The Brontë sisters were born in the village of Thornton, now part of which Yorkshire city?
Thornton, West Yorkshire was reopened as part of The Great Northern Railway Trail between Cullingworth and Queensbury along the track bed in 2009, with a final link up to Queensbury opening in 2012. Thornton, West Yorkshire Thornton is a village within the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the west of Bradford, and together with neighbouring Allerton, has total resident population of 15,004, increasing to 17,276 at the 2011 Census. Its most famous residents were the Brontës. The preserved centre of the village retains the character of a typical Pennine village, with stone built houses
Thornton, East Riding of Yorkshire Canal, both of which are Grade II listed. Thornton, East Riding of Yorkshire Thornton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-west of the town of Pocklington and north-west of the village of Holme-on-Spalding-Moor. It lies just to the north of the Pocklington Canal. According to the 2011 UK census, Thornton parish had a population of 138, exactly the same as on the 2001 UK census. The parish church of St Michael on Main Street is designated a Grade II* listed building. The other listed structures in the parish are