Our blog post cover everything that happens at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from the stories discovered about objects and furnishings, to family connections and past residents. You can read about the garden and the plants we grow as well as the volunteering experience we offer to our brilliant team. The majority of the posts are written by volunteers.
2026 Book Repairs
For a number of years we have sent a few books from the House to a bookbinder to be professionally repaired. Owing to their age, there are many volumes on the shelves of the Study which are becoming fragile and, as we
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Your Online Gothic Autumn 2026
The shadows are calling. This autumn, leave the mundane behind and step into a world of monsters and the macabre with haunting stories by some of your favourite women writers. Embrace the darkness with our Online Gothic Season, all from the comfort
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Welcome to the World of Cranford – Your Online Events
Welcome to the world of, what must surely be Elizabeth Gaskell's most charming novel, Cranford. This story of the 'Amazons' of Cranford has never been out of print. Now a new season of events just for you celebrates the quiet strength of
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Writers’ Homes and Creative Legacies
Visiting a writer or an artist’s home has always had a unique appeal; unlike the alienation of some museum experiences - where the artefacts are displayed at a distance from the viewer, behind a glass case – the intimacy of a home
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Your Spring Season Online – The Brontë Sisters and Elizabeth Gaskell
Since its publication in 1857, Elizabeth Gaskell’s The Life of Charlotte Brontë has divided opinion. It attracted immediate controversy and became a bestseller. But how true is it? A new short season of online events with the Brontë Parsonage Museum tells the real story
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