Centre of the woollen industry; a very progressive town of great antiquity, built on the steep sides of a hill above the Aire Valley. University town. There is a handsome modern Town Hall, and a I5th century parish church stands on the site of an earlier Norman church. The Cartwright Hall has a fine art collection. There is a large Industrial Museum in one of the old mills. Exciting museum of Photography, Film and Television. Thornton is the birthplace of Charlotte, Emily, Anne, and Bramwell Bronte.