Clergy Daughters' School, Cowan Bridge

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Anglican school boarding school girls' school

Clergy Daughters' School, Cowan Bridge was a 19th-century English boarding school for clergymen’s daughters, later notorious for its harsh conditions and its influence on Charlotte Brontë’s depiction of Lowood School in "Jane Eyre."

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Clergy Daughters' School, Cowan Bridge canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican school ⓘ
boarding school ⓘ
girls' school ⓘ
architecturalStyle plain early 19th-century institutional ⓘ
associatedWithDeathOf Elizabeth Brontë ⓘ
Maria Brontë ⓘ
associatedWithDisease tuberculosis ⓘ
boarding full boarding ⓘ
causeOf public criticism after publication of Jane Eyre ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
country house school building in England until 1970s? [uncertain] ⓘ
criticizedBy Charlotte Brontë ⓘ
curriculum basic literacy ⓘ
domestic skills ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ
educationalLevel primary and lower secondary ⓘ
feePolicy low-cost education for clergymen’s daughters ⓘ
foundedFor daughters of clergymen ⓘ
founder William Carus Wilson ⓘ
genderAdmission girls ⓘ
headmaster William Carus Wilson ⓘ
inception 1824 ⓘ
inspired Lowood School ⓘ
inspiredByAccountOf Charlotte Brontë’s experiences ⓘ
inspiredWork Jane Eyre ⓘ
knownFor association with the Brontë sisters ⓘ
harsh conditions ⓘ
outbreaks of illness ⓘ
poor food ⓘ
strict discipline ⓘ
unsanitary conditions ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
laterName Casterton School ⓘ
locatedIn Cowan Bridge ⓘ
England ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
Lune Valley ⓘ
movedTo Casterton ⓘ
notableFamilyAssociated Brontë ⓘ
surface form: Brontë family
notableStudent Charlotte Brontë ⓘ
Elizabeth Brontë ⓘ
Emily Brontë ⓘ
Maria Brontë ⓘ
operatingPeriod 19th century ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
relocated to Casterton in the 1830s ⓘ
studentBody mainly daughters of poor Anglican clergy ⓘ
timePeriod Victorian era ⓘ

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Charlotte Brontë → educatedAt → Clergy Daughters' School, Cowan Bridge ⓘ
Emily Brontë → educatedAt → Clergy Daughters' School, Cowan Bridge ⓘ
Anne Brontë → educatedAt → Clergy Daughters' School, Cowan Bridge ⓘ