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Haworth (UK: /ˈhaʊ.ərθ/ HOW-ərth,[3] also /ˈhɔːərθ/ HAW-ərth,[4] US: /ˈhɔːwərθ/ HAW-wərth[4]) is a village in the City of Bradford borough of West Yorkshire, England.[5][6] Located in the Pennines, Haworth is 3 miles (5 km) south-west of Keighley, 8 miles (13 km) north of Halifax, 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
History
Haworth is first mentioned as a settlement in 1209.[7] The name may refer to a "hedged enclosure" or "hawthorn enclosure".[8] The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map.
In 1850, local parish priest
Governance
Haworth is part of the
Haworth was a
Geography
Haworth is in the Worth Valley amid the Pennines.[17] It is 212 miles (341 km) north of London, 43 miles (69 km) west of York and 9 miles (14 km) west of Bradford.
Economy
Tourism accounts for much of the local economy, with the major attractions being the
On 22 November 2002, Haworth was granted
Culture
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Haworth's traditional events were an annual service at Haworth Spa and the rushbearing. Spa Sunday died out in the early 20th century and the rushbearing ceremony has not been held for many years. A modern event organised by the Haworth Traders' Association is "Scroggling the Holly", which takes place in November.[23] Bands and Morris men lead a procession of children in Victorian costume following the Holly Queen up the cobblestones to a crowning ceremony on the church steps. She unlocks the church gates to invite the spirit of Christmas into Haworth. Father Christmas arrives bringing glad tidings.[24]
The first Haworth Arts Festival took place in 2000 and was repeated in 2001. It was revived in 2005 as a festival combining performing and visual arts and street performance.[25] The festival has community involvement and uses local professional and semi-professional musicians, artists and performers and a larger name to headline each year. It has provided a stage for John Cooper Clarke and John Shuttleworth. The festival has expanded across the Worth Valley outside Haworth and is held on the first weekend in September.
Haworth Band is one of the oldest secular musical organisations in the Keighley area.[26] Historic records indicate that there was a brass band at nearby Ponden in 1854 with a body of excellent performers. It was founded by John Heaton, who lived at Ponden. The band played at a celebration in Haworth at the conclusion of the Crimean War. "Over the years the world of brass band music went from strength to strength, during which time the Haworth Band went with it."[27]
Every year the village hosts a 1940s weekend where locals and visitors don
From 1971 to 1988, 25 and 27 Main Street housed the Haworth Pottery, where Anne Shaw produced hand-thrown domestic stoneware derived from the arts & crafts tradition. She exhibited widely in the UK and USA in public and private exhibitions and received an arts association award for her ceramic sculptures. Her husband, Robert Shaw, depicted life (and prominent residents) in the village in the 1970s and 80s, in two collections of satires, The Wrath Valley Anthology, 1981, and Grindley's Bairns, 1988, praised by The Times Literary Supplement.
Community facilities
On 13 January 2009, it was announced that a permanent library would be established in the village, replacing the mobile service which visits the village once a week. Haworth last had its own library in 1978.[29] The library is yet to be established.[when?]
Landmarks
The 43-mile-long (69-kilometre)
Transport
Haworth is served by Keighley Bus Company rural bus service which provides links to the main local town of Keighley and the local villages of Oxenhope, Stanbury and Oakworth. There is also a service to Hebden Bridge. Evening and Sunday services are partly paid for by Metro. Overall there are approximately three buses every hour between Haworth and Keighley, with one per hour to each of Stanbury, Oakworth, and Oxenhope (continuing to Hebden Bridge).
Central North Street Car Park Haworth, formerly Changegate Car Park, has been subject of a Channel 4 television documentary "The Yorkshire Clamper", regarding their tactics.[30][31]
Education
Haworth Primary School on Rawdon Road is the only school in the village and takes children from age 3 to 11.[32] Children from 12 to 18 attend secondary schools outside the village at Beckfoot Oakbank in Keighley and Parkside School in Cullingworth.[33]
Religious sites
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St Michael and All Angels' Church is situated on Church Street, next to the parsonage. It is part of the Church of England Deanery of Craven.[34]
Baptists in the area met in a barn at the bottom of Brow Road in 1785. They subsequently moved to Hall Green Baptist Church at the junction of Bridgehouse Lane and Sun Street.[35]
Sport
Haworth Cricket Club was established in 1887 as Haworth Wesleyan Cricket Club and were members of the
On 6 July 2014, Stage 2 of the 2014 Tour de France from York to Sheffield, passed through the village.[39]
Notable people
The
Filmography
Haworth and Haworth railway station have been used as settings for numerous period films and TV series, including The Railway Children (starring Jenny Agutter), Yanks (starring Richard Gere and Vanessa Redgrave), and Alan Parker's film version of Pink Floyd's The Wall (starring Bob Geldof). It also featured in Rita, Sue and Bob Too with George Costigan; "Wild Child" (starring Emma Roberts), and "The Souk" (a high-class vintage shop) was depicted as a charity shop.
In 2016 the
Twinning
See also
References
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- ^ Dewhirst, Ian (18 April 2013). "The Black Bull in Haworth just after the Brontes". Keighley News. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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- ^ "Fair traders win award". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
- ^ a b "Andes show boosts International link". Telegraph & Argus. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
- ^ "Scroggling the Holly". bronte-country.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ Knights, David (6 December 2013). "Haworth's 'scroggling the holly' is biggest for many years". Keighley News. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Haworth Arts Festival". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "The Haworth Band – History". Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Internet Bandsman's Everything Within, "Archived Histories of Brass Bands", Haworth Band. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Haworth 1940s Weekend 2016, unknown 2016 date. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Evans, Fiona (13 January 2009). "Library hope for literary village". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
- ^ Wollaston, Sam (4 September 2009). "Last night's TV: The Yorkshire Clamper". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Clamping firm "worst in UK"". BBC News. 26 November 2003. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Ofsted – Haworth primary school". Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
- ^ "Haworth Village Local Information – Secondary schools". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ "St Michael & All Angels, Haworth". Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Hall Green Baptist Church – History". Archived from the original on 9 February 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "Haworth Cricket Club". Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ Nutting, Asher (24 July 2017). "Haworth West End: No cricket club but a thriving ground". Cricket Yorkshire. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- ^ "Haworth West End Cricket Club – History". Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ "Tour de France Stage 1". Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
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External links
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- Haworth – in Bronte Country
- Haworth Village – Yorkshire
- "Welcome to Brontë Country", Eagle Intermedia's Bronte Country
- Haworth at Curlie
- "Discover Haworth and Brontë Country" Archived 16 July 2005 at the Wayback Machine, Visit Bradford
- Knox, James, M.; "The Name Haworth"!
- Haworth Arts Festival