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In the News (Wed 19 Nov 08)

  
  SKIPTON WEB: Wycoller
In the 16th century Wycoller would have been a busy farming and weaving community, but the coming of the power looms led to the village's decline, and a hundred years ago Wycoller was all but abandoned.
The ruins of Wycoller Hall dominate the village, and are believed to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre.
Wycoller Beck runs through the centre of the village, and is a pretty place for kids to play in the summer.
www.skiptonweb.co.uk /tourist/nearby_attractions/wycoller.htm   (505 words)

  
  Wycoller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wycoller is a village in the Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England.
Central to the village are the ruins of Wycoller Hall.
A variety of ancient bridges cross Wycoller Beck, including 'Pack-Horse Bridge', a twin arched bridge in the centre of the village.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wycoller   (229 words)

  
 Wycoller - Ferndean Manor in Jane Eyre
Wycoller Hall built by the Hartley family in the latter part of the 16th century.
Wycoller Hall is thought to be “Ferndean Manor” in Charlotte Brontes novel “Jane Eyre”.
A sequence from the film “The Railway Children” was shot at Wycoller, Dr Forrest (Peter Bromilow) is driving a pony and trap through the ford by the Pack-Horse Bridge where he meets Bobbie (Jenny Agutter) who is sitting on the Bridge.
www.haworth-village.org.uk /brontes/places/wycoller.asp   (355 words)

  
 Wycoller Lancashire - Wycoller UK websites
Wycoller is a delightful Lancashire village, approximately 4 miles east of Colne.
Wycoller Country Park, as noted by the Brontes in their books, is one of the most beautiful Country Parks in Lancashire.
Wycoller is a delightful Lancashire village in the Wycoller Country Park, slowly being brought back to life after virtual abandonment.
www.dotukdirectory.co.uk /d164193.html   (308 words)

  
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In 1950 'The Friends of Wycoller' was formed and the group set about the enormous task of restoring the by now deserted and decaying village.
The ruined 16th century hall is thought to be the Fearndean Manor of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and the bridges which span Wycoller Beck date back to at least the 16th century.
Wycoller's large aisled barn, next to the hall, is now an information centre.
www.howlingdog.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /lancashire/wycoller_village.htm   (150 words)

  
 Wycoller Village, Country Park and Wycoller Hall - Lancashire
Wycoller (from the Anglo Saxon Wic-Alr, meaning dairy farm among the alder trees) is a delightful Lancashire village, approximately 4 miles east of Colne, and is slowly being brought back to life after virtual abandonment.
Wycoller Hall, (move your mouse over the photographs for captions) is thought by some to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte.
Wycoller's population peaked at 350 in the year 1820 but weavers later moved to live in nearby towns, close to the developing mills.
www.beautifulbritain.co.uk /htm/outandabout/wycoller.htm   (561 words)

  
 Lancashire County Council: Environment Directorate: Countryside Services
Wycoller Country Park is one of the prettiest Country Parks in Lancashire.
The area is famous for its association with the Brontè; sisters who referred to many of the nearby landmarks in books such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Jane Eyre".
The exclusion of cars from the village and the attractive appearance of the many preserved old buildings creates a unique feeling of tranquillity which is rarely experienced today.
www.lancashire.gov.uk /Environment/countryside/sites/wycoller.asp   (213 words)

  
 Pendle ›› Site description
From the 15th century Wycoller was a typical farming/weaving community and in the 18th and early 19th century handloom weaving was a boom industry.
Wycoller village reached its highest population of 350 in 1820.
Wycoller has close links with the Brontes and Charlotte is thought to have been a frequent visitor.
www.panopticons.uk.net /pendle_site.html   (257 words)

  
 Wycoller Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wycoller Hall was the ancestral home of the Hartleys who were one of the greatest farming families in this part of Lancashire.
After his death in 1818 it became the property of the chief mortgager, a Rev. John Oldham who sold the doors, windows, roofing timbers and stone to support the building of a cotton mill in Trawden.
Wycoller Hall is said to be haunted by a spectre horseman, and a lady dressed only in fl silk.
freespace.virgin.net /craven.pendle/wycoller/wycoller_hall.htm   (117 words)

  
 Wycoller
When you walk along the road to Wycoller from Winewall, you are gradually removed from the harsh reality of North East Lancashire and walk into the land of the Bronte family.
Wycoller, a village of many bridges across the 'beck' which eventually flows into the Ribble via Colne Water.
As you approach Wycoller, whether by road or footpath, you can't help but notice the wild silhouettes of the weather-beaten trees against the sky.
www.bakerlite.co.uk /wycoller.htm   (291 words)

  
 SKIPTON WEB: Nearby Villages, places to visit near Skipton North Yorkshire, and in the Yorkshire Dales Wycoller
Wycoller (from the Anglo Saxon Wic-Alr, meaning dairy farm among the alder trees) is delightful.
In the 15th century the Wycoller area was a sheep farming and weaving community, however it was the coming of power looms that led to the village's decline.
Wycoller Hall is thought to be the inspiration for Ferndean Manor in the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte.
www.skiptonweb.co.uk /tourist/nearby_villages/wycoller.htm   (448 words)

  
 Mostly Haunted   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wycoller is a small hamlet outside Colne in Lancashire.
In the centre of Wycoller is Wycoller Hall, built by the Hartley family at the end of the 16th Century.
Other rumoured ghosts include a phantom carriage, which is supposed to pull up outside the hall, and the ghost of a horseman who rides into the hall and murders his wife.
www.r.tokeley.btinternet.co.uk /MostlyHaunted/wycoller01.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Welcome To Trawden Online
In the early 1950's the Friends of Wycoller formed to tidy up the hall which was in a very poor state.
Henry Owen Cunliffe of Wycoller Hall, was one of the owners of the mill which was bought when oit was in a state of disrepair and probably pulled down.
The gateposts from Wycoller Hall were palced at the entrance to the mill on Church Street.
www.trawdenonline.co.uk /tlife/history/history.html   (2477 words)

  
 Wycoller Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was a keen gambler and a depression in the picnic area is believed to be a 'cock-pit' used for cock-fighting during the Squire's lifetime.
Charlotte Bronte is thought to have frequently visited Wycoller village in her many walks around the area.
The Hall is believed by some to be 'Ferndean Manor' in her novel 'Jane Eyre' and was used to illustrate the 1898 edition.
www.hauntedgallery.co.uk /True/Lancs/Wycoller.htm   (300 words)

  
 Wycoller - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
Wycoller is a village in the Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England.
Central to the village are the ruins of Wycoller Hall.
Built in 1550, the structure was dismantled in 1818, and reused in the construction of a cotton mill, to help repay debts.
www.music.us /education/W/Wycoller.htm   (434 words)

  
 Ferndean Manor, Wycoller   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Wycoller Hall, at Wycoller near Haworth, has been recognised as 'Ferndean Manor' in Charlotte Bronte's novel 'Jane Eyre'.
The Hall was built by the Hartley family in the latter part of the 16th century.
When he died in 1818 he left substantial debts and the hall was never lived in again, it slowly went into disrepair.
www.brianlambert.btinternet.co.uk /pic52.htm   (68 words)

  
 Wycoller
To thousands of people this consciousness gives assurance that Wycoller Hall is of a truth "Ferndean Manor".", Folley, E.W., "Romantic Wycoller", privately published (but quoted in Bentley, J., "Portrait of Wycoller", 1993), 1949.
Another, somewhat less prosaic, piece of evidence to support the belief that Wycoller Hall was the basis of Ferndean Manor comes from a report of the members of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society visit to Wycoller in May 1901.
It is also know that Charlotte was known to visit old halls in the area; it is well documented that she stayed with Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth in nearby Gawthorpe Hall in 1850.
www.pendle.net /Wycoller   (559 words)

  
 Wycoller Craft Centre
The family wealth which was achieved through importing and slavery was alas squandered by the last Squire whose thirst for the finer things in life together with gambling and drink saw an end to the hall as unpaid mortgages and other debts led to the hall being plundered.
Charlotte Brontë; based her novel Jane Eyre on Wycoller as she gained inspiration on her visits from Howarth on her way to Gawthorpe Hall (Padiham) with her sisters.
Supernatural visitations have been experienced by all occupants of Wycoller House by a Lady in blue passing by on a stairway and doors opening and closing by themselves.
www.wycollercraftcentre.co.uk /4632/4659.html?*session*id*key*=*session*id*val*   (220 words)

  
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