10-725: Stansbury may refer to: Places [ edit ] Stanbury , in West Yorkshire , England Stansbury, South Australia Stansbury Park, Utah , United States Stansbury Island , adjacent in south Great Salt Lake Stansbury Mountains , adjacent, south of Stansbury Island Stansbury Peninsula , in the South Shetland Islands Other uses [ edit ] Fort Stansbury , early 19th century, south of modern Tallahassee, Florida Stansbury (surname) Stansbury Hall (West Virginia University) ,
20-533: A former building on the Downtown Campus of West Virginia University Stansbury High School , Stansbury Park, Utah Stansbury House (disambiguation) Stansbury v. California (1994), a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with Miranda warnings USS Stansbury (DD-180) , named after John Stansbury Stanbury Cottage , Florida, United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-460: A mile north-east is the hamlet of Lumbfoot . Stanbury is Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire . The River Worth is immediately north of the village and Sladen Beck is just to the south. Two paths pass through the village; The Brontë Way and The Pennine way. The surrounding countryside is mainly moors and farmland. Ponden Reservoir was built in the 1870s and a reservoir
40-489: Is a public house and guest house close to the village which is over 400 years old. Stanbury became a civil parish on 31 December 1894 being formed from part of Haworth, on 1 April 1938 the parish was abolished and merged with Keighley. Bront%C3%AB Waterfall Brontë Waterfall on the South Dean Beck is about a mile south-west of Stanbury , near Haworth in West Yorkshire , England. The area surrounding
50-594: Is a village and former civil parish , now in the parish of Haworth and Stanbury , in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire , England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 453. The name Stanbury translates as Stone Fort from Old English. The village is situated approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) west from Haworth , 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west from Keighley , and 7 miles (11 km) east from Colne in Lancashire . Less than half
60-644: Is the model for Wildfell Hall in Anne Brontë 's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall . There is an Anglican church in Stanbury built in 1848. In 1998, it was named St Gabriels, after spending the previous 150 years without a name. The school caters for primary school age children. There are two public houses : The Friendly and the Wuthering Heights which dates from 1763 and was formerly and locally known as 'The Cross'. The Old Silent Inn (formerly The Eagle)
70-407: The model for the location of Wuthering Heights , and nearby Ponden Hall (half a mile from the edge of Stanbury) has been considered the model for 'Thrushcross Grange' in the same book. It has also been theorized that Ponden Hall is actually the setting for Top Withens as its size is smaller than that of Thrushcross Grange as described in the book. There are also additional theories that the hall
80-455: The title Stansbury . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stansbury&oldid=1151374306 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Stanbury Stanbury
90-593: The waterfall is mainly moorland and farmland in Brontë Country , an area of outstanding beauty famous for its association with the Brontë sisters . Below the falls is Brontë Bridge, an old stone bridge across the beck. A flash flood in May 1989, swept the bridge away. In March 1990, a Lynx helicopter from No. 9 Regiment Army Air Corps, airlifted five gritstone slabs into the narrow valley to allow park rangers to repair
100-543: Was approved to be built at Lower Laithe on Sladen Beck in 1869, but it was not started until 1911. Due to the nation being involved in the First World War, the reservoir was not completed until 1925. Its completion necessitated the abandonment of the hamlet of Smith Bank. The village is close to the Brontë Waterfall and Top Withens tourist landmarks. Emily Brontë is reputed to have used Top Withens as
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