I think York is a distance from Haworth. We went to Leeds and took a small choo-choo to Keighley and then a cab into town. Gorgeous little place with very friendly people, excellent hotel restaurants and you get to hang out at Branwell’s favorite pub, The Black Bull, I think it’s called.
Keighley has recently been the subject of a grooming scandal. When we visited in the late 90s, it was fine.
I don’t think, btw, that the Brontes lived in poverty. It’s true that the town was quite poor but Patrick Bronte made a decent salary, had a nice house which opened up onto the moors. They had servants. But the girls and Branwell had to go out and earn a living. And that’s when all the bad troubles began. When they were home writing, they were a happy family.
Maybe, as a child, I figured if your chimney fell down, you were in trouble financially.;-) I read the book a LONG time ago (45+ years???)
When we go to England we always travel by train: Britrail Pass. My husband knows several people there now and one has suggested this trip to us and offered to take us there, by car! He drove us to Whitby a couple of years ago.