A new adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre is to hit the small screen this autumn.

But none of it has been filmed on the wild Yorkshire Moors around the former author's home at Haworth.

Instead, the producers have chosen to make the four-part serial on location in Derbyshire, including Bolsover Castle.

Sole representative of the Bradford district is ten year-old Georgie Henley, of Ilkley, who plays the young Jane.

She recently starred in the Christmas blockbuster, the Chronicles of Narnia.

But locating the production in Derbyshire comes as no surprise to staff at the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth, the home of the three literary sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, in the early 1800s.

For shortly before she wrote the novel, Charlotte stayed in Hathersage, Derbyshire and met a family called Eyre who owned the nearby medieval tower house, North Lees Hall.

The hall is believed to be the inspiration for Thornfield Hall in the book.

Jane Eyre was first published in 1847 under Charlotte's pseudonym, Currer Bell, and became an immediate best- seller.

Ann Dinsdale, Bronte museum librarian, said: "Charlotte visited Derbyshire in July 1845 with her friend Ellen Nussey. Ellen's brother was the vicar of Hathersage and they went there to prepare the house for his return from honeymoon.

"They saw a lot of the district and visited North Lees Hall which had connections with the Eyre family, where she obviously came across the name. I think the location for the novel was carefully considered by Charlotte."

The Bronte link with the Eyres still remained strong for the museum had a piece of furniture The Apostles' Cupboard which at one time belonged to the Derbyshire family and was later acquired by the Bronte Society.

She added: "This cupboard is actually described in the novel as standing outside the mad woman's chamber in the attic of Thornfield Hall."

Producer Diederick Santer said: "The locations we have chosen are stormy and majestic and I hope the story will be as enjoyed as much by long-term fans of the book as those who have never read it."

The novel tells how orphaned and neglected Jane eventually becomes a governess and, although plain, wins the heart of her employer Rochester who attempts to hide her from his dark secret.

The television version has been written by Sandy Welch whose other television work includes North and South.

It also stars newcomer Ruth Wilson as Jane and Toby Stephens as Rochester with Francesca Annis, Pam Ferris, Tara Fitzgerald, Christina Cole and Lorraine Ashbourne.

e-mail: clive.white @bradford.newsquest.co.uk