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In 1831, 14-year-old Charlotte was enrolled at the school of Miss Wooler in Roe Head, Mirfield.

Patrick could have sent his daughter to a less costly school in Keighley nearer home but Miss Wooler and her sisters had a good reputation and he remembered the building which he passed when strolling around the parishes of Kirklees, Dewsbury, and Hartshead-cum-Clifton where he was vicar.

Margaret Wooler showed fondness towards the sisters and she accompanied Charlotte to the altar at her marriage.

Patrick's choice of school was excellent – Charlotte was happy there and studied well.

She made many lifelong friends, in particular Ellen Nussey and Mary Taylor who later went to New Zealand before returning to England.

Charlotte returned from Roe Head in June 1832, missing her friends, but happy to rejoin her family.