What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855) In 1846 The Revd. Patrick Brontë came to Manchester for a cataract operation accompanied by his daughter Charlotte. They took lodgings at 59 Boundary Street West (formerly known as 83 Mount Pleasant) It was here that Charlotte began to write her first successful novel Jane Eyre Recorded plaque organisation: Manchester City Council.
Charlotte Brontë, renowned author of "Jane Eyre," and her father Rev Patrick Brontë, a clergyman and poet, visited Manchester in 1846 where Charlotte commenced writing her groundbreaking novel.
A plaque record does not grant entry to a building or private land. View it from a public place unless permission is clearly given.
Places near here
Righton BuildingListed building · 96 yd
Roman Catholic Church of St AugustineListed building · 159 yd
Statue of John DaltonMonument or public art · 395 yd
The Manchester MuseumMuseum · 457 yd
BoulderNamed rock · 507 yd
Former Town Hall Facade to Mabel Tylecote Building, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityListed building · 189 yd
Edward VII postbox on Oxford RoadOld post box · 252 yd
Former Grosvenor Picture PalaceListed building · 259 yd
Oddfellows HallListed building · 430 yd
Chatham MillListed building · 447 yd
Manchester University Rutherford Building and Hopkinson Memorial WingListed building · 448 yd
Mill chimney stack on west side of junction with Cambridge StreetListed building · 544 yd