Emily Brontė used Top Withens[?] as the model for Wuthering Heights, and nearby Ponden Hall was the model for Thrushcross Grange in the same book.
... As of the census of 2000, there are 1,749 people, 502 households, and 313 families residing in the town. The population density is 326.2/km² (842.9/mi²). There ...