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Abstract

The Brontës are so inextricably linked with Haworth that it is sometimes forgotten that none of them were born there, or that none of their books are set in a village like Haworth. The successive moves of Mr Brontë had taken him steadily westward, but there is nothing further west of Haworth except stretches of barren moorland until one comes to Lancashire. His position as perpetual curate of Haworth brought his in a steady if not substantial income, and the post was an important one as the parish was large, and Grimshaw had made the church famous. Personal circumstances would have probably prevented Mr Brontë from moving if he had wished to, but there is no indication that he ever contemplated such a step, or that any form of promotion was offered to him.