Brontë Memorial Chapel

Haworth Church

THE Brontë FAMILY VAULT IS SITUATED BELOW THIS PILLAR, NEAR TO THE PLACE WHERE THE BRONTES PEW STOOD IN THE OLD CHURCH. THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERE BURIED HERE MARIA AND PATRICK. MARIA, ELIZABETH, BRANWELL, EMILY JANE, CHARLOTTE

THE Brontë MEMORIAL CHAPEL WAS FURNISHED BY THE GIFT OF SIR TRESHAM LEVER. BT. AND DEDICATED ON THE 4TH JULY 1964. BY THE RIGHT REVEREND CLEMENT GEORGE S. MICHAEL PARKER BISHOP OF BRADFORD.

In Memory of         MARIA WIFE OF THE REV P. BRONTE A.B. MINISTER OF HAWORTH. SHE DIED SEPT 15TH 1821, IN THE 39TH YEAR OF HER AGE ..     ALSO OF MARIA HER DAUGHTER; WHO DIED MAY 8TH 1825 IN THE 12TH YEAR OF HER AGE.     ALSO OF ELIZABETH, THEIR DAUGHTER; WHO DIED JUNE 15TH 1825, IN THE 11TH YEAR OF HER AGE.     ALSO OF PATRICK BRANWELL, THEIR SON; WHO DIED SEPT 24TH 1848, AGED 31 YEARS ~O~     ALSO OF EMILY JANE, THEIR DAUGHTER; WHO DIED DEC 19TH 1848, AGED 30 YEARS. THEIR DAUGHTER; WHO DIED MAY 28 1849, AGED 29 YEARS ALSO OF ANN SHE WAS BURIED AT THE OLD CHURCH SCARBOROUGH.     ALSO OF CHARLOTTE, THEIR DAUGHTER; THE WIFE OF THE REV A.B. NICHOLLS B.A. SHE DIED MARCH 31ST 1855, IN THE 39TH YEAR OF HER AGE.     ALSO OF THE AFORENAMED REV. P. BRONTE A.B. WHO DIED 1861 IN THE 85TH YEAR OF HIS AGE HAVING BEEN INCUMBENT OF HAWORTH FOR UPWARDS OF 41 YEARS.     "THE STING OF DEATH IS SIN, AND THE STRENGTH OF SIN IS THE LAW, BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 1COR. XV. 56, 57."