Oakwell Hall an Elizabethan manor house the inspiration for Fieldhead in Charlotte Bronte's novel, Shirley now a museum

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Oakwell Hall now a museum formerly an Elizabethan manor house built in 1583 and the basis for Fieldhead the home of Shirley Keeldar the heroine of Charlotte Bronte's novel Shirley is in Nutter Lane near Birstall in Kirklees Charlotte Bronte knew the owner and visited in 1840 when it was a young ladies boarding school

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Location: Oakwell Hall, Nutter Lane, Brstall, Batley, West Yorkshire, UK
Photo credit: © Leo Rosser / Alamy / Afripics
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