"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.
8th May
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A return to "normality" with very little to be seen today. Seawatching
produced just five *Shelducks*, two *Shovelers*, three *Grey Plovers*, 209 *Whimbre...
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