Anne Brontë, St. Mary's Parish Church Cemetery - Scarborough, UK - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

The graveyard is of St. Mary's Parish Church in Scarborough. The church is situated on a headland above the town and close to Scarborough Castle.

The church originally dated from the 12th Century was badly damaged in the English Civil War when the graveyard was used as a base to fire cannons at the castle in 1645. The church was heavily restored in the 19th Century and is now about half the size it once was.

The original headstone has suffered corrosion and is largely unreadable. In 2011 the Bronte Society placed a new stone laying on the grave with the following inscription.

ANN BRONTE
1820 - 1849
novelist and poet

The original headstone reads

Here Lie the remains of Anne Brontë
Daughter of the Revd P. Brontë
Incumbent of Haworth, Yorkshire
She died Aged 28 May 28th 1849

The text contains one error
Anne Brontë was aged 29 when he died.

This plaque was placed here in 2011
by the Brontë Society

Description: Anne Brontë (17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. Anne Brontë was the daughter of Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England. Anne lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors. Otherwise she attended a boarding school in Mirfield between 1836 and 1837, and between 1839 and 1845 lived elsewhere working as a governess. In 1846 she published a book of poems with her sisters and later two novels, initially under the pen name Acton Bell. Her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published in 1847 with Wuthering Heights. Her second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, was published in 1848. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is thought to be one of the first feminist novels. Anne died at 29, probably of pulmonary tuberculosis. After Anne's death her sister Charlotte edited Agnes Grey to fix issues with its first edition, but prevented republication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. This is one reason why Anne is not as well known as her sisters. Nonetheless both of Anne's novels are considered classics of English literature. link Date of birth: 01/17/1820 Date of death: 05/28/1849 Area of notoriety: Literature Marker Type: Headstone Setting: Outdoor Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link] Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed

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