had the pleasure of meeting Joost, the clock winder, who invited us to climb the old staircase and wind the clock! A lifetime memory!!
Wow you were very lucky to head to the clock in the tower!
@@MemorySeekers And wind it!!! It took 20 -30 minutes altogether as we had to hand crank up each iron counterweight back up to the top! I think it's one of or is the last of its kind in England. I wish you could ask Joost for me if he is still there? He's been the clock winder for a long time. :)
@@sailorgirl2017 Shame we did not know before our visit. We are not from Yorkshire so cannot ask for you.
@@MemorySeekers Yes. Maybe another time. :)
Hiya simon &will ,another absolutely amazing video ,so full of information and brilliant artefacts of the bronte family ,what a joy to watch this video !!!wonderful and brilliant.thank you so much for showing us around .greetings from hamburg erika&hubby
So glad you liked it, as always thank you for watching and sending us lovely comments. It really keeps us going to make more!
This was wonderfull to see.unfortunatly we never got to see the house on our holidays.there is just so much to see and do in Yorkshire we ran out of time .thank you for that and all the information.looking forward to the next one.
Yes indeed there is so much to see and do. We only had one week and probably could have gone on for another few with all the places we had on our list to start with. An excuse for another trips sometime!
I visited the Bronte Parsonage back in 1976 and your video highlighted some of the rooms and items that I had forgotten about. Thank you for this very informative video. Such a tragic deaths in the family but quite common in those days, unfortunately.
Hello so glad you it brought back memories of your visit. Thank you for watching.
Bravo! Another interesting & informative video. Thanks for another adventure 😉
Thanks for the splendid tour of that fine house! So many items from the Bronte's are bringing it all home on the stories you have told.Thanks for sharing this all with us!
Our pleasure!
Really enjoyed this. Thanks
Our pleasure.
Muchas gracias por vuestro hermoso video, el museo de las Hermanas Bronte es exquisito.
Gracias por mirar y comentar. Muy feliz de poder compartirlo contigo.
I always enjoy your tours. So much information, fantastic filming and storytelling. Each time I wish I was there. Thank you so much!
Ah thank you so pleased you liked it. 😊
Haya. Wonderful video. Seeing the stairs at how worn they are in the middle, knowing how many feet went up & down them 🙂Charlotte's dress is exquisite. So sad they all passed when they did, I always wonder what might have been. Those that keep the currently, have made it feel as though the family could still be there 🙂Thanku so very much for sharing. x
The Bronte Society does a great job of keeping the memory alive and allowing us to really experience it, as you say, as if they were there. So glad you enjoyed it.
@@MemorySeekers 😀😀
Nice and very informative video. A gem for the fans of Bronte sisters!
Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing this. Last time I visited Haworth, we were not even allowed to take pictures of the front of the parsonage, let alone pictures of the inside. The staff were super strict. As a teacher, I hated not being able to take pictures to show them to my pupils. So, THANK YOU!
Another wonderful tour. The amount of Bronte memorabilia is amazing . The house has obviously been well taken care of and gives an amazing picture of the Bronte family life . The brother Branwell seems to have been bit of a dark horse although .
Almost like being there and since I will never get to be there, this is wonderful. Definitely to be watched again. All so very interesting. Thank you. You do such a great job. Hugs and blessings.
Very happy to be able to share it with you, very pleased you felt you were almost there.
What a wonderful video of Howarth. This the best I have ever seen about Howarth. Photography is at paar with Hollywood classical films.
Please keep on making such amazing videos. You really have a gift.
I hope we get to see more of them👍
Thank you, enjoyed this tour very much! Beautiful stories and as a child I read Jane Eyre over and over again.
Thank you for watching 😊
Fantastic video I really enjoyed learning about the Bronte family.
Glad you enjoyed it, lovely to hear. Thanks for watching.
Outstanding, thanks very much for posting. It’s got to be 30+ years since I visited the Parsonage, so it was great to see it once more.
Thank you for watching, so pleased you enjoyed it even though you have visited.
The Brontë family definitely had a beautiful home
It is probably in better condition now that it was back then. Certainly bigger and better than there first home in Thornton.
Thank you, what a wonderful video! I agree with Lynn Lamy, you have a great voice for narration.
Thank you too kind 😊
What a dream it is to see this. Thank you so much for sharing!
5:58 surprised for a second. Lol
It was the ghost of Will in the glass reflection 😂
@@MemorySeekers perfect for this time of year ⭐️
Thank you very much -- it has long been a desire of mine to visit Haworth and the Parsonage but it is becoming increasingly unlikely that it will happen in my lifetime -- in the last two videos you have surely given me the next best thing -- many, many thanks ❤
Sorry to hear you won't be able to get there but pleased we could share it virtually for you.
I was looking forward to this episode. You capture everything so well and I see things here that I missed on visits to the parsonage in the past. Great camera work as always. Another enthralling video. Im a great Bronte fan.
Hello Mary, so glad to hear we have shared bits you missed. There is a lot to take in so I am sure we did as well!
Fantastic narration & such a lovely video full of life and memories... I would definitely visit this amazing parsonage, thank u for sharing... loved every part of video & lots of information
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What an incredible experience that must've been, to walk in their footsteps, spend time in the very rooms they did and see all the items they themselves would've used and worn in their daily life. Thank you for sharing this with us as well. I don't know much about the Bronte Sisters and have only watched TV adaptations of their books but perhaps its time I read them ❤
It was a very memorable visit, we have certainly learnt so much from the experience of making the videos and the research behind it.
Beautifully detailed and clear commentary. Thank you.
Thankyou for this been there it’s just looks the same when I went in
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I visited the house in the 1980s it has change abit ,we really enjoyed going around the house ,lovely to watch this ,brought memories back .Thank you Ann uk 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🙏
So pleased we stirred the memories!
Thank you so much guys for a very informative video. The exhibition was just lovely to see with all the different artifacts. The one that caught my eye was the writing desk, to see everything so intact was just so wonderful. Looking forward to the next one guys❤
The society do a wonderful job presenting it all. It amazing that so much is still around. Glad you liked it.
You alway's make excellent videos, thank you .
So nice of you
Looking at Branwell's art, I say he had potential and probably could be a great artist if he gave it a few more years.
Love your channel I live in Yorkshire and I've actually been to the Brontë parsonage some years ago now keep up the good work are you guys planning to go to the lake District any time I've been there as well to Beatrix potters cottage beautiful scenery like yorkshire
Hello, the Lake District is on the list for sure. Maybe next year not really planned that much ahead yet. Yes we would go to the Beatrix Potter cottage without doubt. One of many things we would like to do. So glad you are enjoying the series. We had such a wonderful time in Yorkshire and miss it terribly!
Enchanting. I love your videos.
Thank you so much!
Wonderful video with descriptive details that takes your imagination wild.
Thank you so nice to hear.
Спасибо большое. Очень интересное видео, будто побывала в этом замечательном музее. Люблю романы Ш.Бронте
Надеюсь, ты когда-нибудь посетишь его. Спасибо за просмотр.
I throughly enjoyed this video, but it was over too soon 😢!!! I am very tempted to say more please! The handmade books, letters, and also the clothing, especially the shawls, were very much my favorite. What a humble, loving and yet tragic life that Patrick Bronte had! Thank you again!
Ahh sorry it was over to soon, but glad you enjoyed it. Yes it was a tragic life for Patrick. No one wanted to outlive their children. How he managed to deal with that I don't know.
So appreciate your video . A combination of knowledge and interests. Thank you.
Thank you!
So so wonderful. Loving these documentaries. Thank you
Thank you for watching and subscribing. 😊
This is a wonderful video Thank you so much for sharing x
Your videos keep getting better and better exponentially!
Thank you so much!
Bronte sisters' lives were really tragic!
Огромное спасибо Вам! С большим удовольствием посмотрела замечательную видеоэкскурсию ! Я вряд ли смогу посетить сама эти места, поэтому большое спасибо за предоставленную возможность увидеть дом известных сестер, чьи произведения , конечно, знакомы с юности! С удовольствием буду смотреть Ваш ютуб-канал! Спасибо!
I loved this, thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed this so much. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for making this wonderful video. I enjoyed it immensely, especially seeing all the artefacts and possessions of the Brontes. The narrative and the closeups of everything were much appreciated. From Australia.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for your detailed filming and narration. It's wonderful to see so many items have been returned to the home and I love the way they are displayed. I have studied historical costuming as a hobby, and am aware how few intact garments of this period still exist. Many people re-used fabric when styles changed, or cut up garments to make children's clothing, because they couldn't afford to buy new. It was good to see Charlotte enjoy some comforts paid for with proceeds from her writing. After learning about their lives, and reading their works, this was the final step in knowing what they were like. The hair jewelry really brought it home. I will likely watch this again, but also look forward to views of cheerful boats next week. Cheers!
I remember going to the Parsonage in the early 50s, a grammar school trip. It was awful. Very cold, I remember - no central heating
Its improved since then. There are radiators in the rooms.
It’s so plain and modest!
Thank you very much. Very enjoyable.
Glad you enjoyed it
Loved this! I got to visit this in 2013 and I don't think the house had all of the exhibits that you have shown. I can't wait to see the Haworth village tour. Maybe I'll get a glance of the pub where I had lunch 😉.
Yes we will be back in a few weeks for one last look around town. Which pub was it?
I'm fascinated by the very long stones or bricks in the house facade. It's beautiful! I so love these things. In Johannesburg, South Africa, there just isn't a comparable length of history. This is utterly fascinating. Thank you!
Fascinating! Thank you. Superbly presented 👍
Really like all you guys videos its some of the best on youtube thank you😀 Elaine. South Africa
Thank you!
As a trip to England to tour the house is rather pricey from America, I am soo grateful for this video! Everything about this was perfect! The music just right, your pleasant speaking voice and all the little details you pointed out. I can’t imagine cooking a dinner over a kitchen fireplace. A lot of work every day, especially without running water. We often view the period and their lives as romantic but it was actually far from it. So much work just to live and way too much tragedy. I’m glad the sisters were able to free themselves by using their vivid imaginations as an escape. Their brother coped otherwise…another tragedy. Well, long-winded but just wanted to say hello & give thanks. 4 well deserved stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😊
Thank you for the lovely comment, so glad you enjoyed the tour 😊
Excellent video. I used to love visiting Haworth when I lived up in North Yorkshire. Took an American friend to the Bronte House one year and loved it. Would love to visit again one day.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video. The Brontes were amazing, so much spirit & accomplishment in such desolate circumstances.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very Interesting. I have never seen portraits of the sisters.Thank you. To the Brontes Rip.🙏
Loving this series. Loved this episode and watched it several times.
So glad you like our Yorkshire adventures, its great replaying them back to you via the channel but as I edit them I want to go back! Loved it there.
I found this so moving and am inspired to re-read the Brontë novels. Jane Eyre was the first classic I read, aged ten. Thankyou very much.
Thank you so much guys for the thrill you are giving me with your informative and entertaining videos.
You are welcome, thank you for watching and commenting.
I love your channel! I imagine you both get so much joy out of making these videos. Thanks for taking us on these beautiful journeys. I will share as well. Have a lovely day!
Thank you Lisa, so pleased you like our videos. Yes we have great fun, researching and visiting the places. Hopefully giving others inspiration to do the same. 😊
Thank you for the video 👍
Our pleasure.
Very interesting! Thank you…
Glad you enjoyed it
Very informative video, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
As ever, you are the best guides to places of historical and cultural interest! These video postings are gems - gifts for people in other countries who cannot visit these sites in person!
That is very kind, thank you so much for watching.
Fascinating and informative, and very well produced. Your time in Yorkshire seems to have been very productive, and I'm looking forward to the coming episodes.
Thank you so much, it was a full on week. We needed another holiday when we got back! As we edit and publish the videos I cannot believe we fitted it all in.
I just loved this video of the Bronte sister and family, as well as the pervious video.
A huge 👍🏼 nod to you for accurately and calmly navigating us through their lives, deaths homes, and beautiful country side and of course, the books.
I Enjoyed this fantastic video...Well done you!!
I have "liked" and subscribed for more interesting future content...I am certainly going to enjoy catching up on past videos.
Hello thank you for the lovely comment and for joining our channel. There is a lot to catch up on. Hope you enjoy some of the others as well. Thanks for watching.
I once read that, in order to keep working and sustaining his family, Patrick Bronte was courageous enough to have an eye operation performed without any anaesthetic, as it wasn't available at the time. Such an extraordinary family. Tragic that none of them survived for very long or had any children.
Love your videos! Is this a project or you just like traveling and learning? I wish you were my professor in school. Thank you!
Thank you, this is just as we travel around and find places, but we try to make the videos a bit more interesting than just a standard vlog.
Lived in the area all my life, it's an amazing place and Haworth is a beautiful historic place.
Beautiful house
It really is!
@@MemorySeekers yes, sure and wonderful story. I will be there soon, thanks for sharing
Thumbs up for bronte society and to memory seekers for such informative video thanks
P.S. It would be interesting to see a computer generated 'restored' version of the portrait of the three sisters, with the fold lines removed. I'm sure Arthur Bell Nichols had no idea that people over 100 years later would be shaking their heads because he folded it up. :(
It does exist if you look on wikipedia :)