Cowan Bridge

Clergy Daughters' School, Cowan Bridge Bronte plaque, Cowan Bridge

Situated between Ingleton and Kirkby Lonsdale on the main A65 which runs along the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park from Skipton to Kendal in Cumbria, Cowan Bridge is a small village most famous for its association with the Bronte Sisters - Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte and Emily having attended the Clergy Daughters' School (pictured above) here in 1824.


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