Roberts Family Collection

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COL49
Title
Roberts Family Collection
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Items associated with the family of Sir James Roberts, owner of Salts Mill and Saltaire in the early twentieth century.
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  • 2025.121: Saltaire Congregational Year Book 1929
    Saltaire Congregational Year Book 1929. A small paperbacked book with a black and white picture of the Saltaire Congregational Church on the front. The book was originally owned by Mr A Stubbs. It contains historical notes of the church, committee members and reports from the various church groups for example Boy Scouts, Ladies Sewing Society etc. It also includes births, marriages and deaths in the village together with the names and addresses of parishioners. The church accounts from 1st December 1927 to November 30th 1928 are also given
  • 2025.122: Saltaire Congregational Church 1989 to 1959
    Small booklet to celebrate the Centenary of the Opening of the Church built by the late Sir Titus Salt, Bart. and opened 13th April 1859. Includes order of service
  • H2-001: Roberts Rent books
    Estate accounts & Rent book from the Shipley & Baildon Estates of Sir James Roberts
  • H2-002: Roberts Account books
    Booklet: Miscellaneous documents re.Insurance, Rates, Rents for various properties
  • H2-003: Roberts Tax document
    Booklet: Tax document re. Milner Field
  • H2-004: Roberts Account books
    Booklet: Account documents for Milner Field
  • H2-005: Roberts Tax records
    Booklet: Tax, Insurance & Rates re. The Knoll, Baildon
  • H2-006: Roberts investment records
    Booklet: Sir James Roberts' Investments and financial records
  • H2-007: Roberts Investments
    Booklet: Sir Titus Salt Bart & Sons Ltd. Investments
  • H2-008a: Roberts' letter book 1914-1917
    Book of letters in a red coloured bound ledger, with numbered pages. The letters are mainly typed and are a record of the letters sent by Sir James Roberts while he owned and managed Salts Mill. They cover many business dealings concerning Salts Mill, management of the Mill and Sir James's Milner Field Estate, difficulties in trade during the First World War, the position of his only surviving son in the army during the war. A letter to Mr August Bermann in 1914 dealing with trade in Russia. A letter to Mr Lodge in 1917 discusses the winding up of Belwarp Ltd which was a subsidiary company of Sir Titus Salts Bart., Sons and Co Ltd, based in Argentina. A letter in 1916 to Michael Sadler, Vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds, offers an endowment of £10,000 to establish a chair of Russian.
  • H2-009a-c: Selection of Letters from Sir James Roberts
    2 copies of a booklet: 'Selection of Letters from Sir James Roberts' Letter Book' compiled by Ian Watson
  • H2-012a: Milner Field Conveyance
    Copy of a conveyance of Milner Field & Stubbing House from Sir Titus Salt to Titus Salt Junior.
  • H2-013a-b: Mortgage agreement for Milner Field
    2 copies of a mortgage agreement between Titus Salt & John Crossley etc. for Milner Field
  • H2-014: Sale Agreement for the Saltaire Estate
    Copy of a Sale Agreement for the Saltaire Estate between William Henry Salt and other member of the Salt family and Sir Titus Salt Bart & Co. Ltd.
  • H2-015: Sale Agreement
    Copy of a Sale Agreement between Edward & Titus Salt, Charles Stead & Sir Titus Salt Bart & Co. Ltd.
  • H2-016a: Milner Field mortgage
    Copies of a mortgage agreement between Edward Crossley & E. Crossley etc. for Milner Field
  • H2-017b: Catherine Salt mortgage
    Copy of a mortgate redemption between Catherine Salt and Edward Crossley for Milner Field
  • H2-018a: Milner Field mortgage
    Copy of a conveyance of Milner Field & Stubbing House from Edward Crossley to Catherine Salt
  • H2-019: Lease for Hirst Mill
    Copy of a Lease for Hirst Mill between Sir Titus Salt Bart & Sons Ltd. & Glyn Thomas
  • H2-020a: Arbitration document regarding Hirst Mill
    Copy of an arbitration document between Glyn Thomas (Hirst Mill) & Sir Titus Salt Bart & Sons Ltd.

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