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The Cowan Bridge School was a Clergy Daughters' School, founded in the 1820s, at Cowan Bridge in the English county of Lancashire. It was mainly for the daughters of middle class clergy and attended by the Brontë sisters.
Cowan Bridge School refers to the Clergy Daughters' School, a school mainly for the daughters of middle class clergy founded in the 1820s. It was first located in the village of Cowan...
Dec 5, 2023 · In 1824, Patrick Bronte found the task of raising his family challenging and decided to enroll Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Emily at the recently established Clergy Daughters’ School in Cowan Bridge.
Casterton School was founded in 1823 by Rev Carus Wilson as the Clergy Daughters' School in Cowan Bridge to educate daughters of financially disadvantaged clergymen. It moved to its current site at Casterton in 1833.
Cowan Bridge was the site of the Clergy Daughters' School attended by Charlotte and Emily Brontë, the notable 19th-century writers, and their older sisters Maria and Elizabeth, who died after experiencing harsh privations at the school.
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The Clergy Daughter's School at Cowan Bridge, the possible inspiration for Lowood School in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.