Where the streets have Brontë names

The Telegraph and Argus reminds readers of the fact that,

Kirklees Council is asking people to put forward names for the road, which will be off Fieldhead Lane on land situated next to Jed’s Garage.

The patch of scrubland was formerly a railway between Heaton Lodge and and Leeds, which was shut in the 1960s, and is now to become housing.

People - particularly those who live locally - are being invited to suggest names for the new street, but the Council has said that in general names should not duplicate or closely resemble existing street names in the area.

Streets are also not usually names after living people or those who have lived in the recent past, and there is preference often given for names with local links.

The area has close links to the Brontës; Fieldhead Lane named after the manor house in Charlotte Brontë’s novel Shirley, which was inspired by nearby Oakwell Hall.

Every street on the nearby Fieldhead Estate is inspired by the Brontës, with roads names including Branwell, Thornton, Haworth and more. (David Jagger)

Reading nook ideas on Real Homes because

Creating a dedicated reading corner sounds like a fabulous idea to us. After all, getting lost in a good book, whether it's Wuthering Heights or a Sophie Kinsella novel, is a favored pastime for many of us. (Emily Shaw, Holly Reaney and Christina Chrysostomou)

Louder shares 'The 10 best power ballads as chosen by Creeper's Will Gould' one of which is

Meat Loaf – I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) (1993)

This is arguably Jim Steinman’s finest song, even though it wasn’t even the lead single from Bat Out of Hell II. It’s a masterpiece – it’s like Wuthering Heights: The Musical. (Paris Fawcett)

Istoé (Brazil) features the Brontës now that Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall are being newly released in Portuguese. The article could have done with some revising though.

Em 1948, após uma confusão envolvendo os editores dos livros, Charlotte e Anne tiveram de ir a Londres para corrigir pessoalmente a situação. Foram recebidas pelo livreiro Thomas Cautley Newby, que não acreditou quando elas revelaram que eram, na verdade, Currer e Acton Bell. Foram à ópera e conheceram personalidades literárias da época, a exemplo de William Smith Williams e William Makepeace Thackeray. [...]

Hoje, na casa onde a família viveu, funciona o Museu Brontë Parnage, ONG literária dedicada a preservar o legado das escritoras. Ali, em meio aos ventos uivantes que assombram os morros de Haworth no inverno, turistas têm acesso a manuscritos e relíquias que provam que as irmãs habitavam mesmo o local — apesar de elas parecerem ter sido criadas pela ficção. (Felipe Machado) (Translation)