Haworth
Haworth (population 6,379) is a town in City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Keighley, 10 miles (16 km) west of Bradford and 10 miles (16 km) east of Colne in Lancashire. The bordering areas include Oakworth as well as Oxenhope. Close-by villages consist of Cross Roads, Stanbury and also Lumbfoot. Haworth is a tourist location known for its association with the Bronté sisters as well as the preserved heritage Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Haworth is first discussed as a negotiation in 1209. The name may refer to a "hedged enclosure" or "hawthorn room". The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map. Haworth is part of the civil church of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury, which consequently becomes part of the Bradford Metropolitan Area Council, one of the 5 cosmopolitan boroughs of West Yorkshire. In between 1938 and also 1974 Haworth belonged to the Municipal Borough of Keighley as well as before that it had actually been a civil parish and city area in its own right. Haworth is in the Worth Valley amid the Pennines. It is 212 miles (341 km) north of London, 43 miles (69 kilometres) west of York and 9 miles (14 km) west of Bradford.
