Sir, – I feel I must write to correct the article in the Weekend section of the Darlington & Stockton Times of October 17.,the headline being Restored: the home that inspired Jane Eyre.
I quote from the book The Brontes at Haworth by Ann Dinsdale which is available from the Bronte Parsonage Museum at Haworth, Yorkshire.
Although there are no references to Norton Conyers in Charlotte Brontes' surviving letters, Charlotte's friend Ellen Nussey remembered receiving from her a verbal description of the place, but other contenders for the original Thornfield Hall in Jane Eyre are North Lees Hall at Hathersage or Rydings at Birstall which Charlotte also visited."
For any readers who may be interested in finding out more about the Brontes, I would recommend the DVD that started my interest, The Brontes of Haworth, made in 1973 which is a very accurate portraiture of their story and the book by Juliet Barker, The Brontes.
ANTHONY BENNETT
Brotton, Saltburn.
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