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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.
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. There is a plaque commemorating this association on the former school building, which partially survives.
5 de dez. de 2023 · During those prosperous days, Cowan’s Bridge likely had a more thriving appearance than it does today. 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.
Charlotte Brontë followed on 10th August 1824 (30th pupil) and Emily on 26th November 1824 (44th pupil). All four of the Brontë sisters had suffered whooping cough immediately prior to attending the Cowan Bridge school and it may be their differing times of recovery which precluded them from all travelling to the school together.
The Bronte Sisters - Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Emily attended the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in 1824. The regime and conditions were reported to be very harsh, and it is believed that the school was portrayed as Lowood School in Charlotte Bronte's novel "Jane Eyre". In 1825 illnesses forced the school to move to the coast ...
Cowan Bridge School, Kirkby Lonsdale Cowan Bridge School refers to the Clergy Daughters' School, a school mainly for the daughters of middle class clergy founded in the 1820s. It was first located in the village of Cowan Bridge in Lancashire, where it was attended by the Brontë sisters.
22 de abr. de 2024 · In 1824 Charlotte and Emily, together with their elder sisters before their deaths, attended Clergy Daughters’ School at Cowan Bridge, near Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire. The fees were low, the food unattractive, and the discipline harsh.
