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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cowan_Bridge_SchoolCowan Bridge School - Wikipedia

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   The Cowan Bridge School was a Clergy Daughters' School, founded in the 1820s, at Cowan Bridge in the English county of Lancashire. It was mainly for the daughters of middle class clergy and attended by the Brontë sisters.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cowan_BridgeCowan Bridge - Wikipedia

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   Cowan Bridge was the site of the Clergy Daughters' School attended by Charlotte and Emily Brontë, the notable 19th-century writers, and their older sisters Maria and Elizabeth, who died after experiencing harsh privations at the school.

4. www.haworth-village.org.uk › brontes › cowan-bridgeThe Bronte sisters and Cowan Bridge School - Haworth Village

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   Dec 5, 2023 · In 1824, Patrick Bronte found the task of raising his family challenging and decided to enroll Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Emily at the recently established Clergy Daughters’ School in Cowan Bridge.

5. www.bronteschoolhouse.com › historyBronte sisters and the Bronte School House

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   The Bronte sisters attended the Cowan Bridge school (now Bronte School House) in 1824-25; Charlotte famously based Jane Eyre's Lowood on her experiences there!

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6. yorkshire-dales.com › clergy-daughters-schoolThe Clergy Daughters' School - Yorkshire Dales

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   The Clergy Daughter's School at Cowan Bridge, the possible inspiration for Lowood School in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre.

7. www.annebronte.org › 2017/09/03 › anne-bronte-at-school-andAnne Brontë At School And Her Great Friendship

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   Sep 3, 2017 · Cowan Bridge is the first thing that springs to mind, recreated viscerally as Lowood in Jane Eyre, and where elder sisters Maria and Elizabeth Brontë contracted the tuberculosis that killed them. Roe Head was a very different school, run by the kindly Miss Margaret Wooler, but even here we may bring to mind Emily Brontë’s return from ...

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   Where is Cowan Bridge?

   • It forms part of the civil parish of Burrow-with-Burrow . Cowan Bridge was the site of the Clergy Daughters' School attended by Charlotte and Emily Brontë, the notable 19th-century writers, and their older sisters Maria and Elizabeth, who died after experiencing harsh privations at the school.

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   What happened at Cowan Bridge School?

   • It was a school mainly for the daughters of middle class clergy. It was first located in the village of Cowan Bridge in Lancashire, where it was attended by the Brontë sisters. Two of the sisters, Maria and Elizabeth died from tuberculosis in the aftermath of a typhoid outbreak at the school.

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   What was Cowan Bridge School?

   • Cowan Bridge School was a Clergy Daughters' School, founded and purchased in 1824 by Mr. Carus- Wilson. The old part of the school consisted of one house which housed the teachers. He added a building for a school and student dormitories.

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   How did the Cowan Bridge School affect Charlotte Bront?

   • The Cowan Bridge school imposed a uniform on the children known as the Charity children, which humiliated the Brontës, who were among the youngest of the boarders. They suffered taunting from the older children, Charlotte Brontë especially, who owing to her short sightedness had to hold her nose close to the paper to be able to read or write.

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9. slate.com › human-interest › 2014A School Progress Report for the Brontë Sisters - Slate Magazine

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   Jul 22, 2014 · Maria and Elizabeth, the two oldest Brontë sisters, died quickly after being sent home from their short stints at Cowan Bridge.