 Haworth Today Haworth 1820-61 Haworth, 800 feet high in the Pennines, was a crowded industrial township during the Brontė period. The population increased by 118 % between 1801 and 1851 to 3,365. There were no sewers and the water supply was both polluted and inadequate, contributing to a high mortality rate. There were 1,344 burials in the churchyard between 1840 and 1850 and the average age at death was 25 years; 41 percent of babies died before reaching their sixth birthday. Against the mortality figures the Brontė deaths, though tragic, were unremarkable. Subsistence farming of a few acres, often 'take-in' from the moors, was combined with hand-loom weaving or wool-combing. This domestic system of worsted manufacture was changing to factory production with water-powered machinery. The mills built from 1790 along the river Worth were well established when the Brontė family arrived. Other occupations included quarrying, building and crafts but there were scarcely any professional people. Baptist and Wesleyan chapels flourished, and together with the church, provided the village with education and a focus for social life. Photo Gallery Click on the photos below to view larger versions of each image (open in new windows)
 Haworth Today
 Top Withins
 Bronte Meadow near the Parsonage
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