Haworth
Haworth (population 6,379) is a village in City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, 3 miles (5 kilometres) southwest of Keighley, 10 miles (16 kilometres) west of Bradford and 10 miles (16 kilometres) east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding areas consist of Oakworth and Oxenhope. Close-by villages include Cross Roads, Stanbury and Lumbfoot. Haworth is a tourist destination known for its association with the Bronté sisters and also the preserved heritage Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Haworth is first stated as a negotiation in 1209. The name might describe a "hedged enclosure" or "hawthorn unit". The name was recorded as "Howorth" on a 1771 map. Haworth becomes part of the civil church of Haworth, Cross Roads as well as Stanbury, which in turn becomes part of the Bradford Metropolitan Area Council, one of the five urbane boroughs of West Yorkshire. In between 1938 as well as 1974 Haworth belonged to the Municipal Borough of Keighley and before that it had been a civil parish as well as city district in its very 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.
