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2000s: A house full of history is bound to have secrets…
The Girl at the Window
What you need to know before your trail
Ponden Hall is a centuries-old house on the Yorkshire moors, a magical place full of stories. It’s also where Trudy Heaton grew up. And where she ran away from…
Now, after the devastating loss of her husband, she is returning home with her young son, Will, who refuses to believe his father is dead.
While Trudy tries to do her best for her son, she must also attempt to build bridges with her eccentric mother. And then there is the Hall itself: fallen into disrepair but generations of lives and loves still echo in its shadows, sometimes even reaching out to the present..
Locations
Reset- England - Yorkshire
- A: Ponden Hall Bed & Breakfast
- B: Haworth - Brontë Parsonage Museum
Travel Guide
Travel to Yorkshire and Ponden Mill
Ponden Hall is a farmhouse near Stanbury in West Yorkshire. It is famous for apparently being the inspiration for Thrushcross Grange, the home of the Linton family, Edgar, Isabella, and Cathy, in Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights.
There’s many who think that Ponden Hall is more like Wildfell Hall, the old mansion where Helen Graham, the protagonist of Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, fled from her husband. There’s a few similar architectural details with Wildfell: latticed windows, a central portico and date plaque above.
In the early 19th century Ponden Hall held what was reputedly the largest private library in Yorkshire!
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Girl at the Window
Destination: Yorkshire, Ponden Mill Author/guide: Rowan Coleman Departure Time: 2000s
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