Fans of the Brontës could soon snap up an address inspired by the famous literary family, as Bradford Council has revealed plans to name every street on a new housing estate after the sisters, their family and their works. [...]
Last year, a planning application to build 160 homes on a plot of land off Thornton Road was approved by Bradford Council. The site is between Keelham and Thornton - the village the Brontë sisters were born in before moving to Haworth.
And at a meeting next week, Councillors will be asked to approve the names of the new estate - all of which will be named after either a members of the Bronte family or one of the sister’s novels.
The Council’s Bradford West Area Committee will hear that the decision is part of a push to better recognise “pioneering women” from the Bradford district.
Current legislation requires the decision to name a street after a person to undergo much more scrutiny than usual road naming. [...]
The estate will have 14 new streets, each one linked to the Brontes - who lived at a house on Market Street in Thornton, a little under a mile from the site. [...]
The proposed road names are Charlotte Brontë Way, Villette Row, Shirley Mews, Jane Eyre Lane, The Professor Close, Bronte Way, Anne Bronte Avenue, Agnes Grey Lane, Elizabeth Brontë Mews, Branwell Brontë Close, Emily Brontë Road, Maria Brontë Drive, Patrick Brontë Court and Wuthering Heights. (Chris Young)
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