Roberts Family Collection

Item set

Identifier
COL49
Title
Roberts Family Collection
Description
Items associated with the family of Sir James Roberts, owner of Salts Mill and Saltaire in the early twentieth century.
Associated person or organisation
Roberts, James, Sir
Type

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  • Icon for photographic imageH2-101a: Group outside a hotel
    An unidentified group outside a hotel
  • Icon for photographic imageH2-102: Clara Denby
    Photograph of Clara Denby, wife of Ellis Denby, with book by 'Lafeyette'
  • Icon for photographic imageH2-103a: Clara Denby
    A studio photograph of Clara Denby, wife of Ellis Denby, with a black plumed hat
  • Icon for photographic imageH2-104: Salt & Roberts families
    Photograph of the Salt & Roberts families at a Saltaire Festival Symposium September 2012
  • Icon for photographic imageH2-105: Salt & Roberts families
    Photograph of the Salt & Roberts families at a Saltaire Festival Symposium September 2012
  • Icon for newspaper cuttingH2-106a: Jamie Roberts walking his alpacas
    Copy of a newspaper article about Jamie Roberts walking his Alpacas at Saltaire in 2013
  • Icon for newspaper cuttingH2-111a-b: Tales from the Riverbank
    2 Original Yorkshire Post magazine article 'Tales from the Riverbank'
  • Icon for photographic imageH2-113b: Jamie Roberts and his trout farm
    Section of pages of 'Living Magazine' article 'An Escape to the Country' re. Jamie Roberts and his Trout farm
  • Icon for newspaper cuttingH2-114a-c: Who do you think you are
    3 photocopies of article 'Who do you think you are'
  • Icon for photographic imageH2-115a: James Roberts' retirement Casket
    Photograph of a casket, with model alpaca on top, and Salt coat of arms on the side
  • H2-116: Commemoration plaque for Roberts Park
    Photograph of the plaque on the presenting of Saltaire Park to the Borough of Bradford by James Roberts. The plaque commemorates Sir James's son Bertram Foster Roberts who had died in 1912.
  • Icon for photographic imageH2-117a,b,d: Milner Field
    Photograph of Milner Field from the terrace
  • Icon for photographic imageH2-118a: Salts Mill Burling & Mending
    Photograph of Burling and Mending Department. at Salts Mill
  • Icon for research documentH2-119: The Letters of John Baker
    Booklet: 'The Letters of John Baker' compiled by Ian Watson. John Baker acted as local agent in Saltaire for Sir James Roberts after Sir James' retirement and move from Saltire. The letters contain a great deal of information on land dealings, rents, pensions and other business issues.
  • Icon for research documentH2-119b: Various Lists from Baker's Papers
    Booklet: 'Various Lists from Baker's Papers' compiled by Ian Watson. John Baker acted as local agent in Saltaire for Sir James Roberts after Sir James' retirement and move from Saltire. The letters contain a great deal of information on land dealings, rents, pensions and other business issues.
  • Icon for planH2-120a: Plan of Salts Mill and village
    Plan of Salts Mill and Saltaire village. Includes list of original 1850s' land owners, and on reverse, a reference. to 1901
  • H2-120b: Plan of Salts Mill and village
    Plan of Salts Mill and Saltaire village. Includes list of original 1850s' land owners, and on reverse, a reference. to 1901
  • Icon for mapH2-121: Map of Midgley Farm, Coach Road, Baildon
    Map of Midgley Farm, Coach Road, Baildon with a total of the acreage of farm and wood. The types of land (arable, pasture and tennis grounds) have been written on the map in red. Midgley Farm was part of the Robert's Estate and is detailed in H2-001 (Baildon and Shipley Rent Book) and aspects of the management of the farms in the Robert estate are described in the baker letters.
  • Icon for mapH2-122: Map of the Milner Field estate
    Plan of the Milner Field, Stubbing House and Trench Estates copied by Horsfall and Williams Surveyors, Halifax. Hand-written text in the centre of the map reads 'reduced plan referred to by this deed'. The Milner Field estate has been coloured green with the exception of one lot which has been coloured red. Sir Titus Salt Esquire is listed as the owner of lands adjacent to Trench Estate and Saltaire is shown on the map.
  • H2-123a: Map of Milner Field and Stubbing House estates
    Plan drawn up by Dixon & Hart Surveyors Bradford of the Milner Field and Stubbing House Estates. The map shows the estate in coloured lots of red, green and yellow. There is a reference key at the top of the map which lists land owners and a table to the left which lists the contents (buildings, gardens and land) as well as occupiers on the estates. Sir Titus Salt is listed on the map as the owner of the Trench Estate and as having purchased the lot coloured in yellow from B Whitley and R Mossman

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