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Heworth is part of the city of York in North Yorkshire, England, about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-east of the centre. No longer in general referred to as a village, "Heworth Village" is now the name of a specific road. The name "Heworth" is Anglo-Saxon and means a "high enclosure". Location and demographics.
Heworth ( / ˈhjuːwərθ /) is a residential area in Gateshead, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is located around 3 miles (4.8 km) from Newcastle upon Tyne, 11 miles (18 km) from Sunderland, and 17 miles (27 km) from Durham.
Heworth is a suburb of the city of York in North Yorkshire, England. The area is named after the Old Norse word “haugr” which means hill or mound. Heworth is located on the east bank of the River Ouse, just north of the city centre. The area is home to Heworth Golf Club, which was founded in 1912 and has an 18-hole course.
- Brontë Parsonage Museum. Your first port of call has to be the house where Charlotte, Anne and Emily Brontë spent most of their lives and wrote some of the most beloved works in the English language.
- Brontë Way. Committed Brontë fans could walk this waymarked 43-mile trail through Brontë Country and the moorland that inspired them. The route begins not far from Haworth at Oakwell Hall (appears as Fieldhead in Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Shirley) in Kirklees, and has been drawn up to take in as many Brontë point of interest as possible on its meandering course across the moors to Padiham outside Burnley.
- Brontë Waterfall. Just shy of three miles from Haworth there’s a picturesque waterfall in a small rocky dale, best visited after a spell of heavy rain when, as Charlotte Brontë described in 1854, there’s a “…perfect torrent racing over the rocks.”
- St Michael and All Angels’ Church. Beside the Parsonage, the church where Patrick Brontë was minister for 41 years up to 1861 was rebuilt at the turn of the 1880s.
HEWORTH, a town, a township, a chapelry, and a sub-district in Jarrow parish, and Gateshead district, Durham. The town stands adjacent to the river Tyne, and to the Darlington and Brandling railway, near Pelaw Junction station, 2½ miles ESE of Gateshead; and has a post office under Gateshead.-The township lies partly within Gateshead borough ...
Home of the famous Brontë sisters, Haworth is an undisputed literary mecca, attracting visitors from all around the world. The Brontë Parsonage Museum, the former family home turned museum, is a must-visit for literature enthusiasts.
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Heworth is part of the city of York in North Yorkshire, England, about 1 mile north-east of the centre. No longer in general referred to as a village, "Heworth Village" is now the name of a specific road.
