"Patrick found the strain of bringing up a family difficult and in 1824 decided to send Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Emily to the recently opened Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge. In June 1825 Charlotte and her sisters were finally taken away from the school for good. However Maria and Elizabeth died of consumption soon after returning to Haworth. The poor conditions while at the school were largely to blame.
18th March
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Unexpected overnight rain - that appeared to be absent from both the
weather forecasts and rainfall radars - dragged on for a while after dawn
but dropped ...
8 hours ago