Our Family's Journey Through Time
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Haworth (/'ha?.?r?/)[2] is a village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England,[3][4] in the Pennines, 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Keighley, 10 miles (16 km) west of Bradford and 10 miles (16 km) east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding areas include Oakworth and Oxenhope. Nearby villages include Cross Roads, Stanbury and Lumbfoot.
Haworth is a tourist destination known for its association with the Bront? sisters and the preserved heritage Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.
History
Haworth is first mentioned as a settlement in 1209.[5] The name may refer to a "hedged enclosure" or "hawthorn enclosure".[6] The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map.
In 1850, local parish priest Patrick Bront? invited Benjamin Herschel Babbage to investigate the village's high early mortality rate, which had led to all but one of his six children, including the writers Emily and Anne Bront?, dying by the age of 31.[7] Babbage's inspection uncovered deeply unsanitary conditions, including there being no sewers, excrement flowing down Haworth's streets, waste from slaughterhouses and pigsties being held for months in fenced-in areas, overcrowded and poorly-ventilated housing, and a poorly-oxygenated and overcrowded graveyard that filtered into the village's water supply. These conditions contributed to an average life expectancy of 25.8 years and 41.6% of the village's residents dying before the age of 6. This report was presented to the General Board of Health and prompted work to improve conditions in the village.[
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Last Name, Given Name(s)  |
Birth  |
Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cooper, Salina | 1853 | Haworth, West Yorkshire, England | I6386 |
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