Heritage researcher and Brontë Birthplace General Manager Anna Gibson explores the uncanny pull of Brontë Country—a landscape shaped as much by longing and myth as by history.
Drawing on her experiences living, working, and walking across Brontë Country, she examines how moors, memories, and cherished objects become charged with meaning, and how the Brontës’ presence continues to haunt cultural memory, tourism, and heritage practice today.
Anna’s History:
After completing her MA in Heritage Studies at the University of Manchester, Anna Gibson joined the Brontë Birthplace on Market Street, Thornton, Bradford, as its first General Manager.
The building was acquired through the combined support of more than 700 individual investors, together with funding from Bradford City of Culture 2025, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Community Ownership Fund, and the Rural England Prosperity Fund.
Now managed by Brontë Birthplace Limited, a Community Benefit Society, the house opened to the public in March 2025.
Details
Date: Tuesday 7th July
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm (doors open from 6pm)
Location: Brontë Birthplace, 72-74 Market Street, Thornton, Bradford, BD13 3HF
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