Assorted papers relating to Isabel Salt and her mother Catherine Salt, [1887]-1968. Includes: 1) Blank invitation card From 'Mr & Mrs Titus Salt', Milner Field, 'To meet Their Royal Highnesses The Prince & Princess Henry of Battenberg.' [1887]. 2) Page 2 [of a letter] on Milner Field headed paper. With reference to Venice, Naples and Rome. [Pre-1903]. 3) Book of c70 international stamps, labelled: 'Stamp book M.I. Salt Jan 17.80'. Late 19th-early 20th century. 4) Hotel bills from Grand Hotel 'Verdi' Rapallo, 1913. 5) Two invitation cards to a Liberal Women's Suffrage Union meeting in Leeds, 1913. One addressed to Mrs Lucan Davies M.A., Wakefield Women's Liberal Association (WLA); one addressed to Mrs Harold Sutcliffe, Kirkstall WLA. 6) NSPCC invitation card for 'Meeting of Ladies', from Mrs Titus Salt, 1915. 7) Passport, covers 1919-1926. 8) Visiting cards for: 'Miss Salt. 20 Spring Grove, Harrogate'; 'Mrs Titus Salt. Miss Salt. Denton Park'; 'Miss Salt, Springwood, Oxted'. [1920s]. 9) Estate agent's description of 'Edgerton' property (renamed Springwood), [1925]. 10) 'Catalogue of contents of residence, Old Rectory, Boston Spa (order of Mrs Titus Salt)' re auction sell, 1925. 11) Schedule of investments, 1936. 12) Certified copy of an entry of birth certificate re Mary Isabel Salt, 1945. 13) Booklet. 'Quid Non' (Salts High School, 1950). 14) Two letters from Lloyds Bank re Income Tax. With handwritten notes on 'Bank balance, 1961'. 1960-1961. 15) Crematorium bill and certificate certifying death of Mary Isabel Salt on 23.5.1968. 16) 'Grotto' note book, with notes on speaking foreign languages, and guide to Esperanto, undated. 17) Chocolate pudding recipe, undated.
2018.9.1: Correspondence & assorted papers
2018.9.1.2.1: Blank invitation cards for Royal visit in 1887
2018.9.1.2.2: Part of letter about trip to Italy
2018.9.1.2.5: Invitation cards for Women's Suffrage meeting
2018.36.3: Statement and Scheme for the reconstruction of Sir Titus Salt Bart & Sons Ltd
Statement and Scheme for the reconstruction of Sir Titus Salt Bart & Sons Ltd
A twelve page document, written on behalf of the trustees of the Will of Sir Titus Salt Bart. concerning the financial status of Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co. Ltd. in 1892, and proposals for it going into voluntary liquidation and of being purchased by a consortium of four local businessmen including James Roberts. This appears to be an official copy of he orignal legal document which is availabe as item 2024.66. Local historian David King provides a detailed description of the document in item A1-125.
Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Limited: Front of Silver Jubillee booklet
Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Unpublished manuscript in copyright until end 2039
Copyright Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Limited and successors
Statement and Scheme for the reconstruction of Sir Titus Salt Bart & Sons Ltd: Front cover
2018.36.4: Winding up of Sir Titus Salt, Bart & Co Ltd
Winding up of Sir Titus Salt, Bart & Co Ltd
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Coat of arms
Original document written by Wade, Bilbrough, Booth & Co. regarding the winding up of Sir Titus Salt, Bart & Co Ltd and its sale to the Syndicate: Messrs Smith, Rhodes, Maddocks and Roberts
2018.36.5: Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement
Deed of arrangement between members of the Late Sir Titus Salt's Family and Messrs Smith, Rhodes, Maddocks and Roberts. The document lays out the plans for reconstruction of Salts between members of the Salt family and the Syndicate of four Bradford businessmen who were buying Sir TItus Salt Bart & Co.
Messrs Smith, Rhodes, Maddocks and Roberts
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement: Cover page
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement: Page 2
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement: Page 3
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement: Page 4
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement: Page 5
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement: Page 6
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement: Page 7
Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons & Co. Limited Deed of Arrangement: Page 8
2018.36.6: Princess Beatrice, and her husband Prince Henry of Batenburg planting a tree.
Princess Beatrice, and her husband Prince Henry of Batenburg planting a tree.
Black and white tinted large framed photograph of Princess Beatrice, and her husband Prince Henry of Battenburg planting a tree. The tree planting may have been at either Milner Field or in what is now Roberts Park. The tree planting was part of the Royal visit to open the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in 1887 to celebrate the opening of the new School of Art and Science in Saltaire.
Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition: Welcome arch on Victoria Road
Milner Field, Bingley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
2018.36.7: Prince & Princess of Wales planting a tree in Saltaire Park
Prince & Princess of Wales planting a tree in Saltaire Park
Original photograph of the Prince (the future Edward VII) and Princess of Wales planting a tree in Saltaire Park (now Roberts Park) The royal couple have arrived in a carriage (visible in the background) and have walked along a hall rug to a tree to be planted. Prince Edward holds an umberella, and a cigarette, while Princess Alexandra holds the spade. Members of ths Salt family including Titus Salt Junior, his wife Catherine and their children Harold, Lawrence and Isabel stand to the right of the couple. (A3-052 is a different version of this photograph with their fourth child Gordon visible). With 2 copies of the original - 1 full copy and 1 close up of Isabel Salt
Edward VII, King: Prince Edward planting a tree in Saltaire
Royal visit 1882 by Prince of Wales (future Edward VII)
Royal visit 1882 by Prince of Wales (future Edward VII): Prince and Princess of Wales planting a tree
Roberts Park, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Roberts Park, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Promenade with bandstand
2018.23.1: Saltaire Cricket Pavillion commemorative plate
Saltaire Cricket Pavillion commemorative plate
Plate decorated with 'Saltaire Cricket Pavillion, Merrie England Bazaar 1927' transfer.
No copyright restrictions. Please acknowledge the work's author (if known) and the item's source
Saltaire Cricket Pavillion commemorative plate: Plates 1 and 2
Saltaire Cricket Pavillion commemorative plate: Back of Plate 1
2018.40.25: Tenancy agreement for Denton Park
Tenancy agreement for Denton Park between Mrs Catherine Salt and Marmaduke D'Arcy Wyvill
2018.8: Bradford Cricket League 'Priestley Cup 1958'
Bradford Cricket League 'Priestley Cup 1958'
Bradford Cricket League 'Priestley Cup' for 1958' presented to Salts (Saltaire) cricket club and E. Mason.
2018.9.3.3.1: Reports of Speeches book, 1909
A blue notebook containing pasted newspaper cuttings and programmes relating to Isabel Salt's speeches for and about Women's Liberal Associations and women's suffrage. Comprises: p6. 'Minehead Liberal Association - Conversazione and Meeting. Mr Walter King on current politics', (address by Miss Salt on Licensing Bill and House of Lords), West Somerset Free Press (06.02.1909) pp7-8. 'Otley Women Liberals. Stirring Speech by Miss Salt. Suffragette sentiments', (address by Miss Salt on Licensing Bill, House of Lords & Votes for Women), Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (12.02.1909) pp8-9. 'Miss Salt as a Suffragette + Disclaimer by Miss Salt + A Suffragist, not a Suffragette', Wharfedale & Airedale Observer & The Ilkley Free Press, (19.02.1909 & 26.02.1909) p10. 'Ilkley Women Liberals - House of Lords Question & Women's Suffrage - Speech by Miss Salt', The Ilkley Free Press (19.02.1909) p11. 'Ilkley Women's Liberal Association - Papers by Mrs W.M. Wade & Miss Salt', (Women's Suffrage), The Ilkley Gazette (20.02.1909) p12. 'Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations - Twelfth Annual Conference at Skipton', The Pioneer (26.03.1909) p13. 'Burley Women Liberals. Address by Miss Salt upon Free Trade', Wharfedale & Airedale Observer & The Ilkley Free Press (02.04.1909) p14. 'Flyer for Garden Party - Women's Liberal Association - Denton Park' (17.07.1909). 'Otley Division Women Liberals at Denton Park', The Yorkshire Observer (19.07.1909) pp15-17. 'Advert for & article about Denton Hall Garden Party', Ilkley & Burley Women's Liberal Association (17.07.09); Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (23.07.1909) pp18-19. 'Garden Party at Denton Park - Gathering of Ilkley and Burley Women Liberals - Pleasure & Politics', The Ilkley Gazette (24.07.1909) p20. 'Ilkley Women Liberals - Lecture by Mr W.M.Wade on the Budget - Miss Salt in the Chair', Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (undated) p22. 'Flyer for Baildon Women's Liberal Association - Meeting and Social. Miss Salt speaking.' (05.10.2009) p23. 'Baildon Women's Association', The Yorkshire Observer (06.10.1909) pp24-26. 'Liberalism at Baildon - Activity of the Newly-formed Women's Association - Local Leaders on Current Politics', (Miss Salt on Taxation & Tariff Reform), Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (08.10.1909) p27. 'Burley Congregationalism - Bazaar in Aid of the Church Expenses Fund - Speeches Grave and Gay', (speech by Miss Salt), Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (22.10.1909) p27. 'Congregational Church Bazaar at Burley-in-Wharfedale', The Yorkshire Observer (19.10.1909)
2018.9.3.3: Report of speeches book & News cuttings, 1909-1947 & Women's Review Magazine
Assorted photographs (some with explanatory notes), mounted postcards and two postcard albums. Family photographs include Isabel Salt, Lawrence Salt, Titus Salt Junior and Crossley relatives. Green postcard album inside cover reads: 'Switzerland, Feb. 22 to March 28. 1905'. Blue postcard album includes loose postcards addressed to Isabel at 'Denton Park, Ben Rhydding', 1909-1929. With postcard sent to 'Miss Salt, Imperial Nursing Home, Rutland Rd, Harrogate', 1914. Postcards in album include tourist attractions in UK and France. Mounted postcards include series depicting the 'Passionspiele' (Passion Play) at Oberammergau, Germany, 1910.
Photograph of Isabel Salt: Isabel Salt with her dog Max
2018.9.4.8: Oberammergau Passion Play Germany
2018.9.4.2: Switzerland Photograph album
2018.9.4.27: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.28: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.29: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.30: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.31: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.32: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.33: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.34: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.35: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.36: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.37: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.38: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.39: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.40: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.41: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.42: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.43: Various postcards with photographic images
2018.9.4.46: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.47: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.48: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.49: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.50: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.51: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.52: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.53: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.54: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.55: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.56: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.57: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.58: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.59: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.60: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.61: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.62: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.64: Photograph of gentleman with newspaper and dog
2018.9.4.65: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.66: Various postcards and photographic images
2018.9.4.67: Various postcards and photographic images
1887 Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition Souvenir cup decorated with a view of Roberts Park.
2019.44: China cup with blue motif of Saltaire Cricket Pavilion
China cup with blue motif of Saltaire Cricket Pavilion
Commemorative small white cup with with gold rim. A blue motif shows Saltaire Cricket Pavilion from about 1927, surrounded by trees. There is wording underneath which reads: 'The Cricket Pavillion, Saltaire' MERRIE ENGLAND BAZAAR. NOV-DEC 1927
Timeline for Saltaire Park (Roberts Park) - Part 1 1869-1886
Timeline for Saltaire Park (Roberts Park) - Part 2 (1887-1889)
Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society
The Bradford Antiquary No. 80, 2019. The Journal of the Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society. Contains articles on: 'Sir Titus Salt at Scarborough - A Tale of Church and Chapel' by George Sheeran p1-11 and 'The Titus Salt Statue, Lister Park,' by David Pendleton p27-42
Salt, Titus, Sir: Portrait photograph of Titus Salt in later life
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Only viewable in the Saltaire Collection
Copyright Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society
Showing the town and works of Saltaire and Saltaire Park. From an original plan by Lockwood and Mawson c.1870. The park was under construction in 1870, but was always part of the Lockwood and Mawsons plan for the Town, so this may be a plan for the future or it may be to show the completed work. The corner site at the west end of Gordon Terrace is not yet developed. This site was bought by Sir Titus in 1874.
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Plan of Saltaire
A photograph of the statue of two aplacas in Roberts Park in 2020
The Audio CD is a partial transfer from cassette tapes of a recording of an interview with Clive Woods, local Saltaire bookshop owner, historian, and heritage campaigner. Clive is being interviewed by Graham Haughton of the University of Manchester. The recording of the start of the interview is of poor quality. Clive Woods talks about his part in the process of making Saltaire into a World Heritage Site. He starts by referring to the reopening of Saltaire Railway Station (closed in the 1960s) in the 1980s and claims that this was the start of the 'gentrification' of Saltaire. He goes on to talk about the campaign agains a proposed Shipley bye-pass that would have gone along the route of Coach Road next to Roberts Park. Clive also mentions some of the older inhabitants of Saltaire, church officials in the village, and Bradford Council having no interest in preserving Saltaire, but how they gradually changed their minds. He refers to the influence of the well-known historian Roy Strong of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Bradford entrepreneur Jonathan Silver. He goes on to talk about the origin of the Saltaire Village Society and the part it played in influencing English Heritage and UNESCO in the preservation and protection of Saltaire.
2020.2.1: Harold Kendall in his allotment
Coloured photograph of Harold Kendall amongst his roses in his allotment in Saltaire. Allotment is located behind Saltaire United Reformed Church, shows Roberts Park in background.
2020.6.1: Grange Court-Baildon Lodge History
A typed article 'Grange Court-Baildon Lodge' relating to the owners and occupiers, including Titus Salt Junior compiled by Roger Clarke, October 2019
Content available under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence
Grange Court history There are several things you should know before reading the story of Grange Court:-  For most of its existence it was known as Baildon Lodge.  There are two houses called Baildon Lodge on Station Rd, and care has been taken to ensure that they have not been confused with each other in compiling this history. The other is further along Station Rd near the railway station.  Baildon Lodge is built close to another large house called Baildon House, and there are close links between the two over their history.  Press cuttings are included, to provide an insight into the lives of the occupants, along with a historical commentary. The Story In 1724, Baildon House was built. Adjacent to it was a wayside Inn called Leather Breeches, later Baildon Lodge. (It should be noted that there was a brewery at Ingfield on Slaughter Lane which also had malt kilns, supplying the Inn.) Leather Breeches is not mentioned in the list of Baildon Inns of 1823 and so presumably closed and became residential before this date. William Holden owned both Baildon House and Baildon Lodge. He died in 1809 aged 71 years. He left the properties to his only daughter who married John Lambert. The properties were then left to their two daughters. Margaret married James Bent and they lived at Baildon House. The other daughter, Caroline Ann, married Thomas Lockley, MD, aged 49, a local magistrate, and a practising physician, and they lived at Baildon Lodge. The 1861 census confirms that they were living at Baildon Lodge with their 5 year old son, Edward Holden Lockley. They had a cook, servant and a groom. They continued to live there until 1866. th York Herald – 14 April, 1880. Death of Dr Lockley. It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of Dr Lockley which took place at his residence, Bootham, in the city yesterday morning. The deceased gentleman was the third son of the late George F Lockley of Half Moon St, London, by Margaret, youngest daughter and co-heiress of Mr Thomas Bolt of Ruswarp near Whitby. In 1852 Dr Lockley married Caroline Ann, second daughter and co-heiress of the late John Lambert of Baildon. The deceased gentleman left Baildon Lodge to reside in York in 1865 and was identified with many philanthropic institutions in the city. In 1866 Mr Titus Salt Junior and his wife Catherine moved into Baildon Lodge, and lived there until 1871. th th Titus Junior was the 7 child and 5 son of Sir Titus Salt who built Saltaire. th Titus Junior married Catherine Crossley on 15 March, 1866. Her family owned Crossley Carpets in Halifax and had a very close friendship with the Salt family. The union of Titus and Catherine increased that bond. Living at Baildon Lodge, their first 2 children were born there. Gordon Loxley Salt th nd was born on 17 December, 1866 and Harold Crossley Salt was born on 2 August, 1868. Their project to build a huge mansion at Milner Field was conceived a few months into their marriage when two farm houses came up for sale on the Milner Field estate, which they bought and demolished while they were living at Baildon Lodge. Titus Junior’s elder brother Edward had already built a mansion at Ferniehurst in Baildon. Titus Junior went on to create the Milner Field mansion which was to entertain Royalty in 1882 and 1887. Building began in 1871 and was completed in 1873. Bradford Daily Telegraph - Monday 23 August 1869 The Salt family were always keen gardeners. The gardens at Milner Field were designed by Robert Marnock, a landscape designer who adopted the gardenesque style in which emphasis was placed on exotic and non-native plants including orchids, Lapageria Rosea (“a climbing plant with drooping bells in red and white with as many as 4,000 flowers at any one time”), melons and figs. There were even pineapples grown at Milner Field which were “enclosed in pits of horse manure one foot deep”. (My gratitude to the late Alistair McKinna for publishing this information) Titus Junior died suddenly of a heart attack in 1887 aged 44 years. This was the first of many tragedies which led to the jinx of Milner Field mansion – but that’s another story. In 1871, 24 year old Harry Rouse and his wife Mary aged 19 moved into Baildon Lodge. Harry was distantly related to the Salt family since his aunt Hannah Rouse married George Whitlam Haigh whose mother was Amelia Whitlam (sister of Lady Caroline Salt). They lived there until 1877. They had 4 servants, one of whom was also their coachman. There was a long friendship between the Rouse family and the Salts. In 1822, when the Salt family came to Bradford, the seventeen year old Titus was taken on as an apprentice by William Rouse for two years to learn the wool trade. And in 1871, Sarah Amelia Rouse became the second wife of Titus Junior’s brother, Edward. The Salts, Crossleys and the Rouses were united in friendship through the textile industry, through religion (Congregationalists), politics (radical liberals), and now through marriage. Leeds Mercury th 15 December, 1870 – At Edinburgh the marriage of Harry Rouse Esq of Baildon Lodge to Mary Hogarth, only daughter of the late Alexander Cunningham Esq of the Tofts, Morebattle, Roxburghshire. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer th th 19 October, 1871 – Rouse, on 18 October birth of a son In 1881 there is an interesting twist to the story of the Lodge - John Rouse and family lived next door at Baildon House whilst at Baildon Lodge lived Elizabeth Hall, a 35 year old cook and Mary Park, a 24 year old housemaid. By the 1891 census a family had taken over Baildon Lodge. John Spink, aged 54 years, (a wine and spirit merchant, brewer and cigar importer) and his wife Elizabeth Spink aged 45 years lived there with their 5 children Catherine (23), Gertrude (21), Bernard (19 and apprentice to an iron founder), Jack (6) and Geoffrey (4). They had a cook, housemaid and a nurse. Joseph Spink and Sons were a well established Bradford business. John was a Director and partner in it. Trade Directories in 1901 and 1912 note that the head office was on Market St and the warehouse was at Rosse St. A major investment was the Boars Head Restaurant, grill and bars at 6 to 8, Market St, and the Exchange Restaurant and bars at 18, Market St. There was also an interest in the Golden Lion and the Albion Hotel on Leeds Rd, the Queens Hotel on Lumb Lane, and the Shoulder of Mutton in Girlington. Bradford Daily Telegraph th 6 July, 1887 – Baildon Local Board met yesterday evening. A letter complaining of the diversion of a stream of water which had been used by the inhabitants of Lower Baildon for domestic purposes for a great number of years was read by the Clerk. The letter stated that the stream had been taken from its course by the tenant of Baildon Lodge who had allowed it to run to waste. The Clerk was instructed to write to Mr Spink of Baildon Lodge asking that the stream be allowed to run its proper course. rd And on 23 October, 1889 - The Issue of 2,000 Preference Shares and 2,000 Ordinary Shares in the firm of Joseph Spink and Sons, Limited. John Spink and William Spink are listed amongst the Directors of the Company Wharfedale and Airedale Observer th 29 August, 1890 – Fashionable wedding at Baildon Church. The village of Baildon was the scene of great animation at noon on Wednesday, the occasion being the nuptials of Mr Oliver Firth, youngest son of Mr Thomas Firth, late of Baildon and now of Grange, and who was formerly a manufacturer at Shearbridge, Bradford, and Miss Florence Margaret Spink, second daughter of Mr John Spink (senior partner of the Bradford firm of Joseph Spink and Sons) of Baildon Lodge, Baildon. In the 1901 census Alfred W. Hoffman aged 39 years, wool and yarn merchant, with his wife Sarah 40 and daughter Irene (12) were living at the Lodge. They are still there in 1926, with the addition of John Achior Hoffman (24) also a wool and yarn merchant. They had a cook and two housemaids, one from Bergen in Norway. Alfred was a Jewish immigrant who established his office and warehouse at 8, Burnett St, Little Germany in the centre of Bradford, alongside other textile merchants who were immigrants from Germany. Achior was a prominent member of Bradford Chamber of Commerce who worked tirelessly to promote the establishment of Bradford Conditioning House which was eventually opened in 1891. It provided a scientific, laboratory examination of the 150 million lbs of foreign wool which was imported from all over the world. Most important it led to a reduction in anthrax, an infectious disease of sheep and goats passed by spores carried in their fleeces, and which was known as the wool sorters disease. There were 62 fatal cases in Bradford between 1916 and 1920, but this number fell sharply after Dr Eurich discovered a system of disinfection involving heat and formaldehyde at the Conditioning House. Bradford Daily Telegraph th 7 February, 1893 – Lost in Baildon a Fox Terrier. It answers to the name of Tyrant and has three black spots on its body. Finder to contact Baildon Lodge. th 5 September, 1894 – Accident to a Bradford gentleman. Mr Joseph Drake, son of the late Alderman Drake was yesterday out riding on a horse belonging to Mr Alfred Hoffman of Baildon Lodge, when he met with an accident. The riderless horse arrived at Shipley last evening, from the saddle of which the stirrup on one side was missing, and efforts were made to discover the rider. In the meantime Mr Drake reached home but was not, fortunately, seriously injured. th 15 July, 1896 – at the residence of her brother-in-law, Alfred W Hoffman of Baildon Lodge, the death of Emily, youngest daughter of the late Nathan Drake. th 6 December, 1899 – Mr Alfred Hoffman of Baildon Lodge, brother of Colonel Hoffman, is suffering from a severe attack of typhoid fever and has been confined to his house for several weeks. Shipley Times and Express th 12 August, 1904 – Gentleman’s valet absconds. On Thursday last, a person named Walter James, a valet on the employ of Mr A.W Hoffman of Baildon Lodge, disappeared and soon afterwards his employer found that a sum of nearly £50 has been taken. James, who was formerly in the Army, is believed to be a native of London. He is of smart, military appearance and about 46 years of age. Mr Hoffman placed the utmost confidence in him. James had been employed at Baildon Lodge for about ten years. He is reported to have got into difficulties through betting. Mr Hoffman is sorry for the betrayal of his confidence. The police have been communicated with on the subject. th 17 February, 1906 – Wanted at once, an Upstairs Maid. Good references required. Apply Mrs Alfred Hoffman, Baildon Lodge. th 16 July, 1909 – Mr A.W Hoffman won two silver rose bowls in the amateur class at the Saltaire Rose Show. Wharfedale and Airedale Observer Motor cycling at dangerous speed. Mr John A Hoffman of Baildon Lodge was summoned at Bradford on Wednesday for driving his motor cycle at a dangerous st speed. According to the evidence, on July 21 he rode up Cheapside in Bradford at an estimated speed of 25 to 30 miles per hour at a time when there was a good deal of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Mr S.E.Nixon of Headingley said that he had just stepped off a car at the bottom of Cheapside when the defendant swept past and up the hill. He spoke to the constable on point duty and this officer estimated the speed at 30 miles per hour. In the witness box the defendant said he had only ridden 15 yards when he passed the officer and, as his machine is geared abnormally high, it could not possibly have accelerated to anything like the speed mentioned. The Stipendiary Magistrate imposed a fine of £2 including costs, and expressed the opinion that motor cycles did travel too fast and steps should be taken to moderate them. Shipley Times and Express nd 2 January, 1914 – A striking illustration of the mildness of the weather experienced up to Christmas was seen in the garden of Mr A.W.Hoffman, Baildon Lodge, where there were many beautiful rose blooms. nd 2 October, 1914 – Men who have joined the Kings forces include Jack Hoffman of Baildon Lodge who has joined the West Middlesex Regiment. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer th 29 May, 1921 – The engagement is announced between John A Hoffman, son of Mr and Mrs Alfred W Hoffman of Baildon Lodge and Elizabeth (‘Betty’), only daughter of Mr and Mrs F.J. Haggas, JP, of Cliffe Lodge, Baildon. th th th 7 April, 1927 – the death is announced on April 6 in his 66 year of Alfred William Hoffman, Service at Scholemoor Crematorium, Bradford at 11-30am tomorrow, th April 8 . No flowers, no mourning, by request. In 1928 Sarah is living alone at the Lodge. Electoral Roll 1929 & 1930 – no entry (house vacant?) 1931 – William, Ann & Henry Hudson 1932 & 1933 – no entry (house vacant?) Electoral Roll - 1934 to 1940 – Edgar & Sarah Wrigglesworth Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer st 31 January, 1934 – Wanted immediately, young experienced nanny for boy two years old. Good refs. Mrs Wrigglesworth, Baildon Lodge. Wanted experienced Cook- General, to wash; housemaid kept. Mrs Wrigglesworth, Baildon Lodge, Station Rd, Baildon. In October, 1940, the Sunday Schools at the Primitive Methodist and Moravian Churches, the Picture House (opposite the Malt Shovel) and a number of large houses were commandeered by the military authorities for billeting purposes. It may be that Baildon House and Lodge were amongst the houses chosen. Mary France, in “Wartime Remembered” by Baildon Oral History Group, recalls that the seats in the Picture House (opposite the Malt Shovel on Northgate) had been removed to accommodate the soldiers and the floor was very sloping. “They went to sleep in the 1/3d and woke up in the 4d”. “Most of the soldiers attended dances at the Parochial Hall and there was no shortage of partners – but we had to develop the art of avoiding untrained feet.” A canteen for service personnel was opened in the Methodist Sunday School. Electoral Roll - 1945 to 1956 – Thomas & Eileen Briggs Electoral Roll - 1957 to 1962 – Peter & Stephanie Marbach Shipley Times and Express th 13 April, 1955 - Mr Peter Marbach of Baildon Lodge and managing director of Petmar Industries, Batley, left for a continental business tour on Monday. The tour will last for 16 days of road travel, and during that time he will visit Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. Before setting out he said “In these days the need to expand our economy, especially in the textile areas, is apparent. This can, to some extent, be achieved by increasing our exports on a national scale. I trust that my visit to Europe will have the dual effect of increasing our own sales abroad and in doing so further the country’s balance of trade position.” th 26 September, 1956 – Baildon Lodge, the beautiful home of Mr and Mrs Peter Marbach was the delightful setting for a cocktail party and reception. Lord Swinton was the principal guest. th 12 March, 1958 – Allan Binns, aged 33, a labourer of 10, Kelvin St, Bradford 4, was fined £10 after he had pleaded guilty to stealing a £1 note, the property of Alice Brullhardt at Baildon Lodge. Miss Brullhardt was the maid at Baildon Lodge, and while her employers were away in America she was in charge of the house. About nine o’clock in the morning of January this year she placed a £1 note in her purse, later putting it in her shopping bag and left it on the kitchen table. During the course of the morning the accused, who was at that time a window cleaner in the Baildon area, called at the Lodge and told her he would repair a broken window in an upstairs room. She allowed him to enter the house and he went to the window upstairs. He later came back into the kitchen. Miss Brullhardt told him that she was going to the shop and he said that he would accompany her. She went upstairs and returned five minutes later and found that he had left the house. She also found that the £1 note was missing from her purse. She reported the matter to the police, and when the accused was seen at his home he said ‘It wasn’t me, you are on the wrong man.’ He was questioned further and admitted the offence. Chief Inspector Allderidge said Binns had previous convictions for false pretences, housebreaking, larceny and forgery. The Chairman said that they were giving Binns one last chance and ordered him to pay the £10 fine at ten shillings a week. st 21 May, 1958 – A new Baildon company. New companies announced on Friday by Jordan and Sons Ltd, company registration agents, included Processed Fibres Ltd, Baildon Lodge, Baildon. Nominal capital £100 in £1 shares. Directors L.P.Marbach, Norman H Gaunt and Stephanie Marbach, all of Baildon Lodge. Electoral Roll – 1974 to 1978 – Kenneth and Sheila Blundell Electoral Roll – 1979 to 1982 – Graham and Vivian Ing In 1985 Baildon Lodge became a residential home for the elderly, owned by Dr Wozney, which closed in 1996/7. 1997 – Baildon Lodge was bought and redecorated by the Berry family. The th residential home was then re-opened as Grange Court on 4 January, 1998. There have been a number of building renovations since then, including  joining the existing house to the stable building in 1999  the conservatory was completed and a side garden landscaped in 2010  a hair salon and toilet facilities provided on the ground floor in 2011  additional rooms were created in 2018 to bring occupancy up to 30 residents. Roger Clarke (With thanks to Tish Lawson and Colin Coates for their help) October, 2019
2020.6.2: Saltaire Overlookers 1830-1914
'Saltaire Overlookers 1830-1914' by Roger Clarke, with contributions by Colin Coates: Includes items relating to individual overlookers and the social life of overlookers
Saltaire Overlookers 1830 to 1914 By Roger Clarke in collaboration with Colin Coates 1 Acknowledgements I gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Colin Coates, whose ability to use his computer skills to access information from census returns, newspaper stories, and many other sources has provided me with detailed material which would otherwise have been unavailable, especially in the biographies of Saltaire residents. His research is much appreciated. I have used Jack Reynold’s ‘The Great Paternalist’, published 1983 extensively in researching information about Saltaire in Victorian times. Part one Setting the scene th At the end of the 18 century the time was right for change, and for a different attitude towards work and employment. Calvin preached that hard work, thrift, and efficiency in one’s worldly calling were keys to eternal salvation. Profit is an end in itself, and the pursuit of profit is virtuous. Early capitalists needed a skilled and unskilled workforce disciplined to accept long hours and harsh conditions for as small a wage as possible to maximise profits. The organisation of labour in textile mills was dependent on the nature of the machinery involved, which determined the need for huge galleries and a large workforce to service the machines. Examples of early mills are:- • In 1776, Richard Arkwright, built his cotton mill at New Lanark. There were 9 rooms in the mill for preparing the raw cotton, carding drawing and roving, bobbin winding, throstle spinning, mule spinning, warping and beaming, drawing and weaving, and each was under the control of an overlooker. • In 1840, Brunswick cotton spinning mill, Ancoats, Manchester was built by David Bellhouse who employed William Fairburn to design a 7 storey block which housed 276 carding machines, 77,000 mule spindles, 20 drawing frames, 50 slubbing frames, and 81 roving frames. Overlookers The typical structure of the mill was to have a department manager and an overlooker for each of the mechanised processes involved from combing to dyeing. The following list outlines the generic role of the overlooker in all departments:- • Middle management between workers and bosses. • Maintenance of machines – regular oiling and checking, often before workers arrived. Undertake basic repairs, bringing in specialist mechanics if 2 necessary. Salts had their own specialists. Some overlookers were so good that they could tell if a machine was about to break down before it did. • Checking attendance. Workers were only allowed in at specific times and if you missed the time you might be allowed in after paying a fine. Overlookers had to make sure they had enough workers to operate the machines in their department, which included breaks and lunchtime when the machines continued to run. • Making sure that workers operated the machines efficiently and reliably. • Inspected the quality of the pieces before they left the department. • Hiring and firing. In some mills managers insisted on interviewing the overlooker’s choice. Workers could appeal to management if they felt unfairly dismissed. • Reporting accidents. • Checking use of toilets, ensuring that only one person used them at a time to prevent time wasting and gossiping. • The effectiveness of overlookers depended on their personalities and their ability to motivate workers as well as keeping control. • Training on the job. Observing the overlooker, but then had to attend evening classes 3 nights a week for a year. Then had one day a week day release and one evening a week for classes. The process could take 4 to 6 years. Bradford Mechanics Institute (between 1832 and 1882) and then Bradford Technical College offered other business classes which they could choose from. All funded by Mill. Apprentice overlookers could find that they were earning less money than mill juniors because the mill was paying for their training. Overlookers played their greatest role in spinning and weaving. In spinning they repaired machinery, inspected the final product and supervised both drawing and spinning room operatives. Each spinning room overlooker supervised about 40 workers. Weaving overlookers performed similar tasks but in addition they inspected the warps for weaving and determined the quality of the completed pieces. They were in charge of 50 to 100 looms. Overlookers were paid more than ordinary workers. They received 28/- to 30/- a week, compared with 14/- to 28/- for male workers, 9/- for female workers and 8/- to 10/- for children. Which raises the interesting question of how this payment was worked out for the most demanding overlooker role - in the weaving department. There had to be an element of technical skill here because overlookers would not only maintain the looms, they would often tune them and set up the patterns which were to be woven. But how do you calculate, in cash terms, for their exercise of authority over the workers? They were responsible for the flow of production and therefore controlled the distribution of work, the speed at which snags were overcome and the immediate discipline of the floor. One way was to put a value on the product of the worker’s labour i.e. the pieces of cloth produced – their length, complexity and density of the weave. In which case 3 their wages would vary from week to week according to piecework. Mills varied in the amount allowed for piecework and that allowed for the overlooker’s contribution. There was a ratio of 1 overlooker per 30 to 40 workers. Overlookers were invariably male in contrast to a largely female and child workforce. The complexity of the overlooker’s role is obvious from one of the few surviving examples of an overlooker’s notebook which can be found in the West Yorkshire Archive. It was the property of Fred Shackleton, an overlooker in Salts Mill in 1919. He was responsible for twisting, warping, winding and reeling. His notebook contains long handwritten lists of information about wages for a wide range of workers including takers-off, doffers, setters, jobbers, reelers, warpers, winders and hankers, and the prices of materials, all of which changed regularly and had to be updated. Overlookers had to be literate and numerate which many workers were not. Discipline of the workforce. In supervising the workers, especially children, overlookers often resorted to physical punishment. • “The overlooker gave us all a bit of the alley strap. It used to knock all the bits of wool, you know all the waste, it used to send it under the frames, so when the walking boss came round it were all tidy you see. Oh it were a big alley strap and it were all leather, and if they didn’t behave themselves they got a bit of this alley strap”. (From ‘Textile Voices’ by Tim Smith and Olive Howarth – Bradford Heritage Recording Unit. Published by Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage). • “Newspapers carried reports of continued violence in the work place, such as the 10 year old who died in March,1857, a week after a beating by an overlooker at Garnett’s Mill. The frequency of such violence led the ‘Textile Manufacturer’ to remark in December, 1875, that overlookers seemed to believe that they could treat children as they pleased. It recommended that notices be posted telling overlookers that they could not strike children.” • Evidence provided to the Factory Commissioners in 1832 stated “Discipline was the responsibility of the overlooker and was invariably maintained using a strap. In some mills it was not unknown for the overlooker to use a spindle from one of the machines to discipline children; particularly boys, who seem to have been dealt with more harshly than girls. One overlooker said that he had occasionally seen girls of 15 or 16 strapped, and on one occasion a woman of 20, although he had not strapped any girl over the age of 14. The same man said that he had sometimes seen parents of boys come to the mill to complain about excessive beatings. He also said that he thought that many parents did not complain about excessive beatings because they were afraid that it would encourage the overlooker concerned to find a reason to dismiss the child as quickly as possible. Interestingly, the majority of children giving evidence did not appear to feel aggrieved at having been beaten.” 4 • Sutcliffe Rhodes, frequent commentator in the local Press in the 1860s, cites “the sight of an emaciated form of a spinning girl rendered helpless by the scandalous abuse of an overlooker. And the dying spinner boy who said ‘Ellis Brook (overlooker) has pawsed me right hard”. There are many descriptions of the condition of children in mills in literature, including Disraelis ‘Sybil’ or ‘The Two Nations’ (1845) Dickens ‘Hard Times’ Charlotte Bronte ‘Shirley’ (1849) Frances Trollop ‘Michael Armstrong’ (1876) Gaskells ‘Mary Barton’ and ‘North and South’ (1854) Mrs Tonna ‘Helen Fleetwood’ (1839) I could find little evidence of extreme sexual abuse, such as that demonstrated in the 2015 film ‘Suffragette’ starring Meryl Streep as Emmaline Pankhurst and Cory Milligan as Maud Watts a laundry worker. A male supervisor has been sexually abusing girls in the laundry for years, including Maud and currently a friend’s young daughter. It may be that even when sexual abuse was known about it remained covert and was not publicised - certainly not in courts or newspapers. For example, between 1870 and 1914, 39 cases of sexual abuse came before Hamstead magistrates. Only a quarter were committed for trial. Three quarters were dealt with summarily. 60% of these received a conviction for common assault or indecent exposure and 40% were dismissed. As in other areas of the country, cases of sexual abuse were either acquitted or trivialised as minor public order offences. And from the Office of National Statistics we have • “In excess of 500 people were dealt with by the courts per year during the 1920s, rising incrementally to over 5,000 by the 1960s. • Throughout, however, this represented merely the tip of an iceberg. It is likely that the ten-fold increase was a result of changes in police and criminal justice procedure (enabling more cases to be reported and recorded) rather than an increase in prevalence. • Whilst the number of cases reported to the police increased incrementally across the period, evidence suggests there was a significant decline in the proportion that resulted in guilty verdicts. The law had been constructed as a reaction to Victorian moral anxieties – including concerns about homosexuality - rather than the need to protect and safeguard children. This means that children (as those against whom offences were committed) were only partially visible within the criminal justice statistics. In sum, the British state did not effectively monitor abuse of children. Ultimately it is only possible to conclude that the law and criminal justice system were woefully inadequate in dealing with child sexual abuse.” 5 However, there are examples of sexual harassment such as:- “There were one fellow, and we used to call him ‘Touchy’ because every time he come reckoning to look at the box he’d touch your behind. I remember one time I were on the box, and we used to warn each other when he was coming. They all used to say ‘watch him with Hilda’. And of course this day I didn’t know he were on and I was doing something with my machine and he come and put his hand right across my bottom. So I turned round, picked up a bobbin and hit him with it. So they took me to the office for it. The gentleman that was over the overlookers asked me what I hit him for. I said, ‘when he stops touching my arse I’ll stop hitting him with bobbins.” (Textile Voices) Women’s rights were very limited in the Nineteenth Century. The following is a reminder of what they were:- “1857 Matrimonial Causes Act – a man could divorce his wife for adultery, but she had to prove his adultery and also an additional ‘matrimonial offence’ such as cruelty, desertion, bigamy or incest. The reason was that a wife’s adultery ‘might introduce a spurious child into the family whereas a man’s promiscuity would have no such deleterious effects’. Under common law a married woman’s independent identity was totally subsumed in that of her husband under the doctrine of ‘coverture’. She was not able to enter into legal contacts and had no rights in her own property. All she had earned or inherited belonged to her husband. The 1870 Married Women’s Property Act was passed but inadequately gave women further rights. Husbands could gamble or drink away their wife’s earnings. Wives could not even have custody of their own children since the father was deemed to be the ‘natural’ guardian regardless of his faults. In 1878 the Matrimonial Causes Act enabled brutalised wives to obtain a Protection Order with the force of a judicial separation in the Magistrates Court to receive custody of their children and be awarded maintenance. However this did not constitute divorce and the woman could not remarry.” (From Sex, Gender and Social Change In Britain since 1880 by Lesley A Hall) Fortunately there are also examples of overlookers motivating their workers using more easy going methods. For example:- “We made a parcel up. We put orange peel, mucky bobbins, sweepings up, and made a lovely parcel and wrote on it ‘To our beloved overlooker from his doffers’. Well he got hold of it and looked at it you know, he’s looking right slyly around him, and he crept out and went into the men’s toilet. When he came out he shied the bobbins at us, orange peel, apple cores, banana skins. Anyhow he were a lovely overlooker and we loved him.” (Textile Voices) But there are other ideas about discipline and control in mills When Robert Owen took over control of the New Lanark Mill in the early 1800s he devised a new way for overlookers to control his workers in the workplace. He introduced the silent monitor. This was a four-sided piece of wood 2 inches long and one inch wide, each side coloured – one side black, one blue, one yellow and 6 one white, with a hook on top to hang it near to every person employed. The colour to the front told of the conduct of the person on the preceding day. Books of character were provided for each Department with the names of employees listed and monitor readings were noted in the book. The books were changed six times a year and were preserved. This system was similar to Jeremy Bentham’s Panoptican, a model prison featuring a central tower with several wings radiating out from it. The prisoner can always see the tower but never knows when or from where he is being observed. Prisoners self police their own behaviour because the guard may be watching, Each individual is seen but cannot communicate with the warders or other prisoners. The panopticon induces a sense of permanent visibility that ensures the functioning of power. Surveillance is permanent in its effects even if it is discontinuous in its action. Michelle Foucault was a French philosopher who had well formulated ideas about the nature of power in various social settings. He looked at diamond mines, prisons, schools, hospitals and the military, and saw common features in the way in which they impose disciplinary power in order to create ‘docile, obedient bodies’. That is, discipline must come about without excessive force through careful observation. Individual personal differences are not acknowledged unless they are related to skill, promotion or production. The Mill is divided into discrete departments and workers are classified in this way. The disciplinary power of the Mill is that it controls this system, and individuals become workers (or ‘operatives’). In Saltaire, this system of discipline is extended because the houses which the workers rented are owned by the Mill and linked with their employment . There are two local examples of this form of disciplinary surveillance. Saltaire Primary School has a balcony extending all the way around a central hall below which classrooms are situated, each with glass windows which enable a headteacher to observe the classroom from above without being seen. Salts Mill has huge open galleries (especially ‘The Lobby’) within which the textile machines were situated, enabling overlookers to observe a number of machines without actually approaching them. In a Bradford Mill Rachel Bellerby (‘Chasing the Sixpence – the lives of Bradford Mill Folk’ published by Fort Publishing Ltd) describes an overlooker who “had his own small office at the end of the weaving shed, which had glass sides so that he could always see what was happening on the floor”. Part Two The local scene in Saltaire 7 Titus Salt had mills in Bradford before starting to build Saltaire in 1851. Between 1851 and 1853 Salts Mill was built, and in 1853 house building began. Jack Reynolds notes that Saltaire had a selected population – key workers from Salt’s Bradford mills. Overlookers were amongst the first to go to Saltaire. Groups of workers were influenced by overlooker choices and followed them to the village. Warp dressers whose work was crucial at an early stage in the textile process were treated in the same way. Other groups moved more slowly. Overlookers and other senior workers formed an element in the so called workers committee which was responsible for allocating tenancies in the village. Titus Salt had seen Saltaire as being a place where the mistakes of Bradford could be rectified and a model industrial community could be created meeting his workers spiritual, moral, educational, housing, environmental and social needs – very different to the Bradford which his workers had left behind. The original plans for Saltaire specified two types of housing – workers and overlookers houses. This distinction has never narrowly determined their actual occupancy. The overlookers houses were larger and more expensive to rent and therefore more likely to be occupied by people in Jack Reynold’s ‘executive’ group of employees which includes wool buyers, designers, engineers, chief cashiers, managers, foremen and overlookers. Their size also means that they are more suitable for large families or for use of two families which wanted to live together and share the rent whatever their social position. These houses were initially on William Henry St, and George St, followed by ‘improved’ overlooker houses on Victoria Rd, Albert Rd and on Gordon Terrace and Myrtle Place. House building continued uphill towards Bradford Rd, with the improved housing of later build appealing to overlooker choices and there was a lot of tenant mobility. Reynolds says “Removals within the village were a persistent feature of village life. Of those who stayed between 1861 and 1871, over 50% moved to better or newer houses as they were completed and left older property to newcomers”. The following table shows overlooker choices over time according to Census returns. Overlookers Choice of Houses by street Street 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 Ada St 6 4 1 1 2 Albert Rd 6 4 3 4 5 Albert Ter 1 1 3 Almshouses 4 Amelia St 5 2 2 Bath Buildings 1 Caroline St 2 4 1 6 2 Constance St 1 2 5 2 2 Daisy Place 1 8 Dove St 1 2 4 2 7 Edward St 2 1 1 1 2 1 Fanny St 4 1 1 Fern Place 1 1 Garden 1 1 1 1 Cottage George St 11 10 10 9 7 11 Gordon Ter 4 4 2 3 Harold Place 1 1 1 1 1 Helen St 4 2 1 3 3 1 Herbert St 4 4 3 1 2 3 Higher School 1 1 St Jane St 2 1 6 3 Katherine St 1 1 Lockwood St 1 1 2 2 3 Lower School 1 5 2 2 St Mary St 6 3 1 1 1 3 Mawson St 3 4 4 2 2 Myrtle Place 1 1 Shirley St 2 1 8 1 1 3 Titus St 8 13 12 7 6 3 Victoria Rd 1 7 7 4 4 4 Whitlam St 4 3 4 2 1 William Henry 3 2 3 1 2 2 St This table shows one thing very clearly – that in the Mill the overlookers were part of the management structure but at home they lived on the same streets as fellow workers and were regarded as working men. I looked in detail at both overlooker and ordinary worker’s families and found very little difference in terms of number of children or lifestyle. One difference is that overlookers tended to be better educated than the ordinary workers. They had to have a better level of literacy to embark on an apprenticeship, and to follow their overlooker training. They also arranged for their children to remain in education for as long as possible, recognising that this was necessary to enter a skilled trade on leaving school. However, education was expensive at secondary level, and it is suggested that a foreman earning less than £100 per year could not afford to send their children to school beyond 13 or 14 years. The children of ordinary workers left school earlier, as soon as possible to begin work in the mill and earn a wage. Many were half-timers. Overlookers wives and families were closely involved in village life, living alongside the families of ordinary workers. Married women and their children, whatever their husband’s occupation, shared the everyday life of the village. It might not be 9 possible to know all 4,300 inhabitants of the village in 1906, but gossip was a common commodity , and Edward Stanners remarked at a later date that the women on the factory floor would often get to work half an hour early in order to ‘cal’ and catch up with the latest events in the village. The fact that Saltaire village had clear boundaries and was widely publicised as a model village gave workers of all kinds a sense of pride, belonging and a shared commitment to each other. Many employees and their families had known each other for many years working for the same firm even before moving to Saltaire and there were often kinship links. Some overlookers had worked as ordinary workers in the past. My hypothesis Overlookers were in a position to take the lead in contributing to community initiatives “Skilled men played a greater part than others in the administration of village facilities” (Reynolds) The following is a look at the evidence that this was the case. In Parliament The Nine Hours Movement. “Began with engineers and craft unions nationally, and only became a real issue when taken up by textile workers, led by overlookers. It was headed by Mundella, MP for Sheffield who consulted with the Overlookers’ Short Time Committees in Bradford and Leeds and brought a Bill before the House in 1872 to limit the working hours of women and children in factories to nine hours a day. A group of employers opposed the Bill, suggesting that although they worked longer hours than most craftsmen they did not work as hard in ten hours as the men did in nine. A deputation including Edward Salt presented their views to the Home Office. They claimed that there was no widespread desire among workers for a reduction of hours, for many textile workers were on piece rates and the prospect only faced them with diminished earnings. They claimed that the overlookers who had brought the agitation did so to bring their own hours into line with mill craftsmen who had obtained the reduction through their unions. Mundella’s Bill did not pass the House but a less generous Bill, the Ten Hour Bill was passed by the Disraeli administration.” (Reynolds) and “Working men were beginning to demand a more real political authority, either through a Radical/Labour wing of the Liberal Party or in a new Independent Labour Movement. In 1892, Saltaire men joined with Shipley working men to indicate that they were no longer willing to accept the political leadership of the local mill owners, and in particular the special authority of Salts. They produced their own Liberal/Labour candidate for the general election of 1892 – WP Byles had backed the strikers at Manningham Mills in 1890/91. He won the seat, leading to the resignation of Charles Stead as chairman of the Shipley Liberal Executive. Seth 10 Bentley, manager of Saltaire Baths, and a regular critic of the Salt authority, took Stead’s place. Among the men who supported him on the Executive were vice presidents Alex George, J Cryer, and Isaac Sanctuary. Isaac Sanctuary later joined the Bradford Independent Labour Party in 1893 when a branch was formed in Shipley, and his place on the Liberal Executive was taken by his brother Jacob.” (Reynolds) There were two political organisations in Shipley Shipley Liberal Club. Charles St, off Briggate, Shipley. Opened 1887. 400 members. Shipley Conservative Club. Atkinson St, off Westgate, Shipley with 300 members. Plus Saltaire Manhood Suffrage Association. “By 1866 there was a powerful branch of the National Reform League in Saltaire with secretary Robert Power, ‘an uncompromising radical’, son of Edward Power who had been imprisoned in 1848 in Bradford for Chartist activity. In 1866 and Easter Tuesday in 1887 the Manhood Suffrage Association turned out in force with the blessing of the firm which closed for the 1866 occasion since it was not a public holiday. The Saltaire Brass Band played the accompaniment to the march from Saltaire to Leeds. The National Reform League was a working class movement which asserted the intrinsic dignity and worth of working men as individuals and as members of a class. Unlike Chartism it did not demand social reform – it was a franchise for men who were properly ‘residential and registered”. (Jack Reynolds) In Saltaire Let’s begin by looking at organisations which provided safeguards against death and sickness. Saltaire Funeral Brief Society Open to anyone over 7 years old living in Saltaire and in good health pay 1.5d under 21, and over 21 they pay 3d as an entrance fee. Then a levy of 2d is made on those over 21 and 1d under that age. They receive £5 on death if over 21 and £4 under that age. The Society was formed in 1857 and by 1879 it had nearly 3,000 members. Originally Thomas Greenwood of 22, George St, an overlooker, was the secretary. Like the savings bank it was run by senior workers. In 1879, James Rushton was President, James Paley, (spinning overlooker) secretary, and the committee of 15 was made up of overlookers, specialist mechanics and warehouse men with only one ordinary ‘millhand’. Among the committee were men who were constantly active in the affairs of the village – Sharp Varley (weaving overlooker), Samuel Baldwin (overlooker), Edwin Cox and John Lambert. Saltaire Men’s Society 11 For relief of the sick. John Wood of 9. Mawson St, Secretary. Members above 18 and under 25 pay 6d per month, and above 25 but under 50 pay 8d per month. During sickness they are entitled to 8s per week for the first six months, 4s for the next six weeks and 2s per week after that. In addition to payments from members, Sir Titus Salt pays the Society 4d per month for each member enrolled. Saltaire Women’s Society For relief of the sick. Thomas Greenwood (overlooker), 22, George St, Secretary. Members over 16 pay 4d per month. They are then entitled to 5s for the first six months of sickness, and 3s per week afterwards. Sir Titus Salt pays the Society 6d per month for every member enrolled. Other organisations which encouraged saving to meet times of need included:- Saltaire Penny Savings Bank. Formed in 1857 by a number of senior workmen with Joseph Dawson, foreman of the wool warehouse as secretary. Post Office Savings Bank Opened in 1861 enabling the GPO to provide a simple savings scheme for ordinary wage earners. By 1914 it had more than 8.5 million accounts, almost 80% of which were under £25. Bingley, Shipley and Keighley Building Society. Established 1851. Opens in Shipley at Yorkshire Bank Chambers, Otley Rd twice a week to collect subscriptions. Branch of Bradford Old Bank. Open daily on Market Place, Shipley. Friendly Societies To ward off the effect of sickness, injury or death amongst working men. The three largest Friendly Societies were the Oddfellows, the Foresters and the Royal and Ancient Order of Buffaloes. 8% of the population in 1815 were in Friendly Societies. Legislation to encourage the formation of Friendly Societies came as early as 1793. This was consolidated in 1850 with an Act of Parliament and a government department was established to administer the Act. By the early 1830s the Oddfellows had 30,000 members and 561 lodges, increasing to 90,000 members and 3,500 lodges by 1842. There were lodges in every county of England. By 1874 there were 489,237 members and 1908 there were 868,190. The Bradford branch of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows was the richest in the West Riding and had 27 lodges, 3,382 members and paid out over £3,000 a year in death, sickness and medical benefits in 1850.’ Royal Antedeluvian Order of Buffaloes (The Buffs). Formed in 1822 as a Fraternal organisation who’s mission was Justice, Truth and Philanthropy. They aided members and their families in times of need and supported local charities. Branches were called Lodges, in imitation of Freemasons. Overlookers in Bradford had the Power Loom Overlookers Society and the Amalgamated Overlookers. They had a motto of ‘United to help, not combined to injure’. They had no connection with strikes or trade unions. Their object was to benefit each other in employment and to assist each other in sickness and death. 12 They were originally Friendly Societies. The first was in 1827, Bradford No 1 Overlookers Provident Society; the second in 1833, Bradford No 2 Managers and Overlookers Society; the third in 1862, Bradford No 3 Overlookers Provident Society. All three merged in 1911 to become Bradford and District Managers and Overlookers Society. Some Mills required apprentices to join them. But help still came mainly from relatives or the pawnshop. The peak year for pawn shops came in 1914 when there were 5087 shops operating under licence in Britain. The number declined after this point. Co-ops In the 1830s/40s chandler’s shops were popular. They advanced goods on credit but often the goods were adulterated, over priced and of poor quality – and the same with firms operating the truck system. The Rochdale Pioneers bought good quality food at wholesale prices, cutting out the middle man and avoiding adulteration. Then in 1862 the Co-operative Wholesale Society was formed with similar ideas. This also provided a dividend (a payment Society profits once a year in proportion to the buyers expenditure). It had 400,000 members in 1883, reaching 2.3 million in 1913, 3.2 million in 1923 and 6 million in 1937. Saltaire Industrial Coal Society – Formed in 1864 when W Tiffany (wool sorter) was Secretary. Offices were at 13, Victoria Rd. Members received dividends and bonuses dependant on the amount of coal sold and profits made. In 1871 it had 600 to 800 members. In 1876 and 1877 there were newspaper advertisements under the heading ‘Coal! Coal! Coal!!!’ listing all the types of coal stocked and profits made. Orders received by W Tiffany of 30, Albert Rd. Jabez Copley of 20 George St was then Secretary. With Isaac Constantine they were the organisers of the Society. Independent Co-operative and Industrial Society Ltd – 6, Victoria Rd. Michael Holdsworth of 4, Gordon Terrace (overlooker and later weft room manager) was secretary. Closed in Saltaire in 1881. Leeds Co-operative Society. 8, Victoria Rd. James Wilkinson, storekeeper – Isaac Constantine, President of 33, Victoria Rd. Closed in Saltaire in September, 1885. Windhill Co-operative Society opened a branch at 30/31 Caroline St in May,1881. Abraham Barras was a director. Religion Saltaire Congregational Church. Opened for divine worship in 1859, and by 1860 had a regular weekly congregation of 400, plus a Sunday School with 110 on register. It was the elite church in Saltaire with Titus Junior as a member and principal benefactor and George Morrell and Frederick Wood, Chief Cashier, among the deacons. A number of well-to-do Shipley people also formed part of the communicant membership. Saltaire Wesleyan Methodist Chapel drew its leaders from a wider social circle than the Congregational Church, and included the manager of the wool warehouse, 13 the mill engineer, several of the overlookers and woolsorters and four or five woolcombers. Low Lane Primitive Methodist Church, off Saltaire Rd, Shipley. Opened in 1840 and closed in 1960 when it was demolished. St Paul’s Parish Church, Kirkgate, Shipley Built in 1826 St Walburger’s Catholic Church (Parish of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross). Built 1878. Saltaire Society of the New Church (Swedenborgians) In his history of this Church, Bernard Leather describes that in 1870 a group of men (many of whom were Salts Mill workers), looking for rooms to rent where religious services could be held. They first used 13, Victoria Rd but in 1882/3 they “took the tenancy of two small rooms in Saltaire Rd, Saltaire which were part of the group of almshouses”. This was also known as Chapel House which held Sunday services for the Congregational Church. It was No 6, Alexandra Square (later renumbered as 29, Victoria Rd). Services were held there until 1924 and Leather describes the rooms in detail. Isaac and Jacob Sanctuary, Albert Cawthra, Robert Power, John Preston (an artist), Ben Preston (writer and poet), Abraham Holroyd (bookseller and stationer), Jonathan Mitchell (warp twister), Richard Barker (warp twister), Seth Bentley (manager Saltaire Bath-house), and James Mattack of Baildon (shopkeeper of various wares and street trader) were the founders. They were articulate, strong minded men with firm political and religious ideas. I understand that Swedenborgianism is an interpretation of the Bible which can be incorporated into other religious beliefs and so the members came from a number of religious backgrounds. In 1901, the group bought land in Park St from the Trustees of Sir Titus’ will and Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons and Co Ltd, but never built a church there. In 1924 the Saltaire group amalgamated with the Bradford Society of the New Church and opened a New Church at Ashfield Avenue, Frizinghall. Apart from all these formal organisations, there were many societies for Saltarians to join in their leisure time. Fire Brigade – S Shackleton, Foreman, 29, Victoria Rd. Floral and Horticultural Society – Founded 1861. Renamed the Horticultural, Pig and Dog Society in 1873 and then the Horticultural, Pig, Dog, Poultry and Pigeon Society in 1876. W Tiffany, 30 Albert Rd, Secretary. “It had about 100 members, most prominent among them were long serving and skilled employees such as Eli Lambert, Isaac Constantine, John Hanson, James Ellis, Sam Baldwin and James Rushton. Men of this type were most likely to be allocated and to keep the allotments which the firm provided, though they could not establish a total monopoly since there were 100 allotments and 38 piggeries along the canal-side. It had an annual show and exhibition which was a highlight of the village social life. In addition to a produce competition (judged by the Head 14 Gardener from Methley Park) there were athletic events attracting a nationwide field and games were arranged for the children”. (Reynolds) In 1869 there were also horses jumping hurdles and a velocipede race. From 1867 to 1876 it was “held in a field owned by Mr Titus Salt situated on the Baildon side of the River Aire – the entrance to which was rather difficult and inconvenient owing to the fact that the construction of a new bridge is going on just now” (Bradford Observer). This presumably was what, since 1871, was Saltaire Park (later Roberts Park). There were no shows between 1877 and 1881, but in 1882 it was held on a recreation ground on Albert Rd. Cricket Club – William Parker, Secretary. It was destined, like the gymnastics club and the brass band, to achieve national fame. It was founded in 1865 with 140 members and promise by Salt to provide a playing area. It was reorganised in 1871 when the firm began to take a more positive interest in its affairs. The managing director, Charles Stead became President and Titus Salt was on the committee. The firm (under Sir James Roberts) provided a ground in the new park and generous financial help. The Half Moon Café was built for the Club. (There is a book by Patsy Quinn called ‘Run of the Mill’ which describes the history of the Club but which unfortunately concentrates on professional players like Sidney Banks and doesn’t mention the ordinary members at all. It does however have a photo of the Veterans team which is worth looking at). String and Reed Band – Anthony Hill of Caroline St was bandmaster. Saltaire Brass band. Challenged the already famous Black Dyke Mills band for pre-eminence in national competitions. It was originally founded in 1855 and called the Saltaire Brass Band, supported financially by Titus with £1,000 per year. There were two bands originally – a drum and fife band for the boys and a brass band for the men of the village, all of whom worked in the Mill. It began to enter national competitions, gaining first prize at the Crystal Palace in London in 1861, and second prize at the Belle Vue September Contest in 1872. There were numerous prizes at more local contests, but from the early 1870’s it was no longer entering national competitions. In 1894 it was disbanded, and the instruments were called in by the Company. Then there was a time gap until 1932 when it reformed as Salts Silver under the tuition of Mr HB Hawley, and they used to practice in the Royal Café (Salt’s old dining hall on Victoria Road). It changed its name to Salts (Saltaire) Band and was very successful on the national scene. Mr Hawley continued as its sponsor, but in 1946 he decided to form a new junior band and link this with his thriving business – he was managing director of Hammond’s Sauce Company. Some of the original senior band members transferred to this new band and Hammond’s Sauce Works Band was born, to go on to national fame and recognition. Hawley died in 1981, leading to changes in the management at Hammonds, and sponsorship was finally withdrawn in the early 1990s. Fortunately Yorkshire Building Society came in with a new offer to sponsor, and the name changed to the Yorkshire Building Society Band, and then to the YBS Band. 15 In January, 2009, the band was renamed the Hammond’s Saltaire Band. Gymnastics Club. Housed at the Institute it became a leading club in the north of England. Glee and Madrigal Society – John Johnson, Secretary. In 1869 J Giles of 47, George St was secretary. Saltaire Prize Choir Formed in 1877 as the Saltaire Wesleyan Choir, this choral group went on to achieve huge successes on the national musical scene. All over Britain, competitions were held with cash prizes, encouraging groups to form in order to win substantial rewards. The Wesleyan Choir became the Saltaire Prize Choir in 1889, and here are a few of their most notable achievements:- • Held at Hawes, the Hardraw Scar Brass Band and Choral Contest was set in an natural outdoor amphitheatre. Saltaire Prize Choir won first prize in 1890, and went on to compete here with the same success for many years. • In 1891, they performed at the Welsh National Eisteddfod in Swansea and picked up a second prize. They endured a 10 hour train ride to get there, performing before 30,000 people in a canvas tent in the rain. • At Tanfield, near Newcastle, they were invited to the mansion of Sir Frederick Milbank, Bart, there they sang and were given the freedom to explore the house and gardens. • After winning first prize at Morecambe in 1896, they returned home by train at 1-30am on Sunday morning to be greeted on the station by hundreds of supporters to welcome them back. In the pouring rain the crowd demanded a short concert on the railway bridge where the choir sang “The Sea Hath its Pearls” by Pinsuti and “Great God of Love” a madrigal in 8 parts by Pearsall – all without copies and under umbrella canopies. But perhaps the best know of their achievements was their performance at the Second Annual International Music Traders’ Exhibition, Royal Agricultural Hall, London in July, 1896, where they were awarded first prize of a Gebruder Knake white grand piano, worth 100 guineas. Angling Association – GH Bayley of 12 Victoria Rd and J Hall of Market St, Bradford were agents. Jack Reynolds notes that “There was a fishing club with one of there woolsorters as secretary which provided sport for about 100 men. It was supported by Titus Junior who established a trout farm at Milner Field and kept a stretch of the River Aire inside the Park stocked with fish”. Thirty-ninth West Riding Rifle Volunteers – J Crowther, Captain. Established in summer 1859. Edward Salt, George Salt and Titus Junior Salt held commissions in it for short periods and 90 young men in the village joined the ranks. Its armoury was located in Victoria Hall. Sir Titus provided beer for the men on manoeuvres. Shipley Musical Union Club. Wainman St. Established 1880. Gentlemen only. 16 Shipley Temperance Union. General Committee meets at Rosse St School. Established 1892, for the promotion of temperance and general moral well-being of the community, by efforts of an educational, remedial and preventative character. In 1906 the Shipley Temperance Union was located at The People's Hall, Otley Road, between Dale Street and Cross Banks. (thanks to David King for this information). President Mr George Morrell. There follows extracts from overlooker biographies, with their involvement in local organisations highlighted Baldwin, Samuel 1815 – 25 July 1888 Samuel Baldwin was born c1814 in Guiseley. He married Sarah Greenbough 2 February 1840 at Christ Church Bradford. They had five children. By 1861 they were living at 34 (renumbered 60) George Street in Saltaire with Samuel working as an overlooker. In August 1864 Samuel won a prize at the Saltaire Horticultural Show for his roses. By 1871 Samuel and his family had moved to 28 Victoria Road (renumbered 45 in 1880 then renumbered 71 in 1898) in Saltaire. In March 1879 Samuel was elected as an officer of the Saltaire Funeral Brief Society. Samuel died 25 July 1888 at 6 Mawson Street in Saltaire Barras, Abraham c1846 – 20 January 1925 Abraham married Sarah Horne 1 June 1868 at St Wilfrid’s Calverley. They had six children, with one dying as an infant. They lived all their lives in Windhill. In March 1885 Abraham was appointed to represent Windhill on the Central Committee of the Shipley Liberal Party. In February 1895 he was elected onto the Shipley School Board. He began work as a boy at Saltaire Mills in the spinning department and was a spinning overlooker for many years. On leaving Saltaire Mill he took up the insurance business for upwards of 20 years. In his early manhood was a prominent member of the Windhill Young Men's Institute. Later he became associated with the Windhill Wesleyan Mission, and for nearly 60 years was a well-known local preacher. He was also actively identified with the local cooperative movement and was a director of the Windhill Co- operative Society for 23 years. He was for many years a member of the Shipley Veterans Association, and during the absence of Mr. Hulme (chaplain) conducted the weekly services. Boddy, John 1843 – January 1915 John worked at Saltaire Mill for fifty four years in various jobs; warehouseman, weft man, worsted overlooker and clerk. He was an active member of the Saltaire Wesleyan Church and at one time or another held practically all the offices open to a layman. Amos Brear 17 Amos died 14 March 1919. Report from the Shipley Times 21 March 1919 as follows: - Originally a worker in Saltaire Mills, at which he became a spinning overlooker, he commenced in 1866, along with his brother, the drapery business in Saltaire Road. Mr. Brear was held in great respect and esteem by the tradesmen of Shipley, and this feeling found expression in 1906 when he was elected President the Tradesmen's Association. His connection with the Association dated from its formation. At the time of his death Mr. Brear was the senior deacon of the Saltaire Congregational Church, and he had served on the deaconate for 37 years. For over 20 years he was also treasurer of the church. With the church and Sunday school at Saltaire he had indeed been closely connected for over 65 years, Mr. Brear was a director for the last 15 years of the Bingley Building Society, a meeting of which he attended a fortnight before his death. A lifelong Liberal, and a member of the West Ward Liberal Club, he unsuccessfully contested two Urban Council elections in 1899 and 1913. After he was 50 years of age, he became a keen and enthusiastic cyclist, and rode many thousands of miles, Carr, John Francis 1896 – 26 October 1917 John was born c1896 in Saltaire. In 1911 he was living with his parents at 60 George Street in Saltaire. John Francis was employed as a worsted piece overlooker in Saltaire Mill. He was well known as the scorer for the Saltaire Cricket Club Second X1. He was also connected with Saltaire’s Men Own and the Saltaire Horticultural Society. Carr, Henry 1855 – 1924 During WW1 Henry served as secretary of the Shipley & District Ambulance Corps. Mr. Carr was one of the founders and the first secretary of the Shipley Gala Committee when it was formed in 1885, and up to these last few years had always taken an active part in the annual gala. He was also for several years’ secretary of the Yorkshire Voluntary Charitable Association, having to resign owing ill-health. As an ambulance worker. Mr. Carr had gained several honours for long and valued service. Constantine, Isaac 15 November 1827 – 5 November 1898 Isaac was a wool sorter, which was his occupation throughout his life. Isaac was a keen gardener. Living in Saltaire he won first prize for his potatoes at the Airedale Floral & Poultry Show 19 August 1856. This was the first of numerous awards he won for his vegetables. In the 1861 census Isaac and his family were living at 5 (renumbered 10) Edward Street in Saltaire. Isaac was active in politics and in local affairs. In April, 1866 he chaired a meeting to consider the Government’s Franchise Bill as part of the National Reform League In March, 1871 he chaired a meeting celebrating the Saltaire Branch of the Leeds Industrial Co-operative Society Limited and the Saltaire Industrial Coal Society 18 Limited. Isaac was director of the Saltaire branch of the Leeds Co-Operative Society. By 1871 Isaac and his family had moved to 33 (renumbered 76) Victoria Road in Saltaire, where they remained the rest of their lives. In April 1874 at the annual meeting of the Saltaire Club and Institute Isaac was elected as one of sixteen committee members. At the funeral of Sir Titus Salt (5 January 1877) Isaac was one of twelve foremen of the works invited to officiate as a bearer, to carry the coffin into the Saltaire Congregational Church from the hearse. In July 1882 Isaac was reported as presiding at a meeting of the Saltaire Coal Society. In January 1886 Isaac was elected to and appointed auditor for the Shipley Liberal Hundred. Throughout his life Isaac was involved with Saltaire Cricket Club and in 1893 was vice chairman. Frank Dickinson Report from the Shipley Times 3 June 1953 as follows: - The award of the 0.B.E. to Mr Dickinson, of 58 Marlborough Road, Shipley in the birthday honours announced on Monday will be welcome news to many of Mr. Dickinson’s friends and business associates. He became the first full-time secretary of the Bradford and District Power-Loom Overlookers' Society in 1915. and in 1949 he was appointed a director of U.K. Wool Disposals, Ltd. Mr. Dickinson has been secretary of the Yorkshire Association of Power-Loom Overlookers ever since its inception in 1921. He was one of the founder members of the National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade 1916, was its chairman from 1943-46 and is still an Executive member. Mr. Dickinson served the Wool Control Board in both world wars; He was connected with the formation of the Wool Textile Industrial Council and has been a member of the management committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions since 1936. He has been a member of Bradford Employment Committee since 1920 and a member the Appellant Tribunal, for conscientious objectors' appeals since 1940. In Shipley Mr. Dickinson is a vice - president of Northcliffe Amateur Bowling Association and a member of Shipley Musical Union. He was born in Saltaire and commenced work at Saltaire Mills when he was 10 years of age. Frank died in 1962. Doyle, Thomas Francis c1855 – 6 March 1933 Mr Doyle lived in Shipley for well over thirty years and was a departmental manager at the firm of Messrs. Salt’s (Saltaire) Ltd. He was perhaps best known for his political activities. In 1913 he contested the West Ward as a Labour candidate and was elected a member of the Shipley Urban Council, but on four subsequent occasions he was returned unopposed as an Independent candidate for the same ward. In all he served on the Council for 14 years, and rendered valuable service as chairman of the Baths, Public Health, and Promenade Concert Committees, and vice-chairman of the Education Committee. During the war he was a member of the Military Service Tribunal. 19 A very keen musician. Mr. Doyle was a past president of the Shipley Musical Festival, with which he was associated for many years. He was also a member of the committee of the old Saltaire Institute Society, and a past president of the Mills Male Voice Choir. Mr. Doyle was also a former chairman the Shipley I.L.P, a past president of the Saltaire Mills Bowling Club: member of Laycock’s Debating Society, Bradford: a speaker on political economy; a member of the Astronomical Society; and a member of the old Shipley Operatic Society. As a young man he was an enthusiastic Rugby Union player and played wing three-quarter for the Buttershaw Club. His brother, Eddie Doyle, was the famous Bradford and Yorkshire full back. Ellis, Fred 19 Mar 1853 – 1947 He began work at eight in the Saltaire Mills and became a combing overlooker ten years later. He retired on a pension in 1927, after 66 years’ service without a break. In his younger days he was a notable cricketer. He assisted in the formation of the Saltaire Cricket Club and played with the first team as batsman and wicketkeeper until he retired from the game in 1887. In those days the club consisted largely of employees of the Saltaire Mills, and the team was known as the “Millboys in white.” In 1877 he played with the Saltaire and district “XV.,” which defeated the full Notts County team, and he scored nearly 100 runs against the bowling of Billy Barnes, Morley, and Flowers. Two years later he was selected by the M.C.C. to play with a team of All-England colts at Lord’s and scored an outstanding success. Ellis, Edwin 27 April 1855 – 19 September 1940 Edwin Ellis was the son of Joseph Ellis a wool warehouseman. In 1871 & 1881 they were living at 21 Victoria Road with Edwin working as a piece hooker then a weaving overlooker. In 1891 they lived at 14 Almshouses (renumbered 37 Victoria Road). In 1901 & 1911 Edwin was a weaving manager living with his family at 34 Albert Road (renumbered 67). Around 1914 they moved to 29 Avondale Road in Shipley where Edwin would spend the rest of his life. Report from the Shipley Times 28 May 1920 as follows: - “In the year 1864, before he was nine years of age, young “Ted” came to work in the mills as a half-timer and attended the school for half-timers held by the firm in the building now known as the Royal Café in Victoria Road. At this tender age he worked in the drawing room of the spinning department, but after a few months, and before he attained the solemnity of ten years, he became a jobber, which occupation he followed for some four years. At thirteen he was transferred to the weft room of the weaving department and was employed there in pegging bobbins. From the weft room he advanced to piece- hooking and weavers wages clerk, and at sixteen years of age, some 49 years ago, he took up the practical side of weaving. At that time the workers were employed on the noted Donskoi wool, when three pieces per day were turned off the loom. This employment lasted some six months, 20 and in 1873 his future was definitely decided, when, on Sir Titus Salt’s 70th birthday, young Ted became an apprentice weaving overlooker. For nine years, including his apprenticeship, he worked on ladies’ goods in the Dresses Department, and subsequently for eleven years was employed on men’s wear in the Coatings Department. A further period was spent in charge of the Pattern Weaving, and on December 13th, 1894, a few months after the advent of Mr. James Roberts and his co-directors, Ellis was promoted to be the manager of the whole of the Weaving Departments, which position he has held up to the present time, making a total length of service of 55 years. Natural capacity and determination resulted in a very wide and thorough technical knowledge, and this was recognised by the local authorities when, at the inception of the Shipley Technical School in 1887, Mr Ellis was placed in charge of the textile Department, and he held this position for five years. He is a well-known character in old Saltaire, and in his younger days played in the first eleven with the Saltaire Cricket Club. He was in the team on the memorable occasion when they put out Scarborough for eleven runs. Mr. Edwin Ellis is leaving with the tale of fifty-five years to his credit, and his brother, He was presented with a gold watch. Excell, John (Jack) 1 May 1879 – 6 March 1959 Mr John Excell, of 10 Springcliffe Street, Green Lane, Baildon, who died on Friday at the age of 79, retired last July after 69 years unbroken service at Saltaire Mills. He came of a family with a remarkable record of service, even at a firm where there is a tradition for generation to follow generation. His father, who lived to be 95, actually helped to build houses in Saltaire. and worked at the mill for more than 73 years. Mr. Excell’s sister worked there for 47 years, and his son, Mr. Harold Excell, has been at the mill for 50 years. Mr. John Excell was at Delph Hill, Baildon, and started working in the drawing department at the mill when only ten years old. For more than 40 years he was a carding overlooker. In his youth, Mr. Excell played cricket with Baildon Green. He was a member of the New Prosperity Lodge of the Shipley District. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity, and of the Wood bottom Veterans’ Association. Ferrand, William c1821 – 27 February 1903 In 1861 William was a spinning overlooker living with his family at 46 George Street (renumbered 72) in Saltaire. From 1881 they lived at The Green in Baildon where William was a wool buyer and merchant. William died 27 February 1903. Report in the Shipley Times 6 March 1903 as follows: - Mr Ferrand was well known and respected among all classes in the village, having held various public offices. He was throughout his life a sterling Liberal, and his death awakens memories of political struggles in the days before the household franchise was given to the counties, in which he took an active part. Born at Cottingley, he had early in life to begin to earn his own livelihood, which he did first in a humble way as weaver, then as hand comber in Bradford. He was 21 employed at Messrs Forster Fison’s when that firm removed from Bradford to Greenholme, Burley in Wharfedale. He graduated from one position of trust to another until about the year 1860, when he obtained the appointment of wool buyer at Saltaire Mills, a position which he held for many years, ultimately retiring from the firm to commence a business as a woolstapler on his own account in Bradford. Mr Ferrand was a member of the Baildon Local Board for about twelve years and was a district representative on the Wharfedale Board of Guardians over nine years. He was also on the executive committee of the old East Division of the West Riding Liberal Association and of the Otley Division Liberal Executive Committee, and for many years a prominent member of the Otley and Baildon Liberal Clubs. George, Alexander c1840 – 28 March 1910 Alexander was a clothier with a shop on Commercial St, Shipley. By 1874 Alexander and his family were living in Saltaire. He was very active politically and felt strongly about a number of issues. He was a staunch Liberal He was prosecuted and fined for refusing to have his children vaccinated against smallpox. In August, 1903, he presided at a mass meeting of 7,000 people welcoming home two men who had been imprisoned for refusing to have their children vaccinated. He was president of Saltaire Industrial Co-operative Society He objected to half-timer children being compelled to attend Albert Rd Board School. He presided at the Sunday Lectures held at the Temperance Hall He spoke at the meeting held at Wellcroft Field involving 2,000 attendees objecting to the House of Lords refusal to pass the Franchise Bill. He presided at a meeting of the Shipley Liberal Association to elect members of the Liberal Hundred. In January 1900 Alexander was elected President of the Shipley Tradesmen Association at their annual meeting. He supported the candidature of Tom Townsend for re-election as the Liberal representative for the West Shipley Division on the County Council. Gilbert, George 24 March 1857 – 24 August 1927 Report from Shipley Times 6 December 1901 as follows: - Employees of Saltaire Mills met at the Victoria Hotel to bid farewell to two of their older overlookers, Mr. Arthur Nutter and Mr George Gilbert who had been employed at the mill forty and thirty-six years respectively. Mr Nutter left to take charge of the weaving department at Buttershaw Mills and Mr Gilbert to an appointment at Yorkshire College. Hanson, John 1833 – 21 January 1919 John Hanson born in 1833 in Keighley. Aged just eight he worked for Daniel Salt (father of Sir Titus) in Bradford and subsequently he worked for Sir Titus too. When Saltaire Mills opened in 1853, John was the first overlooker in the spinning department. Later he would become an overlooker in drawing and combing. 22 In 1861 they were living at 6 Titus Street in Saltaire, in 1871 at 6 George Street. John was the oldest member of the Overlookers’ Union in the Bradford when he died 21 January 1919. Edwin Holdsworth c1839 – 8 April 1920 Report from the Shipley Times 16 April 1920 as follows: - Death of a Shipley Veteran. At the advanced age of 81 years, Mr. Edwin Holdsworth, 40 Victoria Road, Saltaire, died at his residence on Thursday in last week. For 46 years he was employed as a weaving overlooker at Saltaire Mills. Mr. Holdsworth was connected with the Rosse Street Baptist Church, Shipley, ever since its erection in 1866, and he was a life deacon of the church and one of the first trustees. When the Sunday School was opened, he took charge of the infants’ class, with which he kept up his connection for the long period of a quarter of century. For some years he was teacher and superintendent. In November 1878, he was appointed superintendent of the Sunday School, a position which he held until November 1906. The deceased was one the oldest members of the Shipley Veterans’ Association, member of the Tree of Life Lodge, of the Shipley District 1.0.0. F. (M.U.), and of the Saltaire Liberal Club. Holdsworth, Michael c1822 – 1896 In 1871 Michael was living with his family at 4 Gordon Terrace (renumbered 57 Bingley Road), Saltaire. In 1871 he was an overlooker; 1881 a weft room manager, and by 1891 he had retired. Chaired a public meeting of the Liberation Society in March, 1864 President of the Saltaire Band of Hope in May, 1866 President of the Saltaire Branch of National Reform League in February, 1867 which advocated residential registered manhood suffrage protected by ballot, and that the position taken by the government was vague, indefinite and unsatisfactory. Gave a lecture to the British Temperance League in February 1867. Chaired a meeting of the Shipley and District Temperance Society in July, 1868 Addressed a meeting of the Shipley and District Temperance Society which set up a Band of Hope at a tea meeting in September 1868 Was secretary of the Saltaire Independent Co-Operative and Industrial Society Limited – 6 Victoria Road; Michael Holdsworth, 4 Gordon Terrace Michael & Martha lost their son, Alfred aged 24, in May 1878. His body was found in a canal in Birmingham. He was a cabinet maker and he had found employment. At the inquest into his death an “open verdict” was recorded. Ince, John 19 December 1862 – 18 May 1926 In 1891 John was a spinning overlooker, in 1901 a worsted foreman spinner, and 1911 was spinning manager. He is active in Saltaire Wesleyan Church. Lamb, Joseph 23 27 August 1877 – 1939 His father, John, played cricket for Baildon Green, then he was a “pro” for Manningham, and he was subsequently coach to Oxford University. John died in 1918 and Harriet in 1929. In 1911 they were living at 48 George Street in Saltaire. By 1914 they had moved to 3 Myrtle Place in Saltaire, where they remained until 1934. From 1935 they lived at 13 Albert Road. Joseph worked at Salt’s Mill for over 50 years. He started as a doffer aged just 10 in 1883. He was a spinner overlooker for over 40 years. Like his father Joseph was a keen cricketer. He played for Saltaire when Sydney Barnes was captain of the club. Mansfield, Alfred c1839 – 11 September 1915 In 1871 the family were living at 19 Amelia Street in Saltaire with Alfred working as a worsted spinning overlooker. By 1881 they had moved to 4 Lockwood Street where they remained the rest of their lives. Alfred was a faithful member of the Rosse Street Baptist Chapel for many years and he was secretary of the Shipley Veterans Association. Minakin, Fred 1860 – 21 March 1903 Fred died 21 March 1903. He was a twisting overlooker at Salts Mill. As a sportsman he was on several occasions well to the front and was at one time first in the averages of the Saltaire cricket team, that being during the time of the membership of Harry Mosley and other well-known cracks. He was also owner of several prizes and medals which he had won in the sports at Saltaire Park, but his supremacy in any branch sport was only short-lived, though when he was at his best in any particular branch of athletics he was looked upon as a hero at Saltaire. At the formation the Saltaire Football Club be was installed as secretary and held that position throughout the whole career of that now defunct club, and although he did not take any part in the working of the affairs the club, he was referee in the Yorkshire Rugby Union. Joining the Shipley & District Working Men's Club as assistant secretary, which be held for 3 or years, afterwards taking over the office of secretary, which he held at the time of his death, having been 7 years in that office. He was also a member of the Shipley Brass Band Social Club and was for many years’ auditor for the Baildon Working Men’s Club. He leaves a widow and two children. Mosley, Henry (Harry) 8 March 1850 – 1 June 1922 Local cricketers who can recall the Saltaire Club in the eighties will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Harry Mosley, who about 30 years ago was a professional for Saltaire, and was regarded one of the best left-arm bowlers that time, he being associated with Dickie Barlow, who also was one of Saltaire’s professionals. Mr. Mosley was a native of Shipley, and was employed as a drawing overlooker at Saltaire Mills, and about 30 years ago he emigrated to Sanford, Maine, U.S.A., 24 where was employed a similar capacity for an American firm, where eventually he became manager over the drawing department, and retired pension some time ago. He was succeeded as manager by his son. Regarding his cricketing career, a local enthusiast informs that Mosley played as a professional for 17 seasons—from 1874 to 1890 inclusive. He was considered the most destructive left arm bowler in the whole of the Aire Valley. In 1881 he was tried for Yorkshire County, for his bowling. Pearson, Robert Crowther Wilkinson 5 April 1841 – 15 November 1897 Mr Pearson, who was 58 years of age, had followed the employment of spinning overlooker at Saltaire Mills for about twenty years. About three or four years ago he went to Manningham Mills as a sweeper out. The deceased only arrived back on Wednesday last from London, where he had been spending a month with his son. In his younger days Mr Pearson was a vigorous Radical, the interests of which party he consistently advocated and promoted up to the time of his death. He was member of the Working Men's Club Redman, Ogden 1847 – 12 October 1890 Ogden was not an overlooker. He was employed as a wool sorter at Salts Mill. His only involvement in village life was in the Saltaire Industrial Co-operative Society. He was appointed a compounder (along with Holdsworth and Stell) when a motion was put forward to wind up the Society in August 1876 he moved to Dalry in Scotland, where he was involved in the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Society in 1888. Rushton, James Wilkinson 15 August 1825 – 22 September 1893 James married Sarah Whiteoak 18 January 1846 at St Wilfrid’s Calverley. They had a daughter, Ellen Elizabeth, born 23 September 1847. In 1851 they were living at One Street in Bradford with James working as an alpaca sorter. In 1861 they were living at 28 (re-numbered 54) George Street in Saltaire. Sarah, James’s wife, died in 1869. She was buried 1 September. In 1871 widowed James was a wool sorting manager living at 19 Victoria Road, Saltaire. James married widow Amelia Smith (nee Ellison) 28 March 1872 in Bradford Cathedral. They had a son, Charles, born in 1875. Amelia died in 1877. In 1881 & 1891 James was living at 74 Victoria Road in Saltaire. James married Sarah Drake 11 January 1882 at St Paul’s Shipley. Report from the Wharfedale & Airedale Observer - Friday 30 September 1887: - Presentation of a portrait on the occasion of his retirement after 53 years service in Salts Mill as foreman woolsorter. He had joined the firm before Sir Titus created Saltaire - in fact be was the oldest employer about the premises. James died 22 September 1893 aged 68 years. He lived at 32 Moorhead Crescent, Shipley (formerly of George Street, Saltaire), Sanctuary, George 1857 – 12 October 1932 25 Spinning overlooker with 60 years employment at Salts Mill. Secretary of the Prize Choir and member of Congregational Church choir. He was a staunch Liberal and his wife was one of the founder members of Shipley Women’s Liberal Association. Stell, John c1850 – November 1917 John’s father George had been a spinning overlooker, and John was a spinner in 1861. He had a varied career. He then worked as a merchant’s clerk, before becoming cashier in a worsted factory in 1891; in 1901 he was a manager in a braid factory and in 1911, he was an electrical cable manufacturer. In 1878 he was involved in Saltaire Industrial Co-op, and was appointed one of the auditors when it was decided not to close the Society. For many years he was churchwarden at St Paul’s Church in Shipley and a teacher in the Sunday School. At the annual vestry meeting of St Paul’s Shipley in April 1885, John was nominated as one of twelve sidesmen. At the annual meeting of the Shipley Conservative Association in January 1889 Edward Salt was elected as President and John Stell was elected as one of two auditors. By 1897 John was living with his family at Wellington Crescent, Shipley. At a special meeting of the Shipley District Council in May 1897 John was part of a three-man deputation who addressed the council about the condition of the back street of Wellington Crescent. In 1914 he was elected as secretary of South Ward Unionist Polling District Association William Tiffany rd th (3 October, 1835 to 27 June, 1899) Secretary of Saltaire Floral and Horticultural Society and Saltaire Industrial Coal Society. 1851 William was a spinner aged 16. 1861he was a wool sorter aged 26. 1869 he lived at 31, Helen St 1871 Census he was working as a wool sorter and living at 30, Albert Rd (renumbered 59). He was the eldest of 3 children who were employed as factory operatives. He marries Susannah Airey and they had 10 children – Joseph (1858); Susannah (1859); Emily (1862); Fred (1864); Martha (1866); George (1868); Mary Ann (1870); William Arthur (1872); Elizabeth (1874); Lavinia (1877); Edith (1879 died Dec 1879). Wife died 1884 and he remarried Sarah Locker 1881 census William still a wool sorter and living at 68, George St. Varley, Sharp c1836 – 1881 Sharp Varley was born c1836 in Bingley as Sharp Cowgill, son of Mary Cowgill, father unknown. Mary married William Varley 2 October 1836 at St Michael’s Haworth. Sharp then took the Varley name. 26 In 1851 they lived in Wilsden with William working as a labourer and Sharp as a power loom weaver. By 1861 they had moved to 1 (re-numbered 27) George Street in Saltaire with William working as a farm labourer and Sharp as a weaver. Sharp married Elizabeth Illingworth in 1866. They had four children. In 1871 & 1881 they lived at 57 Titus Street with Sharp working as a weaving overlooker. In May 1875 Sharp was reported as being a past provincial grand master of the Bingley branch of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows. In March 1879 Sharp was elected as an officer of the Saltaire Funeral Brief Society. Sharp was associated with Saltaire Cricket Club in a non-playing capacity. th Sharp died 4 Qtr. 1881. Others Bentley, Seth 28 October 1833 – 23 June 1897 Seth Bentley was the son of James Bentley. James was born c1793 in Baildon. He married Sarah Robinson 19 May 1912. Seth, the youngest of 10 children, was born 28 October 1833 in Baildon. He was baptised 10 November 1833 in Otley. Seth married Hannah Pollard in 1862. They had two children: Fred born c1864 and Sarah b c1869. In 1871 & 1881 they lived at 26 Caroline Street in Saltaire. By 1891 they had moved to 5 Bingley Road in Shipley. By 1897 the family has moved to 29 Bradford in Shipley. Seth died 23 June 1897. He was buried in Nab Wood Cemetery in Shipley. The following article was published in the Shipley Times 26 June 1897: - ‘For some years he was a worker in the Saltaire Mills, under the late Sir Titus Salt, who had a high regard for him, and who selected him for post of manager of the public baths and wash house built by the late firm. For over twenty yean Mr Bentley filled this position, which brought him in contact (often friend and helper) with nearly every family in the place. Seven or eight years ago, when the baths were closed, he went into business on his own account as a laundry proprietor. Mr Bentley was man of strong religious convictions. Many years ago, he became follower of Swedenborg, and was one of the founders of the New Jerusalem Church at Saltaire. He remained an active supporter of that church to the end, and he will be much missed by the community which meets there. In politics he was a staunch Radical, a strong anti-vaccination, and land reformer. Early in 1891 he headed an important deputation of influential working men from Shipley and district to invite Mr Byles to become a candidate for the Shipley Division, on the retirement of Joseph Craven. He was at the same time, and for the express purpose of advocating this candidate, elected a member of the Executive of the Shipley Division Liberal Association, of which he was afterwards for several year the president. Mr Bentley, who enjoyed good health during the whole his life until his last illness, left behind him widow and one daughter. His only son was killed in America in 1891’. 27 Rhodes, Sutcliffe 26 March 1837 – 19 September 1916 Sutcliffe married Alicia Ann Wallace 13 January 1862 at St Paul’s Shipley. They had five children. In 1851 he was a woolcomber. Letter in the Bradford Observer Thursday 04 April 1867: - Sutcliffe makes a plea for woolsorters who are laid off when demand is poor and re- employed when it picks up again. He was living at Ada St. Letter in the Bradford Observer Thursday 25 July 1867: - Sutcliffe wants investigation into anthrax – ‘clouds of dust and keenly penetrating hairs’ which cause woolsorter deaths. th And on 30 January, 1868, he reports that a philanthropic gentleman and an eminent physician are interesting themselves in the problem. Then on 12 March, 1868, he writes to praise the discussion taking place to look for solutions to this problem, albeit with the rejection of a mask. Report in the Leeds Times Saturday 26 December 1874 of a meeting at the Temperance Hall devoted to discussion of the woolsorter’s disease, at which detailed medical evidence was advanced. Sutcliffe was one of the main speakers. Letter in the Bradford Observer Thursday 05 March 1868: - A plea for the creation of a place in Shipley for young men to meet for self improvement, similar to the Saltaire Literary Institute. Writing from Baildon. In 1871 Sutcliffe was a wool sorter living with his family at 14 Wycliffe Place in Shipley. Letter in the Bradford Observer Thursday 25 November 1875 entitled ‘Slavery in the Spinning room’. Sutcliffe deplores the practice of overworking child spinners and physically abusing them. He cites the sight of an emaciated form of a spinning girl rendered helpless by the scandalous abuse of an overlooker. And the dying spinner boy who said the ‘Ellis Brook has pawsed me right hard’. Sutcliffe is living at Mildred St, Bradford in 1875. In 1881 Sutcliffe was a commercial traveller living at 10 Orchard Street in Bradford. Alicia, Sutcliffe’s wife, died 3rd Qtr. 1890. In 1891 Sutcliffe was living alone at 130 Mildred Street, Bradford. He married Harriet Lord 9 May 1891 at All Saints, Bingley. Report from the Bradford Daily Telegraph Saturday 19 March 1892, that Sutcliffe was before the Bankruptcy Court for public examination and was allowed to pass. He admitted having appropriated money belonging to the Liverpool, Yorkshire and Lancashire Tea Company but was re-engaged by them at less salary, the difference going to pay off his defalcations. In 1901 Sutcliffe was living alone at 19 Moorhead Lane in Shipley. Sutcliffe married his third wife, Charlotte Squires, in 1910. In 1911 he was living with her family at Sibsey in Lincolnshire. (Sibsey is a village 4m north of Boston. In 1911 it had a population of 1,004). Sutcliffe died 19 September 1916 aged 79 years In conclusion There is ample evidence that overlookers performed essential management roles in Salts Mill. 28 Without their innovative and organisational skills in the community, life for Saltaire residents would have been much less rich and rewarding. They are the unsung heroes of the Saltaire story. We shouldn’t forget the broader picture too. Bringing large numbers of workers together in factories stimulated an awareness of their shared condition. It encouraged their involvement in the political process, in the growth of trade unions, in manhood suffrage and the National Reform League, and ultimately in the Independent Labour Party in 1893. The more radical and active Saltaire overlookers played a role in this journey, as their biographies reveal. Roger Clarke February, 2020 29
2021.14: Sir H. Norman Rae 1860-1928 - Our Local Benefactor
Sir H. Norman Rae 1860-1928 - Our Local Benefactor
Sir H. Norman Rae 1860-1928 by G. Shuttleworth and M. Walker. Covering he life of the man who gave Northcliffe Park to the people of Shipley
Northcliffe, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Northcliffe Woods: People walking in the woods
Collection of deeds donated by Patsy Philips relating to Hirst Wood farm and Hirst Wood
Hirst Wood, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
2021.4.3: Original conveyancing document for strip of land near Hirst Mill
Original conveyancing document for strip of land near Hirst Mill
A typed written abstract of a mortgage dated 6th January 1921 and 6th October 1922 reating to Hirst House, Shipley: Between Glyn Thomas & Company and Sir James Roberts. Also reference to the mortgage having been paid off in 1934
A typed written abstract of a Tilte of Sir James Roberts to the Mansion House, lands, hereditments known as 'The Milner Field Estate' at Gilstead, Bingley. Re. the purchase from Catherine Salt in 1903 for £26,000
Original conveyancing document between the Reverend Randall Parsons, the Rt. Hon Lawrence, Earl of Rosse) and Sir Titus Salt Bart, Sons and Co. Ltd. with James and Bertram Roberts for a plot of land at Hirst Mill - 02/07/1900 - The deed relates to a strip of land behind Hirst Mill cottages
2021.4.5.1: Two schedules relating to plots of land 113 and 114 near Hirst Wood, Shipley
Two schedules relating to plots of land 113 and 114 near Hirst Wood, Shipley
Two schedules relating to plots of land 113 and 114 that are part woodland, the site of the rowing club and part of Hirst Mill in Sir James Roberts name - 01/1912. Relates to land that was used by Bradford rowing club
2021.4.5.2: Apportionment of rentals to Sir James Roberts
Apportionment of rentals to Sir James Roberts
A statement of apportionment of rentals to Sir James Roberts - 01/1912. Relates to land that was used by Bradford rowing club.
A statement of apportionment of rentals to Sir James Roberts relating to Hirst Mill - 01/1912. Relates to the tenancy of Mr Jowett.
Abstract of title of Sir James Roberts to the Hirst Mill estate. Dated 1920.
A letter from Wade, Bilbrough and Tetley CO. regarding the sale of land from Lord Rosse to Sir James Roberts - 26/02/1912
A letter from Shipley Urban District Council to Wade, Bilbrough and Tetley & Co. relating to Hirst farmhouse and new Hirst mill. Dated 26/01/1912
A letter from the Earl of Rosse to Sir James Roberts relating to the completion of the conveyance of the farmhhouse and buildings at Hirst Farm - 26/02/1912
2021.4.8.1: Particulars of Search at the West Riding Registry of Deeds
Particulars of Search at the West Riding Registry of Deeds
Gives details of the reference numbers of a Deed of 1921 and a Mortgage of 1921 relating to the transfer of land from Sir James Roberts to Glyn Thomas & Co Ltd. The document is dated 25th September 1921
The handwritten conveyance, dated 5th January 1921, is an original deed, transferring Hirst Mills and Hirst House, and land behind the house between the river and the canal, to Glyn Thomas. Registered at the West Riding Registry of Deeds 17th January 1921. The conveyance includes a coloured plan of the land referenced in the deed
The original handwritten conveyance, dated 5th January 1921, is an original deed, transferring Hirst Mills and Hirst House, and land behind the house between the river and the canal, to Glyn Thomas. Registered at the West Riding Registry of Deeds 17th January 1921. The conveyance includes a coloured plan of the land referenced in the deed
A mortgage, dated 6th January 1921, between Messrs Glyn Thomas & Co. Limited and Sir James Roberts of £3000, for the hereditament and Hirst House, Hirst Mills and weir. ( Includes a 'Certificate of Registration of a Mortgage or Charge' dated 6th October 1922, pinned to the original mortgage Indenture, Catalogued as 2021.4.9.1.2) [Sir James lends Glyn Thomas £3,000] (On the rear is a reference to Glyn Thomas having paid back the money loaned by the 5th October 1922)
2021.4.9.2.2: Part of a Mortgage contract
A 'Certificate of Registration of a Mortgage or Charge' created by Glyn Thomas & Co. dated 6th January 1921, paper-clipped to the original mortgage Indenture, 2021.4.9.2.1
An abstract of title for Glyn Thomas, 1871-1921. List of deeds relating to Hirst Wood and Hirst Mill (plan included within document). Relates to Sir Titus Salt's and James Roberts' ownership of the property.
A typed written abstract of title for Sir James Roberts, 1900-1920. Relates to a strip of land behind Hirst cottages, plan included within document.
A1-033c: Photograph of Sir TItus Salt's statue
Laminated copy of two photographs: Sir Titus Salt's statue outside Town Hall Sq. The same statue following its move to Lister Park
A1-125: Notes on two documents related to Sir Titus Salt Bart Sons & Co. Ltd.
Notes on two documents related to Sir Titus Salt Bart Sons & Co. Ltd.
Detailed notes on two original documents 'Memorandum and Suggestions',1883 and 'Statement and Scheme for reconstruction', 1892 relating to the Salt family business. The original documents are available as 2024.65 and 2024.66 (with a typewrtitten copy also availalbe at 2018.36.3). Local historian David King gives a detailed interpretation of two key documents in the history of the Salt textile business and Saltaire. The first doucment is a suggestion for a financial reconstruction of Sir TItus Salt Barts. Sons & Co. Ltd to meet its liabilities. The second document describes the status of the company in 1892 when it was facing voluntary liquidation and being bought by a consortium of local businessmen inlcuding James Roberts.
Sale catalogue for the sale of Milner Field Estate, prepared by C.H. Lord - Estate Agent, for sale by Gaunt Foster which did not go ahead as planning permission was not granted. The catalogue includes image of the house both externally and internally at the time of sale, with some images from the Salts family. The details include who the Architect was and who owned the land prior to the Salts. However the Salts family sold the estate in 1903 to James Roberts, but there is no mention of him in in this document. The document looks later in style than the dated 1922 document but further research is requied to establish an accurate date.
Sale catalogue for the sale of Milner Field Estate, prepared by C.H. Lord - Estate Agent, for sale by Gaunt Foster which did not go ahead as planning permission was not granted. The catalogue includes image of the house both externally and internally at the time of sale, with some images from the Salts family. The details include who the Architect was and who owned the land prior to the Salts. However the Salts family sold the estate in 1903 to James Roberts, but there is no mention of him in in this document. The document looks later in style than the dated 1922 document but further research is requied to establish an accurate date. This copy includes image of the inside of one of the gate houses and a newspaper cutting 'Sir Titus Salt - A man of Two statues' taken from the Times and Express April 20th 1966.
Article ' Ferniehurst and the Knoll' no author. Both were grand houses in Baildon, near to Saltaire. Ferniehurst was built for Edward Salt, third son of Sir Titus Salt, in the 1860s and he lived there until 1893. The Knoll was built in 1858 for the Salts director Charle Stead. It was later acquired by Sir James Roberts who lived there followed by other members of his family.
Ferniehurst, Baildon, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
A2-057: Contract relating to the Sale of Milner Field Estate
Contract relating to the Sale of Milner Field Estate
Preliminary agreement of the sale of Milner Field Estate from Mrs Catherine Salt to James Roberts, this lays out the full agreement of sale and includes a schedule of items not to be included in the sale.
A2-094: Salt Family Residences: Milner Field
Four black and white copies of photographs on paper and photopaper the image of the rear aspect of the house has been taken from the park lawn, and the house is partially screened by hedging. The two images of the garden show the large glass house.
Steam turbine 1 is to the right of the photograph. A clock shows the time is 11.10am. The turbine is named after 'Mary', one of Sir james Roberts granddaughters
A close up of the steam turbine 'Mary', named after Sir James Roberts' granddaughter. In the top right of the photograph is a small section of ornate wall.
Photograph shows a close up of the steam turbine named 'Mary' after Sir James Roberts' granddaughter. The wall to the right is very ornately tiled.
B1-082a,c: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet
An advertising booklet for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Contains text briefly describing the history of the business, but mainly concerning the workings of Salts Mill and the new mill at Uddingston, Scotland at the time of publication. Contains many photographs of mill machinery being used to produce textiles. Also includes photographs of amenities provided by the business including: a hostel for women workers; a clinic; leisure sports facilities in nearby sports grounds and Roberts Park. There is some coverage at the end of the booklet of the new factory at Uddingston.
Damems, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Damem Mills
Harden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Harden Mills
Uddingston, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom: Uddingston factory
Cross Roads, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Cross Roads Mill
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Front cover
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Inside front cover and page 1
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 2-3
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 4-5
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 6-7
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 8-9
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 10-11
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 12-13
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 14-15
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 16-17
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 18-19
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 20-21
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 22-23
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 24-25
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 26-27
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 28-29
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 30-31
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 32-33
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Pages 34-35
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Page 36 and inside back cover
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd marketing booklet: Back cover
Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of John Rhodes. Rhodes was one member of a consortium of four Bradford Businessmen who bought Salts Mill and Saltaire from the Salt family in 1893.
Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of John Maddocks. Maddocks was one of four businessmen who purchased the business of Sir TItus Salt Bart and Company in 1893 from the Salt family.
Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of Isaac Smith. Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of John Maddocks. Smith and Maddocks were two of the four businessmen who purchased the business of Sir TItus Salt Bart and Sons Company Ltd. in 1893 from the Salt family.
B1-227a-c: Notes of the Roberts, Rhodes, Smith, Maddocks consortium
Notes of the Roberts, Rhodes, Smith, Maddocks consortium
3 Notes on the Roberts, Rhodes, Smith & Maddocks consortium that in the 1890s purchased the business of Sir Titus Salt Bart and Company from the Salt family.
B1-321: James Roberts speaking to workers
Photograph of James Roberts addressing a group of workers at Salts Mill c.1900s
Photographic copper plate and 3 photographs of Salt's Mill generator named 'Mary' after one of Sir James Roberts' granddaughters
B1-355-20: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
Folder from Central Land Board relating to the quarry between Victoria Road and Park Street Shipley
B1-355-35: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
Salts to Morley in regard to the value of the corner plot at Park Street, Bingley Road.
B1-355-80: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
Handwritten note (unsigned) re. Park Guild and the valuation claims
B1-356-25: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Sir Titus Salt's Hospital)
Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Sir Titus Salt's Hospital)
Salts to Morley re. compensation received from War Department relating to the Hostel in Park Street.
B1-360-133: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
Morley to Morrell re. alteration to office windows for Mr. Park Guild's office
Union Textile Fabrication by Roberts Beaumont (1919)
B1-361-3: Tom Wilkinson's books and papers.
Dress, Blouse and Costume Cloths by Roberts Beamont (1921)
2 photocopies of a Black and White postcard of the mill from Roberts Park (marked: 'Dear Maggie Thank you for your PC with much love from Doris')
Photocopy of coloured postcard showing the New Mill chimney and cast-iron bridge, seen from across the river in Robert's Park
2 photocopies of a Black and White postcard of the New Mill from Roberts Park with cast-iron bridge and boathouse
Photocopy of a coloured postcard of the mill from Roberts Park with crowds at a sports event in the park
A coloured postcard of Salts Mill from Roberts Park with a cricket match in the forground
A4 Laminated copy of 2 postcards of Roberts Park Gatehouse & Cricketers in park : See B1-371a-b and F1b-142a for original photocopies
Original 'Salts Belwarp' posters. Belwarp was a company based in Argentina and became a subsidiary of Salts. According to an advert for Belwarp fabric in 1919 it was a quality suiting which did not fade.
To view the full story please contact the Saltaire Collection
‘The Belwarp’ was the trademark of a company in Argentina and was to become a well known trademark for Sir Titus Salt (Bart) Sons and Company Ltd. The Argentinian company was purchased at some point by a consortium of business men, Isaac Smith, John Rhodes, John Maddocks and James Roberts who became owners of the Salt company in 1893. Maddocks was the sales director who travelled extensively and it is likely that he was involved in its purchase. The Belwarp trademark developed a good reputation, indicating a high-quality cloth, ideal for the manufacture of suits, that was guaranteed not to fade. It is not clear when the originating company in Argentina was founded but the original trademark was registered in 1891.
Salt's Belwarp poster: Image of the poster
Plan of sections for a new road & 15 houses and 1 shop in Park Street. 1899
Plan of 15 houses and 1 shop in Park Street in 1899.
Ordnance Survey map 1:1250 SE1338SE (1959-60) Roberts Park
Photograph of the Bell Family in Roberts Park
C2a-050.15: Saltaire village - Images (People).
Photocopy of a photograph of 'Joe Jefferies (driver) Elsie and AllanJefferies (front passengers) c.1920s [Photograph taken behind Jefferies Garage, shows 'barrack' housing, with Park Street in the background. IW]
C2a-050: Saltaire village - Images (People).
Photographs of Grace Barker in early 1930s in Lister Park and after a gymnastic competition. Part of a set of personal memories of the Barker Family and Janet Makin
C2a-069: Photographic memories of the Baker Family & Janet Makin
C2a-077.2: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
Photocopies of photographs of Salts Cricket Club c.1940s
C2a-077: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
C2a-106: Saltaire village - Images (People)
Photograph of a group of people in Edwardian ? Evening Dress - in the Park ?
A sheet of Tinted postcards of Saltaire, 2) Saltaire Church; View of Mill; Shipley Glen Tramway; Victoria Road & Park gates; View of boathouse; train station
C2b-030: Saltaire village (Images of places)
Album of miscellaneous collection of postcards of Saltaire (58 cards) Including 2 of the early placement of the Tiitus Salt statue in Mannningham Park
Collection of 26 photographs and postcards relating to Saltaire.Subjects include: Saltaire Picture House, Roberts Park, trams, various leisure activities.
C2b-032.12: Large group of people, dressed in best clothing
Large group of people, dressed in best clothing
C2b-032.13: Bandstand in Roberts Park in Slataire
C2b-032.14: Interior of Congregational Church, Saltaire
Interior of Congregational Church, Saltaire
C2b-032.15: Bandstand in Roberts Park, Saltaire
C2b-032.16: Drawing of Salts Mill, Saltaire
C2b-032.17: Drawing of Salts Mill, Saltaire
C2b-032.18: Workers in Salts Mill with room decorated for an event
Workers in Salts Mill with room decorated for an event
C2b-032.2: Victoria Road, Saltaire in the 1920s
C2b-032.20: Salts Grammar school pupils and teachers
Salts Grammar school pupils and teachers
C2b-032.25: Saltaire almshouse in winter
C2b-032.26: Lodge house in Roberts Park, and an almshouse in Saltaire
Lodge house in Roberts Park, and an almshouse in Saltaire
C2b-032.5: Drawing of Saltaire in nineteenth century
Drawing of Saltaire in nineteenth century
Saltaire Images of Places: Folder and first page
Coloured photograph of Friendly Society plinth in Robert's Park
C2b-056: Saltaire village (Images of places)
Set of 5 photographs on a Roberts Park festival
C2b-058: Saltaire village (Images of places)
Set of 27 photographs on the floods at Roberts Park 2000
C2b-058.1: Saltaire Floods 2000 - Roberts Park
C2b-058.2: Saltaire Floods 2000 - Cricket Field (Roberts Park)
C2b-058.3: Saltaire Floods 2000 - Playing Fields
C2b-058.4: Saltaire Floods 2000 - River Aire
C2b-058.5: Saltaire Floods 2000 - Boathouse Inn
Postcard of Saltaire Park, now known as Roberts Park
C2b-074: Saltaire village (Images of places)
Coloured postcard of Saltaire Park with children on bench
Coloured postcard of Saltaire Park with bandstand. The park is now known as Roberts Park.
Original drawing by 'DM' of an impression of the result of moving Sir Titus Salt's statue from Lister Park, Bradford to Victoria Road, Saltaire
C2b-102/1/9: Memorial Stone in Roberts Park
Memorial Stone in Roberts Park. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
C2b-102/11/12: Titus Salt's statue in Saltaire Park
Mill from park. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
C2b-102/11/14: Photograph of Cricket field. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire: Compiled by Bowtell, Albert .
Photograph of Cricket field. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire: Compiled by Bowtell, Albert .
Photograph of Cricket field. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire: Compiled by Bowtell, Albert .. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
C2b-102/11/15: Photograph of flooded cricket field. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire: Compiled by Bowtell, Albert .
Photograph of flooded cricket field. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire: Compiled by Bowtell, Albert .
Photograph of flooded cricket field. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire: Compiled by Bowtell, Albert .. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
C2b-102/11/16: Rose cottage Roberts park (122)
Rose cottage Roberts park (122). One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
C2b-102/11/17: Rose cottage Roberts park (123)
Rose cottage Roberts park (123). One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
Roberts Park etching. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
Bandstand Roberts Park. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
Park lodge bell. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
Crow Nest Park. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Methley Park.. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
Methley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Methely Hall
C2b-102/7/16: Salt statue in Lister Park (41)
Salt statue in Lister Park (41). One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
C2b-102/7/17: Salt statue in Lister Park (42)
Salt statue in Lister Park (42). One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
C2b-123: View of United Reformed Church roof and Roberts Park
View of United Reformed Church roof and Roberts Park
Photocopy of two photos taken from scaffolding at the top of Saltaire United Reformed Church during roof repairs - showing church roof and Roberts Park
C2b-138: Cannons and bandstand in Robert's Park
Photocopy of coloured postcard of cannons and bandstand in Robert's Park - with text 'Sir Titus Salt Statue, Saltaire Park, Bradford' (sic)
C2b-139: Saltaire Boathouse and the river Aire
Photocopy of coloured postcard of the Saltaire Boathouse and the river Aire. Marked 'The River Saltaire'
Photocopy of coloured postcard of the park gates and gatehouse at Saltaire Park - marked 'Entrance to Saltaire Park'
C2b-141a-b: Postcard of the park gates and gatehouse at Robert's Park
Postcard of the park gates and gatehouse at Robert's Park
2 photocopies of a Black and White postcard of the park gates and gatehouse at Robert's Park - Marked 'Shipley the entrance to Roberts Park'
C2b-145: Two postcards showing Roberts Park and the almshouses
Two postcards showing Roberts Park and the almshouses
Laminated copy of two postcards. One of women with pram sat in Roberts Park by Bandstand (coloured); One of the top section of Victoria Road showing the Almshouses
Laminated sheet showing 2 images of the Terrace in Saltaire Park & view across the river to the mill
C2b-186: Birds Eye View of Saltaire Park
Laminated sheet with copy of a postcard of 'Birds Eye View of Saltaire Park' + reverse side
Photograph of Roberts Park with Cricket in play
C2b-202: Photograph of Salts Mill from Saltaire Park
Photograph of Salts Mill from Saltaire Park
Original mounted photograph of a Francis Frith photograph of Salts Mill from Saltaire Park with sheep
C2b-221: Birds Eye View of Saltaire Park
'Birds Eye View of Saltaire Park' 'A Happy New Year'
C2b-222: Saltaire village Images (Places)
'The Promenade, Saltaire Park' (with school children on seat)
C2b-224: Saltaire village Images (Places)
'The Park and Salts Mill' (with sporting event)
'Saltaire' (showing Mill & a cricket match)
C2b-240: Jamie Roberts visit with alpacas
Album of photographs of Jamie Roberts' visit to Saltaire with his alpacas on 6th August 2013. Jamie Roberts is a decendant of Sir James Roberts
Jamie Roberts visit with alpacas: Page 4 - On Albert Terrace
Jamie Roberts visit with alpacas: Page 9 - In Roberts Park near Sir Titus's statue
Jamie Roberts visit with alpacas: Front cover
Jamie Roberts visit with alpacas: Page 12 - Close up of three alpaca heads
C2b-258: The Anthony Briggs, collection - Saltaire village Images (Places)
The Anthony Briggs, collection - Saltaire village Images (Places)
A double-panorama postcard of two scenes in Roberts Park - showing the canons
C2b-259: The Anthony Briggs, collection - Saltaire village Images (Places)
A 'Walter Scott' postcard of Roberts Park with canons and man with child
C2b-260: The Anthony Briggs, collection - Saltaire village Images (Places)
A 'Walter Scott' postcard of the Saltaire Boathouse and park
C2b-261: The Cricket Pavillion in Roberts Park and river
The Cricket Pavillion in Roberts Park and river
A 'Walter Scott' postcard of the Cricket Pavillion and river.
C2b-269: Saltaire village Images (Places)
View looking down on Office & mill roofs to Roberts Park
Housing in Saltaire - Roberts Park Lodge
C2b-286b: 2 cards of Roberts Park with gardeners
One of a folder of mounted postcards and photographs of Saltaire. 2 cards of Roberts Park with gardeners
C2b-286c: Almshouses, and Half-Moon Cafe
One of a folder of mounted postcards and photographs of Saltaire.Almshouses, and Half-Moon Cafe in Roberts Park
C2b-286f: 2 cards of Roberts Park with canons
One of a folder of mounted postcards and photographs of Saltaire. 2 cards of Roberts Park with canons
C2b-332: Saltaire village Images (Places)
C2b-333: Shipley Brass Band in Roberts Park
Shipley Brass Band in Roberts Park - 1895 (+ 1971 newspaper cutting on the park centenary on reverse)
Copy of photograph showing men stood by Saltaire Park lodge.19th c.
C2b-380e: Saltaire village Images (Places)
Photograph taken at the top of Salts Mill Chimney - Looking down on the mill & Roberts Park
C3a-096a-b: Recruiting meeting in Saltaire Park
Postcard 'Recruiting meeting in Saltaire Park October 1914
C3b-004: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
Copy newspaper cutting of letter relating to Robert's gift of Saltaire Park to Bradford
photocopy of chapter from unidentified book on Saltaire Park
C3b-009: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
laminated Photocopy of Shipley Times & Express item on centenary of Robert's Park
C3b-126b: Rles for visitors to Saltaire Park
Copy of a set of rules for visitors to Saltaire Park (July 1871)
C3b-272a-b: The Land Acquisitions of Titus Salt in Shipley & Baildon
The Land Acquisitions of Titus Salt in Shipley & Baildon
2 copies of booklet: 'The Land Acquisitions of Titus Salt in Shipley & Baildon' by Ian Watson
THE LAND ACQUISITIONS OF TITUS SALT by Ian Watson 1 Ian Watson (2011) 2 3 INTRODUCTION The basic story of Titus Salt building up his textile empire in Bradford, and then, at the point when he might have been expected to retire, deciding to start a whole new project, developing a gigantic mill and model village, is well known. What does not seem to have been covered within the general literature on Salt and his mill, is the story of his property purchases in this area. In particular, there is little reference to his, quite substantial acquisitions in Baildon; which, as I will show, were not only on a larger scale than his purchases in Shipley, but in one instance pre-dated them. Also, few of the authors who have covered the story of Saltaire mention Dixon Mill Lane. Neither Balgarnie nor Cudworth refer to it at all, and those authors who do mention it, do so only in passing. There is also an assumption, by some authors, that the old lane, seen in the first edition of the Ordnance Survey map, was upgraded and widened and became Victoria Rd. The evidence presented below disproves that assumption. It details the chronological developments relating to Dixon Mill Lane and Victoria Rd, and the bridging of the River Aire. This occurred between the survey for the first edition Ordnance Survey map, published in 1852 and the next series, surveyed in the 1880s, by which time the building of Saltaire had been completed. This report concentrates on previously unpublished information on the development of the village and tries to avoid repeating those well-known aspects of its history. Most of the information regarding Titus Salt’s purchases in Shipley and Baildon comes from the collection of deed copies held in the Registry of Deeds at the West Yorkshire Archive Service Office based at the West Yorkshire History Centre in Wakefield. The Registry is the place where property owners could have details of their freehold property and mortgage transactions recorded and covers the years between 1704 and 1970. One of the problems with these deed copies is that it is very unusual for the early ones to have any maps or plans attached, as do some of the later ones. This means that, in some cases, the precise boundaries of the purchases are not always easy to determine. 4 The description of the properties transferred in the deeds tend to be lists of field names, so I have tried to relate the information in the deeds to the details shown on the tithe maps of Shipley and Baildon, which date from the mid-1840s. However, some of the boundaries of the acquisitions that I identify may not be a hundred percent accurate, as it is not always possible to make a perfect match between the two sets of documents. A second source of information comes from the collection of Shipley and Baildon papers that can be found within the West Riding Quarter Session records, also held at Wakefield. These Quarter Sessions courts were the main system of county administration before the introduction of County Councils in 1888. Among the many issues considered by these courts were the applications to approve the transfers of public rights of way from old roads to new ones. The information contained in these records has proved particularly informative. The papers relating to Baildon [the QT series] are part of the Quarter Session papers for the Liberty of Cawood, Wistow and Otley. As the parish of Otley, of which Baildon was a part, was a ‘Peculiar’ of the Archbishopric of York, their Quarter Session records were administered separately from rest of the West Riding until 1864, when the ‘Liberty’ was brought within the West Riding. As a result, on their arrival at Wakefield, these records were recorded separately. They are now searchable via the West Yorkshire Archive Service web-site (http://www.wyjs.org.uk). The files relating to Shipley [the QS1 series] can only be accessed on- site at the Wakefield office. Many of the plans used as source material for this study have been in storage for over a 150 years. As such, they are often creased and dirty. Consequently, the illustrations used below reflect the non-pristine condition of these plans. The plans reference to the Quarter Session papers [the QS and QT series] are reproduced here by the kind permission of the West Yorkshire Joint Archive Service, who own the copyright. In addition, I would like to thank the following people and organisations: The archivist and volunteers of the Midland Railway Study Centre, Derby, and Julie Woodward and the management of Shipley College for permission to copy and reproduce documents held with the Saltaire Archive Collection. Ian Watson 2011 5 THE SHIPLEY PURCHASES The full extent of Titus Salt’s land purchases in Shipley is highlighted with this aerial view. Salt’s Shipley Acquisitions (taken from Google Map) The area within the purple border, which extends from Hirst Mill and Hirst Lane in the west, to part way down Saltaire Road in the east, shows the whole of Titus Salts acquisitions in Shipley. The northern boundary is the River Aire, while the southern boundary is Bingley Road. This can be compared to the area occupied by the mill and village, which is shown in orange. Here, then, is evidence that Salt bought well over twice as much land as he needed for the village. The orange border also marks the boundary of the Saltaire World Heritage site, on the Shipley side of the river. Though Roberts/Saltaire Park, across the river in Baildon, is also included within the SWH boundary. The yellow oblong marks the one piece of quarry land, situated behind the Alms Houses at the top of Victoria Road, that was bought by his sons after Titus Salt’s death . 6 The original owners The above plan identifies all the individual blocks of land that Titus Salt bought in Shipley. The land now occupied by the mill and village was originally owned by 8 different land owners. In addition to these purchases, Salt bought land on both the east and west side of the future village from a further 6 individuals. Making a total of 14 separate purchases between 1850 and 1874. All of the fields shown in the plan, with the exception of the land between Saltaire Road and Bingley Road, consisted of conventional farmland at the time of the purchases, and contained a range of arable, pasture and grass-meadow. The fields between Saltaire Road and Bingley Road, though, had been created out of rough moorland by the Shipley Enclosure Act (1815-1825). This land contained good quality sandstone, which was suitable for quarrying. It is almost certain that, having obtained permission for quarrying from the Lord of the Manor, stone from this site, and quarries in other parts of Shipley and the surrounding area were used in the construction of the mill and village. 7 First Shipley Purchase 1850 According to the information in the deed of sale, the first purchase in Shipley appears to have been in late December 1850 when Titus Salt bought around 22 acres of land from William Crompton Stansfield of Esholt Hall, for £12,000. There appears to have been no public notice of this land being placed on sale, so it may have taken place through a private contact. This land ran between the Shipley to Bramley Turnpike Road, later Saltaire Road, and the river. This purchase, highlighted in red in the above plan, included most of the fields on either side of an ancient track called Dixon Mill Lane, along with the old corn and fulling mill down by the river. It also included a tiny piece of land on the Baildon side of the river. There had been a mill at the bottom of Dixon Mill Lane since 1635, when William Dixon had bought or leased the land on the south bank of the Aire, along with the small plot on the north bank in Baildon. This, I presume, would have been a standard requirement when someone needed to build a water-driven mill, as they would have needed control of at least some land on the opposite side of the river in order to build the weir. Following the purchase, Dixon built a water-powered corn mill and a fulling mill on the site, along with the weir and a goit. Fulling is one of the final processes in the manufacture of woollen cloth. Fulling stocks consisted of large wooden hammers, which were driven by the power from a water-wheel. They were used beat the woven cloth in order to blend the short woollen fibres together and produce a firm hard- wearing cloth. 8 The main part of Dixon’s Mill was built over the gap created by the cutting of a goit (a man-made cut) along the length of a gravel bank that lay roughly parallel to the south bank of the river. This goit allowed water to be drawn under the mill to power the water-wheels. It then ran out along the goit. A surviving plan of the complex (see page 11) shows that the mill complex consisted of relatively small buildings, and, as such, would only have employed a limited number of workers. th By the beginning of the 19 century there was a corn mill, a fulling mill and a woollen mill operating here. The whole complex was run through the power of three water-wheels; one running the corn-milling stones; one running four fulling stocks and one running the carding and scribbling, a processes involving the disentangling of the woollen fibres, prior to spinning. As the deed of purchase shows, however, at the time that Salt bought it, only the corn mill and the fulling mill were operating. The corn mill was being operated at that time by John and Joseph Knowles, and the fulling mill by James Davidson. Dixon’s Mill and the cottages 9 Just four years prior to Salt’s 1850 purchase, the new railway line from Shipley to Colne had been cut through Dixon Mill Lane. The plan above shows how the land on which the future mill and village would be constructed looked in the mid-1840s. The construction of the railway would have required some alteration to the lane as it approached the intersection with the line. It would seem that the levelling of the bed for the rail track as it passed this section had created a shallow embankment on the southern side of the line, and this would have needed to have been breached to allow the old road to descend to the track level. A level crossing was constructed at the intersection with the lane, and a cottage was built on the north side of the track for the crossing-keeper. In 1851, the crossing was manned by Joseph Goldsborough. Immediately to the north of the crossing-keeper’s cottage was a long row of cottages running parallel to the lane. It is likely that they were built sometime after 1837, following Crompton Stansfield’s purchase of the land on the west side of Dixon Mill Lane. Prior to this time the land had been owned by a wealthy Bramhope man, Christopher Driver. By 1837, it had passed into the hands of a John Morley of Dishforth, and it was Morley who sold it to Crompton Stansfield. Salt’s deed of purchase says that there were eight cottages in the row, though the census, taken in March 1851, shows that there were 11 families living in the houses. The heads of the households included a clothier, three wool combers, a cloth miller and a cloth fuller, all of whom, presumably, would have worked in the nearby mill. There was also a maltster, who might have worked in any of the many beer-houses in Shipley, two stone-quarrymen, who would probably have worked in the quarries off ‘Saltaire Rd’ and two coal miners, who may have worked in the pits of nearby Moorhead and Northcliffe. One of the cottages was occupied by a William Craven, who had nine children, which, along with his wife, meant that there were 11 people in that one small cottage. 10 Dixon’s Mill yard -The path to the stepping stones Beyond the cottages, a swing-bridge carried the old lane over the Leeds and Liverpool canal. (The base of this bridge can still be seen on the south bank of the canal, just to the east of the present canal bridge) Dixon Mill Lane, being, presumably, part of an ancient cross-valley route between Shipley, Baildon and Eldwick, was a public bridle way and public right of way. Once over the canal the public pathway led through Dixon’s Mill yard, and then towards the river bank, where a set of stepping stones allowed traveller to cross the river. (The public right-of- way is shown on the above plan by the black line) Once on the Baildon side, the traveller would then have had to wade through a shallow ford, before fully gaining the northern bank. The most famous user of these stepping-stones was the Airedale Poet, John Nicholson, who drowned at this spot in April 1843, while crossing the river, on his way to Eldwick. 11 The second Dixon Mill Lane A short time after Titus Salt had completed the purchase of this land he started the construction of a new road, that ran, more or less parallel to the old Dixon Mill Lane. In order to complete this new road, which initially became the second Dixon Mill Lane, Salt also built a set of bridges over the railway, the canal and the river. Prior to this he obtained permission from the Quarter Session Magistrates to close the public right of way on the old lane and stepping stones and transfer the rights to his new lane and bridges. (The above plan, incidentally, gives a slightly misleading impression of these roads, due to the fact that the original plan was folded and crumpled, and proved impossible to smooth out when taking the photograph of it). Salt must have recognised the necessity of constructing a new road and building bridges over both the canal and the railway, in order to facilitate the expected heavy traffic following the opening of the mill, and avoid the obvious problems of using the level crossing and a swing-bridge, 12 However, the cast-iron bridge over the railway line required the approval of two railway companies before it could be built: “We the Leeds and Bradford Railway Company being the owners and We the Midland Railway Company being the occupiers of land over and near which the Extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway from Shipley to Colne passes, being part of the lands described in the plan hereunto annexed, through and over which part of a certain highway lying between the Shipley and Bramley Turnpike Road and the River Aire is intended to be diverted and turned, in consideration of Titus Salt of Crownest in the township of Hipperholme cum Brighouse in the Parish of Halifax in the West Riding of the County of York Esquire, his heirs or assignees, making and for ever hereafter maintaining such new Highway and the bridge by means of which the same is to cross the said railway, Do hereby consent to the making and continuing such new highway through and over the said Lands and Railway Given under our respective common seals this twenty eighth day of April One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two”. (QS1/191/10) The construction of the new road would have involved the demolition of the cottages lining the old lane, and the relocation of their tenants. It is not known what happened to the majority of these people. Census records show that by 1861 one of the hand wool-combers, Mr Else and his family, had moved to Briggate in Windhill; while Mr Goldsborough, the level-crossing keeper, had become a gardener, working at Holling Hall, at the top of Moorhead Lane. The corn miller, Mr Pickard, who had been living in Dixon Mill yard, was in the same occupation in 1861, though now living in Providence Rd, at nearby Dockfield. 13 In order for the new road to go over the railway, at the height required to allow rail traffic to pass safely under the bridge, an embankment had to be constructed to raise the road. This embankment appears to start just north of Caroline Street and increases in height as the road approaches the railway, while at the same time allowing the road to drop very gently, at the rate of seven feet between Caroline Street to the start of the bridge. The rear of the lower Victoria Road shops The extent of this ramp can best be seen by looking from Albert Terrace along the rear of the Victoria Rd shops, and noting the differing heights of the basements (see illustration above). The natural fall of the hill can be seen in the slope of the back lane. The road on the north side of the railway bridge is supported on a much shorter ramp, designed to carry the road down at a steeper angle to bring it down to the level of the mill yard within a short distance. The canal was then crossed by another new bridge, 68 feet long. (Evidence of the canal company’s approval for the canal bridge, which would have been required, has not, as yet, been located). 14 The First Bridge across the river Once across the canal, the new road was carried over the river by a new, 450 ft. long, bridge, which crossed the river at a 30-degree angle to the road. There appears to be no logical reason for the decision to build the bridge at an angle, as it would have been a much narrower span if the bridge had crossed the river in a straight line, and there is no doubt that by this time Salt owned the land directly opposite. The bridge was a type of tubular girder bridge. That is, a bridge that was not a fully enclosed box, but where the tubular element was in the sides of the bridge and consisted of narrow hollow sections locked together by a hollow box on top of each side. As can be seen in the illustration below, the box-type top sections of the two sides are a feature of the bridge. Although there is no evidence to prove it, it is possible that the bridge was designed by William Fairbairn, who had played an important part in the construction of the mill. It is known that Fairbairn had done much of the early research into the structural properties of wrought iron, the material used in the construction of the bridge. The only known fact about this first bridge is that it was constructed by Messrs. Butler of Stanningley, a firm of bridge builders. 15 First Bridge-print The print above is of that first bridge, though the angle of the view gives the appearance that the bridge is straight. We know that it is the first bridge because of its stone piers. (This print differs from the plan submitted to the Quarter Session Magistrates, shown on page15, in that it only shows four buttresses; one on the north bank of the canal, one on the south bank of the river, one in the middle of the river and one on the north bank of the river; while the plan suggests that there were as many as six, with a double pair on the north bank of the river, and an extra one between the canal bank and the river bank). Following Salt’s application to the county authorities, two West Riding magistrates, Benjamin Thompson and Richard Dyneley Chamberlain came to Shipley in May 1852, to survey the existing arrangements, and to assess the planned changes. They reported back to the Quarter Sessions on the improvements that the new road and bridges would bring compared to the old lane and stepping-stones. “ … and we certify that the said proposed intended new highway or part of a highway is nearer and more commodious to the public … as it crosses the said River Aire by a wide and permanent bridge, whereas the (existing) highway … crosses the said River Aire by a ford and stepping- stones, and is often attended with danger and is altogether impracticable 16 in consequence of the flooding of heavy rain during a considerable part of the winter months … and that the said proposed bridge is of the width th of 27 feet.” (5 May 1852: QT3/4/11) This was followed by: “It is ordered that so much of the said mentioned highway (which leads_ from the town of Shipley …. (over) the ford and stepping stones over The River Aire … (is to be) diverted and stopped up... And in its place a new highway is to be set out and made”. rd (3 July 1852: QT3/4/11) Approval for the stopping up of the old lane and the transfer of the public right of way onto the new road and bridge was sought and given at a sitting of the Quarter Session magistrates at Bradford in June 1852. Although the records show that the road and the bridge were not officially passed for public use until October 1855, it is almost certain that both were in use prior to this time. The first bridge across the river stood for about 12 years. It was then demolished, and a new bridge was built to replace it. There is little information concerning the demolition and re-building. One of the few newspaper references to the changes taking place is a newspaper report referring to an incident in May 1868, when a man, named Henry Wood, working on the demolition of the old bridge, was killed. The accident was witnessed by Titus Salt Jr, who happened to be observing the work at the time. Construction of the new bridge, 327 feet in length, and running straight across the river this time, commenced in 1867. It was completed in 1868. The new bridge was supported by cast-iron columns. The reason for the replacement of the stone buttresses with hollow, cast-iron tubes is not known. It is more than likely that the top section of the old bridge was used in the new bridge, as old photographs show that the new bridge was also a tubular girder bridge. These old photographs also imply that the caps of the supports were re-used, though they were removed some time before this second bridge was demolished. 17 Reconstruction of the two Dixon Mill Lanes relative to Victoria Road It is important to realise that the new road that Titus Salt constructed to replace the original Dixon Mill Lane was not the Victoria Road that exists today. Using the plans from the various Salt applications to the Quarter Sessions and an undated plan of the village by Lockwood and Mawson, showing the village superimposed onto the early field layout of the site, it is possible to make a reasonable calculation for the line of the two roads that preceded Victoria Road. In the plan above, the outline of the original Dixon Mill Lane is shown in purple, while Salt’s first road, which became the second Dixon Mill Lane is shown in green. The top part of the original Dixon Mill Lane is now covered by the first few dozen yards of Exhibition Rd. It then ran across the area now occupied by the end houses of Titus St and Mawson St, the rear of Victoria Hall, and the middle of Lockwood St, finally, it ran under the site of the later Congregational Church Sunday School, now the Caroline St car-park. 18 The second Dixon Mill Lane started at the end of Harold Place, then cut through the site now covered by Titus St, Mawson St and the middle of Victoria Hall, before straightening up about the end of Caroline St. The remaining part of the present-day Victoria Rd, from the junction with Caroline St, down to the river, is the surviving part of that second Dixon Mill Lane. The reason for the unusual line of this first road is not easy to interpret. It is possible that it was laid out simply as a temporary road, in order to allow heavy traffic to have easy access to the site during the construction of the new mill and village. Though why Salt did not have the road go straight up the hill from the start, given that he owned the land as far as the Shipley to Bramley Turnpike, now Saltaire Road, is something of a mystery. The terrace of shops between the railway line and Caroline St, fronting onto the present Victoria Rd, were built around 1854. At the time of the 1861 census they were described as being in ‘Victoria Street’, and they would have been the only buildings in the road south of the railway bridge. It would appear that the second Dixon Mill Lane was only in existence for around ten years. In August 1863, Titus Salt applied to the Shipley Local Board to have the southern portion of this 1853 road, between Caroline St and the turnpike road, closed, as he intended to integrate the northern portion into another new road that he had laid down. Having by this time purchased the land all the way up to the Bradford-Bingley Road. The Shipley Local Board were in favour of the scheme, though they had to get the formal approval of the West Riding Magistrates in order to confirm their decision. This was done in the Quarter Session meeting at Leeds in September of that year. The process of closing roads and transferring public rights of way allowed for public consultation and the right to object to the plans. The law required that notices of the intention of a change of use had to be posted at either end of the ‘old’ lane, and that duplicate notices were to be fixed to the door of Shipley Parish Church for four successive Sundays st after the 21 August. It was also required that notices be published in the local press. This had also occurred in 1852, in connection with the first road and bridge. The Bradford Observer ran the formal announcement about the changes in Saltaire for four weeks, from the last week in August through to the third week in September 1863. The records show that there were no objections from either Shipley or Baildon residents to any of the proposals that Salt had planned, and the transfer of rights to the new road went ahead as planned. 19 The new Victoria Road, showing its relationship to the second Dixon Mill Lane The new road was integrated into Dixon Mill Lane at Caroline Street. The legal closure of the southern section of the lane, (marked in blue on the above plan) allowed it to be eradicated and subsequently lost, by the development of the houses that constitute the eastern side of Victoria Rd, the building of which commenced in 1868, and the building of the Institute (later Victoria Hall), opened 1871. This same period also saw the development of the Alms houses and the hospital. 20 Shipley Purchase 1852 Towards the end of 1851, one year after the purchase of the Dixon Mill site, Titus Salt bought another set of fields running from the turnpike road down to the river, (shown in green on the above plan). He also bought two fields between the river and the canal at this time from Dr. John Outhwaite of Bradford. Now this situation is interesting, in that, as we can see, he now had two blocks of land, separated by another piece of land that he didn’t own. And it highlights another of the big questions regarding Saltaire. That is, why did Salt start building the mill and the village before he had bought all the land that he needed for the construction? We do know that house building for the village started in 1853. The first houses to be erected were in William Henry Street and the lower eastern side of George Street. Shortly after the first few houses had been built, work stopped for some time. There are various theories for this stoppage, though it did coincide with the period before he obtained the middle block of land, which he acquired from the Earl and Countess of Rosse, the lords of the manor of Shipley, in February 1854. Following the recommencement of the work, building then proceeded slowly, up, and across the hill, for the next 21 years, as and when the various blocks of land were purchased. The implication of this second purchase with a gap between it and the first block, is that either Salt must have been very confident about his future purchases, or he was very flexible concerning the final development of the village. It is known that there was an original plan for a much larger development than the one that took place, with the village stretching across both sides of the river. If this is evidence that Salt changed his mind at least once, 21 the implication is, therefore, that he could have changed his mind on several other occasions. Shipley Purchase 1854 - 1856 In the same year, 1854, Salt bought land on the south side of the Shipley to Bramley Turnpike Road from two members of the Denby family. This land would be used for the future development of Dove Street, Jane Street and part of Gordon Terrace. In 1857 Salt bought several plots of land between the railway and the canal from the Midland Railway Company. Shipley Purchase 1864 There was then a gap of a few years before he bought the next plot of land from a Thomas Chambers of Brighouse. This consisted of the land that lies to the east of the present Albert Road, (marked in yellow on the above plan). 22 But, even though by 1864 he now had virtually enough land for his village, he didn’t stop there. A couple of years later, in 1866, he bought the land on the south side of Saltaire Road, between the present Park Street and the rear of the top section of the present Victoria Road. Also, around this time he bought a large area of land to the east of his first acquisition from Matthew Wilson of Eshton Hall at Gargrave, one of the trustees of the estate of William Wainman of Cowling, whose family had owned Shipley Hall, now the Conservative Club in Otley Road. This new land stretched all the way down Saltaire Road to just beyond, what is now the Wycliffe Middle School, and included the site to the east of the school. Sir Titus sold the land for the school, following the 1870 Education Act. The school, which opened in 1876, was at first known as the Shipley Board School and later as Shipley Central School. In 1872, Sir Titus gave land to the east of the school to the Primitive Methodists, who built a large chapel on the site. Saltaire Road showing the Central School and the Primitive Methodist Church 23 Shipley Purchase 1871-74 That same year, 1872, Salt bought a large area of land to the east of Hirst Lane (coloured orange on the above plan), from the paper manufacturer, William Wright. The purchase also included Hirst Mill where Wright had had his manufactory. Much of this land was bought by Shipley Urban District Council in 1922 and used for the building of a new council estate. The land between the river and the railway was converted into playing fields and allotments around the same time. 24 In 1871, Salt had bought the very corner site at the junction of what later became Saltaire Road and Bingley Road. The buildings on the site, at the time of the purchase, consisted of a few cottages and a beer-house. These buildings may have included the old turnpike house, as this had been the junction of Shipley to Bramley Turnpike road and the Bradford to Keighley Turnpike, and there is some evidence of a chain bar being located in somewhere in this vicinity. But the absolute last piece in the jigsaw of Salts acquisitions of land required for the village, was the plot of land, on the eastern side of that corner plot. It had been owned by the Shipley Overseers ever since the enclosure in the 1820s and had been used for many years as a council yard, until Sir Titus obtained it from the Shipley Local Board in 1874. Corner Plot 1871-74 25 Gordon Terrace It was this final purchase that allowed Salt to complete the building of Gordon Terrace, Jane Street and Dove Street, the eastern sections of which had been built some 8 years earlier. This purchase marked the final stage in the building of the village of Saltaire, and indeed, the end of Salt’s land purchases in Shipley. In fact, Titus Salt died two years after this final purchase. The Salt’s mill company did acquire more land in Shipley after Titus Salt’s time, but that is another story. 26 BAILDON The origins of Titus Salt’s first purchase in Baildon lay in the decision of the Lord of the Manor, and the largest property owner in the township at this time, Miss Anna Jane Meek, to sell off the 750 acres of land, comprising her manor and farms in Baildon, in 1849. At the time of the sale, Miss Meek was in her seventies. In all probability, she had been born in Baildon Hall, but by this time she was not a Baildon resident. She lived in Kirk Hammerton, which lies between Harrogate and York, and so perhaps she had just lost interest in the area, or perhaps property prices were on the rise, and she decided to take advantage of the situation. Baildon Manor sale advert : Bradford Observer August 1849 27 In 1737, the lord of the manor of Baildon was Lt.Col. Francis Thompson. His Baildon lands included ‘Jowetts Farm’, now the eastern end of the Coach Road; ‘Hall Farm’, which spread from the banks of the River Aire and then up the hill between Cliffe Lane and Baildon or Barnsley Beck; ‘Brackenhall Farm’, on the Glen and the ‘Moor Farms’, better known now as Low Springs Farm, by the boundary with Hawksworth. The manor also included the possession of Baildon Hall and the Corn mill by Baildon Bridge. There were also a few isolated small farms and individual house properties scattered around the township. Thompson-Meeke-Meyer Family Tree Francis Thompson and his wife Nancy had one child Anna Jane, who had married a Paul Meyer of Pontefract in 1760. Following the death of Francis in 1741, in South America, at the battle of Cartagena, now in modern day Columbia, his widow, Nancy, married a William Meeke of Wighill Park, near York. They had a son also named William, who eventually inherited the Baildon manor and lands from his half-sister, Anna Jane, who was childless. But she left it to him, following her death in 1765, only on condition that he changed his name to that of her late husband, and he adopted the name of Meyer. th On the evening of the 18 October 1780, this same William Meeke, now William Meyer, shot dead a York court official named Joseph Spink. 28 It appears that earlier in the day Meyer had been arrested by the bailiffs of York for debt. The Sheriff of York had signed the warrant, as Meyer owed £82 in an unpaid debt to a James Beckwith, which suggests that, despite his apparent wealth, he was living beyond his means. Following the arrest, it was the intention of the officials to take Mr Meyer to the debtor’s prison on the Ouse Bridge. But he managed to persuade the bailiffs to let him remain in his lodgings in Micklegate, in order for him to try and arrange bail. So, the bailiffs left him in the care of two of their staff, one of whom was Joseph Spink. Sometime during the course of the evening, Meyer persuaded his wife to bring him his pistols from another room, and on acquiring them, he threatened his guards. As they were trying to run away, Meyer fired, and Spink was hit in the throat. (National Archives: ASSI 45/34/2) He died of his injuries the following day, and both Meyer and his wife were put on trial for murder. His wife was found not guilty, but William Meyer, who had claimed in his defence, that he had only meant to frighten the guards, and that the pistol had gone off by accident, was found guilty. He was sentenced to death, and subsequently executed at th the York Tyburn on the 6 April 1781. On his death William Meyer left a widow and two children, William and Anna Jane. William was only 9 years old when his father was executed, and it can be assumed that the family estates would have been held in trust for him until he reached legal maturity at twenty-one. What we do know is that practically the first thing he did when he finally came of age was to change his name, presumably to try and avoid the embarrassment of being connected to his notorious father. As the London Gazette for that month shows, on March 18th 1794 he legally adopted the name of Thompson. Although he had no blood connection to the Thompsons of Baildon, he claimed it was a means of honouring the old family whose lands he now possessed. On his death in 1839, he left everything to his sister, the second Anna Jane Meyer. Though by this time she had changed her name back to Meeke, in order to inherit from her Meeke grandfather. (London Gazette th 29 October 1839) And it was this Anna Jane Meeke who placed all her Baildon property up for sale in August 1849. 29 The auction, held in Bradford in October of that year, was not a complete success, and only part of the property was disposed of. The unsold land was then advertised for sale in the February 1850 issues of the Bradford Observer. And it was at this second sale that Titus Salt bought his first Baildon property, according to the date in the deed, in July of that year, 5 months before his first Shipley purchase of Dixon’s Mill. st 21 February 1850 Sales advert of Baildon property 30 Salt’s 1850 Purchase The first blocks of land that Salt bought in Baildon covered the area between Baildon Road and Cliffe Lane, as well as a large area of land between Otley Road and the river. While the block of land that Salt bought down by the river does not correspond precisely with the above sales notice, it is close enough in description and size to suggest that this is the land that was advertised in the auction notice. Now, it’s interesting to note that the February sales notice made specific reference to the riverside land being suitable for mill construction; and it raises the question of whether Salt might possibly have originally planned to build his mill and village on the Baildon side of the river. According to Balgarnie, Salt approached Lockwood and Mawson, the architects, in November of 1850, and told them that he had purchased land, ‘near Shipley’, and that he wanted them to do part of the work. He explained that the Shipley based architect and land agent, George Knowles was also to be involved in the project (p.91 Balgarnie’s Salt, Barlo and Shaw (Nemine Juvante (Saltaire Publications 2003). This story presents two problems. The evidence of the deeds suggests that Salt did not purchase the Dixon Mill site until the end of December, also, as far as I am aware, there is no evidence that George Knowles had any connection with the Dixon Mill purchase. He did, however, have some connection with at least some of the land that Salt purchased in Baildon, as he was a partner of Bailey Blackburn (see below). 31 There is, therefore, just a hint of suspicion that the land that Salt was referring to when he went to see Lockwood and Mawson, was this land in Baildon. If this was the case, then it is likely that Salt only changed his mind when the more suitable location of the Dixon Mill site in Shipley, with its closer proximity to the canal and railway, came up for sale later that year. Of course, the real problem is our lack of knowledge on Titus Salt’s thoughts at this time. And I have to say that this is simply a speculative idea on my part. Although, what else he might have wanted this land for, given that, subsequently, he did nothing with it within his own lifetime, suggests that the theory might be worth considering. Salts 1851-2-Purchase The year after his first purchase, Salt bought another large piece of land to the west of Otley Road. (This is the area marked in orange on the plan above. The area marked in black is the Midgeley Wood and Thompson Lane area, bought the following year from Richard Paul Amplett, the son in law of the Ferrands of Bingley, who had originally owned the land.) This riverside land had been part of Miss Meeke’s first sale, and had originally been bought by Bailey Blackburn, a Bradford chemist and land speculator, who lived in Baildon. George Knowles appears to have advertised this land for sale in June th 1850 (see Bradford Observer 27 June 1850), though Salt did not purchase the land until September 1851. According to Cudworth, Blackburn sold this land to Salt for £10,000, which was twice the amount he had paid for it a year earlier. 32 The new and old Green Lane 1851 A short time after buying the river-side land, Salt had a new road cut through from Otley Road up to the sharp right-hand corner of the old Green Lane. This new road replaced the old, narrow lane, that for some reason didn’t suit Mr Salt. The laying out of this new road, does suggest that Salt was planning something in the area, and it has been suggested that he had intended to build a house, and create a parkland along the riverside. The original Baildon Green Lane was a public right of way, and in 1852, Salt applied for permission to transfer that right onto his new road and eliminate the old lane. 33 Baildon-1856-Purchase In 1856, Salt bought the small wooded hill to the north-east of Green Lane, called Fairbank Wood, along with the associated farm. The Knoll In 1862 he sold this land to Charles Stead, a manager and later a director of the mill who built a house called ‘The Knoll’ at the highest point in the wood. 34 Baildon-1855-62-Purchase In 1855, Salt had bought a small group of cottages and orchards at the junction of Cliffe Lane and Otley Road. But in 1862 he transferred most of this land and the land to the north of it to his son Edward, who had the house he called ‘Ferniehurst’ built on the site. Ferniehurst 35 There are no known photographs of Ferniehurst, but as can be seen from the OS map above, it was a substantial house. It had formal gardens, several large glass-houses and from the lodge in Baildon Road, a long winding drive through a private wood. Even though Salt was buying a lot of land during this period, he also occasionally sold some. Throughout 1856 and ’57, he was selling off small plots of land around the area of Green Lane and Cliffe Lane, to various private individuals. Following these sales, several private houses, and terraces were constructed in the area. Green Lane junction It may be argued that whatever his original intentions regarding his Green Lane and Otley Road purchases, Salt had changed his mind, and he was getting rid of some of his surplus land. He did however, remain committed to most of the land lying to the west of Otley Road. A few years after laying out the new Green Lane, Salt started the construction of another brand-new road, leading from the corner of Green Lane to the bottom of Victoria Road. The plan above shows the first section of the new road, with the old riverside path highlighted in blue. And the plan below shows the continuation of the new road as far as the bridge. 36 Coach Road 2-1863 The plan above shows the continuation of the new road as far as the bridge. I also shows the relationship between Salt’s new mill and the old Dixon’s Mill. The junction of the road and bridge may look slightly strange, compared to the present Coach Road, but it’s only because there was a re-alignment of this western end of the road, when the new straight bridge was put across the river, and a new link to the bridge had to be made. It’s interesting to note that in all probability, this road, which was nearly 1 mile long, was built simply as a private carriage road to allow Salt’s son, Edward, and his manager, Charles Stead, to travel to the mill easily, rather than going around and through Shipley. And of course, he also built an extension to this road following the purchase of Milner Fields, for the benefit of Titus jnr., all of which seems to be an indication of the extravagance of Salt at this time. Having completed this eastern section of the Coach Road, Salt applied to have the ancient public right of way transferred from the river-side path up onto his new road. This meant that although the Coach Road was a private road, pedestrians and horse riders had the legal right to use it. 37 Gate house Old photographs show gates at the corner of Green Lane and the Coach Road, and there were also gates at the bottom of Victoria Road, But they were only there to stop the unauthorised entry of commercial vehicles, who needed permission to access the road and the bridge. However, various farmers and other property owners who lived within this area had certain legal rights of access, and they did have the right to use the new road and the Victoria Road bridge. The removal of the legal entitlement to use the old riverside path meant that it could now be closed, leaving the land free for some form of development, though we now know, this never happened in Salt’s lifetime. There are, of course, sections of this path still surviving on the side of the river between Otley Road and the Victoria Road bridge. Though it can be assumed that they are not officially public rights of way anymore, and their survival is presumably just a matter of luck. 38 Baildon-1865-6 purchase In 1865 Salt bought two fields just below Walker Wood, from the Dawson family of Baildon Green (marked in light green on the plan above). The following year, Richard Paul Amplett sold Salt the two Trench Farm properties. Their fields ran from the lower section of the future Saltaire Park, right up to the boundary with Bingley at Load Pit Beck (This land is marked in orange). Now these, at least as far as I have been able to identify, were the final acquisitions that Titus Salt made within Baildon. It is possible that I have missed some of the purchases while searching the indexes at Wakefield; and I should point out that, there is just one field in the centre of this picture that I have not been able to prove was bought during Titus Salt’s lifetime, though it almost certainly came into the possession of the family at some point in time. It’s also possible that his sons bought more land either before or after Titus’ death, but that is something that I have not gone into up to the present time. But what I have been able to show is that Titus Salt himself, bought at least 250 acres of land in Baildon, over a period of 16 years; and this compares with just over 100 acres that he bought in Shipley. 39 The western Coach road The western section of the Coach Road, was constructed sometime before 1870, following the purchase of the Milner Fields estate, which, of course, is in Bingley, and outside the scope of this study. The green-arrowed track on the above plan shows the line of this new road, cutting through the fields towards the eastern entrance to the Milner Fields estate. The closed lanes In March 1870, following the completion of this new road, Titus Salt applied to the Baildon Local Board of Health to close several old paths running between the bridge at Saltaire and Load Pit Beck. These are shown in green on this plan. And just as on the eastern section of the road, he wanted the old rights of way transferred onto his new road. 40 Interestingly, the public right of way on this side of the bridge was not on the river-side path, but on the lower of the two paths leading up to the Trench Farms. I can only assume that this change had been made when th the farms were built in the 18 century. After passing between the two farms, the public path then returned back down to the river-side path, which leads on towards the Seven Arches. For some reason, Salt decided to restrict access to the two Trench properties, and that section of the old way that ran between the two farms was closed to the public. Western Coach Road - New Trench Road It was replaced by a brand-new lane leading up to the junction with the ancient pack-horse route between Baildon and Bingley (marked in green on the above map). Following the construction of the new lane, the top section of the old lane was removed. Approval for all these changes was given at the Quarter Sessions held in th Bradford on the 27 June 1870. 41 Saltaire Park It would have been about this time that Salt started to develop Saltaire Park, which was opened in July 1871. Interestingly, the park was laid out across part of the old lane leading from the stepping stones to the Trench farms. And that section of the old lane survives to this day (marked in green on the above map) in the form of the path that divides the cricket field from the higher terrace and formal gardens. 42 Green Lane junction-with houses As I mentioned earlier, much of the land on the top side of Green Lane and at the bottom of Cliff Lane, had been sold off in the late 1850s. These small-scale sell-offs continued, and in the early 1870s Salt sold most of the land, fronting Otley Road, between the bridge and Green Lane, and a terrace of houses were built on the site. The corner plot, though, was not sold until 1887, by Salt’s sons. BAILDON POSTSCRIPT As far as the land on the other side of Otley Road is concerned, with the exception of a few sales, Salt did practically nothing with the bulk of this site, and it was left to later generations to dispose of it. He had sold a large plot of land (A) (see below), at the south-western end to C.F.Taylor in 1862, and Taylor built a new mill on the site. While at the other end, he sold, or maybe he gave, the land for Charlestown cemetery,(E) which was opened in 1863. Though, for some reason the deed of transfer from Salt to the Airedale Cemetery Company, does not seem to have been made until 1871. The land for the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel had been sold to the Trustees in 1870. While the Midland Railway Company had bought the land required for the viaduct, in November 1874. Nothing much then seemed to happen to this area during the remainder of the Salt’s family involvement with the mill. 43 I have not been able to determine the sequence of events regarding the one field on top side of Otley Road (F), that had been part of Salt’s original purchase, and which is now covered by the bottom of Midland Road. In 1895, the Salt’s mill company tried to sell off all their undeveloped land in both Shipley and Baildon. But the planned disposal appears to have been a failure, because most of the land advertised in the sale notice of that year was left unsold. In 1898, though, William Butterfield bought one plot on this Charlestown site (B), on which he later built a galvanising works. Nine years later, he bought the neighbouring plot (C) in order to extend his business. The remainder of the land between Butterfields and the railway viaduct (D) was bought from the mill company by Bertram Roberts, the son of Sir James Roberts, in 1910. He gave the land to the people of Baildon for recreation purposes, and it came to be known as Roberts Park. The land then seems to have remained in Baildon’s possession until 1952, when the UDC sold it to Butterfields So, that is the story of Titus Salt’s property acquisitions in Shipley and Baildon, as far as I have been able to determine it. And, it brings us back to the original question. Why did he buy so much land on both sides of the river and left so much virtually untouched. It’s probably the case that we will never know why he did what he did, but it’s this kind of question that keeps the interest in the subject of the life and work of Titus Salt alive. 44 45
C3b-274: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
Bound booklet: 'A Textile Magnate in the First World War: The Letters of Sir James Roberts' a talk given by Ian Watson March 2016
'World Heritage Weekend' (2015) 'The Conversazione & A Walk in the Park'
Information about Roberts Park in Saltaire and Shipley Glen
Shipley Glen, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Shipley Glen, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Switchback rollercoaster on Shipley Glen
Booklet, called 'Shipley Glen Ramble' by Stanley Varo. A booklet of rambles with a fold out map at the front. For each walk there is a short history. The walks include, for instance, history of amusement park in Shipley Glen.
C3b-516: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
Large Laminated copy of Bradford Weekly Telegraph 7th Nov. 1903 'Unveiling of Salt statue in park'
Photograph of Salts Mill Cricket Team (players identified)
D1-073a-b: Shipley Brass Band in Roberts Park 1895
Two photographs of Shipley Brass Band in Roberts Park 1895
Original copy of 'The Saltaire Sentinal' with article: 'Bandstand Back' (May 2010)
D1-104: Publicity notice for 'After the War is Over'
Publicity notice for 'After the War is Over'
Copy of a publicity notice for a play: 'After the War is Over' by Hattie Townsend-Performed in Roberts Park c.2011
Laminate copy of photograph of a sports day in Saltaire Park. With Middle-aged men preparing to start a race?
D2-011: Saltaire Cricket Club souvenir book
Saltaire Cricket Club 1869-1969' (Souvenir Centenery Booklet)
Folder of items on the Saltaire Cricket Club
D2-017.1: Commemorative Programme for the Grand Re-Opening of the Saltaire Cricket Club
D2-017.2: Letters confirming the re-development of Saltaire Cricket Club
D2-017.3: Project Brief for the Re-development of Saltaire Cricket Club
D2-017.4: Newsletter of the Saltaire Cricket Club
D2-017.5: Advertisements for the Saltaire Cricket Club season
Two photographs of Saltaire Veterans Cricket Club in 1912.
Photograph of Saltaire Cricket Club Pavillion with members
Cenetary Booklet 'Saltaire Cricket Club 1869-1969'
Photograph of Salt's School Sports Day in Roberts Park
Salt High School: Students outside the High School
Photograph of a concert at Roberts Park Bandstand
Photograph of Cricket Pavillion in Saltaire Park
Photograph & advert for Saltaire Cricket Club 1870
D2-051: Fixture list for Saltaire Cricket Club 1998
Fixture list for Saltaire Cricket Club 1998
Copy of Fixture list for Saltaire Cricket Club 1998
Postcard of camp site on Shipley Glen, looking towards Shipley (n.d.)
Copy of postcard of Hirstwood House and Mill
Photograph of building the Tramshed Exhibition Road
2 copies of photograph of inside the Exhibition Road Tramshed
2 copies of photograph of 'Green's Steam Tram' on Bingley Road
Photograph of Saltaire Picture House. With decorations outside. Advertisement for Anna Neagle in 'Victoria The Great'
2 postcards of Saltaire Picture House. c.1930s
Copy of photograph of tram on North Park Road Manningham
Photograph of Baildon Bridge and Houses. Produced by A.Dobson, with printed advertisement for A. Dobson on reverse
Newscutting (modern) of 'Sam Wilson's Glenterprise' (Shipley Glen Toboggan Run)
5 photocopies of a poem 'The Aerial Flight' by A.Brook
'Silver' postcard of Saltaire boathouse and the mill
Coloured postcard of Saltaire boathouse and the mill
Coloured postcard of Saltaire boathouse and the river
Coloured postcard of Saltaire boathouse and the steam launch
Coloured postcard of Saltaire Park with children
Large print of postcard of Saltaire boathouse and the mill
2 prints of postcard of Saltaire Park with children
Newspaper cutting on the death of William Gay : The designer of Saltaire Park (now known as Roberts Park)
2 hand written notes by Clive Wood? on Toboggan accident on Shipley Glen
4 photocopied newspaper cuttings on Suffragettes on Shipley Glen
A4 Booklet 'Roberts Park: The First Year' (No author given, may be Friends of Roberts Park)
A4 Booklet 'Roberts Park 2012' (No author named, may be Friends of Roberts Park)
2 copies of booklet 'Saltaire's Model Park' by E.D. Petersen (HTLA)
D3-069: Saltaire Festival - Roberts Park Events 2013
Saltaire Festival - Roberts Park Events 2013
Copy of 'Saltaire Festival - Roberts Park Events 2013'
D3-071-079: Notice boards in the Roberts Park shelters
Notice boards in the Roberts Park shelters
Laminated copies of the notice boards in the Roberts Park shelters:
'Sir Titus Salt: Mill owner, reformer and keen gardener' (2 copies)
'A pattern for the world: Saltaire's design inspired imitators' (2 copies)
D3-073a-b: Roberts Park:A memorial to a beloved son Bertram Foster Roberts
Roberts Park:A memorial to a beloved son Bertram Foster Roberts
'Roberts Park:A memorial to a beloved son Bertram Foster Roberts' (2 copies)
'One of the most beautiful parks in the world' (2 copies)
'Park Rules: Issued in Saltaire July 1871' (2 copies)
'Club legends: Saltaire's long and proud history [Saltaire Cricket Club] (2 copies)
'Saltaire at Leisure: There was plenty to do in Salt's new park'
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Laminated copies of the 'Colour policy for Roberts Park' [City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council] (2 copies)
D3-079a-b: design for Roberts Park shelters
Laminated copies of a tile design for Roberts Park shelters [City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council] (2 copies)
Laminated copy of print of 1874 view of Saltaire Park by Rock & Co.
Board mounted photograph of Roberts Park 1909 (Ladies with pram by bandstand)
Laminated copy of photograph of Roberts Park 1909 (Ladies with pram by bandstand)
Photograph of Roberts Park. Shows the main promenade with children on the canon by the bandstand.
D3-084: Bandstand and canons in Saltaire Park
Photograph of Bandstand and canons in Roberts Park
Board mounted copy of photograph of Saltaire Boathouse and steam-yacht
Laminated copy of of photograph of Saltaire Boathouse and steam-yacht
Laminated copy of photograph of James Down (park keeper) and the Jowett family
Laminated copy of photograph of Titus Salt's statue in the snow
Laminated photos of Old/New Park Staff - plus 4 modern photos of people in the park
Laminated photos of Old/ New Lodge - Old/New bandstand- Old/New Graffiti Wall
Laminated photos of Old /New Promenade - Old/New River bank - Old/New Shelter
Laminated photos of Old Skate Park/New Skate Park
Laminated copy of photograph of Roberts (sic) Skate park in the snow
Laminated copy of photograph of Saltaire Festival Dog Show 2012
D3-095: Lapage School planting cowslips in Roberts Park
Lapage School planting cowslips in Roberts Park
Photograph of Lapage School planting cowslips in Roberts Park 2011
D3-096: Lord Mayor riding bicycle in Roberts Park
Lord Mayor riding bicycle in Roberts Park
Laminated copy of photograph of Lord Mayor riding bicycle in Roberts Park 2011
Laminated copy of photograph of visitors from China on a cultural visit 2013
D3-098: Classic Cars by Roberts Park bandstand
Photograph of Classic Cars by Roberts Park bandstand
Laminated copy of a poster for Saltaire Bandstand concerts: Summer 2013
Album of news cuttings on Shipley Glen and the Tramway. Also includes photos of Salts High School girls working on farms in 1947
Large laminated copy + Photocopy of article from Illustrated Mail 21st May 1904 'Hartley's Japanese Garden'
Laminated page and printed copy of 2 postcards of Japanese Gardens 1913
Original photograph of the Linley family of the Japanese Gardens
Photocopy of postcards of Switchback, Tramway & Airedale Harriers
2 copies of typed article: 'Memories of the Japanese Gardens' by Margaret Ellis
Booklet: 'Shipley Glen: An explantory outline of Physical Features etc. by W.P. Winter
Laminated Photocopy of Telegraph & Argus article 'Fun in the Glen' by Mike Priestley (25th June 1997)
Laminated copy of Aire Valley Target article 'Historical Tramway is Top for Tourists' (13th May 1999)
Newscutting 'Ticket prices frozen at Tramway' Airevalley Advertiser 11th Jan 2013
Laminated copy of poem 'Roses in December' by Margaret Napier
'Flowers From The Glen' A book of poems by James Waddington (original & copy)
Photocopy of a plan of Saltaire Park (1870)
Newspaper cutting: 'Fun in the Glen for Generations' (25th June 1997)
Copy of a postcard showing people on the Glen Tramway c.1950s
Photocopy of photograph (1910) and info-sheet re. Roberts Park (1971)
Postcard of the park lodge + plan of park
Photograph of people gathered above and below the cafe Pavillion in Saltaire Park (c.1900s)
Sleeve with 4 photos of rowing & rafting on the River Aire at Saltaire plus newspaper cutting
Advert & photograph of Saltaire Boathouse restaurant
Boathouse, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
D4-075: Car park site of the old Congregational Sunday School
Car park site of the old Congregational Sunday School
Modern photograph of the car park site of the old Congregational Sunday School
Congregational Sunday School site, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
E1a-022: George Morrell's Presentation Book
Illuminated Address and Presentation book for George Morrell on the occcasion of his retirement. December 1905. Containing the signatures of James Roberts and members of the Testimonial Committee. Text written by W. Arthur Fry, Hollywood, County Down. Morrell had worked for 45 years as a teacher and headteacher in various schools in Saltaire and nearby Shipley.
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Front cover
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Inside front cover and page 1
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 2 and 3
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 4 and 5
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 6 and 7
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 8 and 9
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 10 and 11
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Pages 13 and 13
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Page 14 and inside back cover
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Back cover
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Close up of first illuminated page
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Close up of second illuminated page
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Close up of third illuminated page
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Close up of author name
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Front outside of box containing the book
George Morrell's Presentation Book: Back outside of box containing the book
Newspaper cuttings of articles about Norman Rae for an exhibition mounted by Friends of Northcliffe Park
F1a-135: Norman Rae & Northcliffe Shipley, Miscellaneous Documents.
Norman Rae & Northcliffe Shipley, Miscellaneous Documents.
Photograph showing Marion Jean Woodhead with the gold key for opening the gates of Northcliffe Park. The park had been paid for by a donation from Sir Norman Rae.
F1a-136: Norman Rae & Northcliffe Shipley, Miscellaneous Documents.
10 prints of photographs of the gold key used in the opening cermony of Northcliffe Park in 1920. The park was paid for by a donation from Sir Norman Rae. The key is now in the custody of the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council.
Copy of 2 photos of the gold key for the opening of Northcliffe Park, June 1920. The park was paid for by a donation from Sir Norman Rae.
F1a-143: Marion Jean Woodhead opens the gate to Northcliffe Park
Marion Jean Woodhead opens the gate to Northcliffe Park
Photograph of Miss Marion Jean Woodhead opening the gate to the woodland path in Northcliffe Park with the gold key, June 1920. The park had been paid for by a donation from Sir Norman Rae.
F1a-191: 'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia
'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia
A paper read before the Society of Arts London by George Ledger. George Ledger was the brother of Charles Ledger the main importer of alpacas from Peru. The paper outlines the story of Titus Salt's involvement with the early production.
Original work out of copyright. Digital version courtesy of the State Library of Victoria, Australia
THE . ALPACA:^ ITS INTRODUCTION INTO AUSTRALIA, PROBABILITIES OF ITS ACCLIMATISATION THERE. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OP ARTS, LONDON, GEORGE LEDGEE, ESQ. Itrpublisbrb bjr lljc gtacHmatisatioir Sociclji of Victoria., “ There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie w ithin the reach of an informed understanding, and a well-directed pursuit/'— U ckke gttrlboHriu: t ) MASON & FIRTH, PRINTERS, 1G ELIZABETH STREET,. INTRODUCTION. In the last pamphlet issued by the Acclimatisation Society, a rapid survey was taken of numerous animals capable of introduction to countries not yet supplied with them, and calculated to add greatly to the prosperity or pleasurable occupation of such countries. In the present number one animal of that list is dealt with more at large, and one which, from what is already known of it. may be pronounced of inestimable value, and to Australia probably more than to any other country in the world. The narrative of Mr. L edger’s spirited, and now successful, enter­ prise in introducing the Alpaca to our shores, is likely shortly, it is understood, to assume a more complete and elaborate form. In the meantime, the particulars furnished to his brother in London, and by him laid before the Society of Arts, will be read with interest by those principally conccrned in the successful result of that great undertaking. The Alpaca may now be considered permanently established amongst us, and furnishes one notable example of the invaluable additions to our live stock, that, by a judicious system of acclimatisation, may be culled from the enormous list of 140,000 different animals, from which we are assured on the best authority that we may select. In this paper it is predicted that in fifty years an export of nine millions sterling in alpaca wool will be established from Mr. L edger’s flock alone. But, as tending greatly to hasten the day at which such a result is attained, it is important to know that .already a gentleman has arrived in Melbourne, representing an influential commercial house in Peru, which has obtained “ concessions” from the Peruvian and Bolivian Governments for the exportation of 1,500 animals, and who is making arrangements to negotiate their introduction to these colonies. All accounts, to the most recent, are in the highest degree favor­ able to the project of establishing this animal in Australia. The flock introduced into New South Wales has increased from 283 in 1859 to 417 in 1861. The small herd in the Melbourne gardens has increased from 19 in 1859 to 45 in 1861, and in either flock casualties are almost unknown. Tho most favorable accounts have also been received of ten introduced in 1859 into Queensland, and referred to in this pamphlet. “ No deaths had occurred, and the increase exceeded the most sanguine expectations.” In a recent communication, Mr. L edger states that, having several months since depastured a portion of his animals on lucerne, a portion on clover, and a portion on the natural grasses—that fed on the indigenous pasture was unquestionably in the highest and healthiest condition. One of those lately slaughtered for the Great Exhibition contained 22 lbs. of inside fat. Mr. L edger also states that the superior pasture, and more scien­ tific tending of the Alpaca in Australia, produce a finer, larger, stronger, and in every way superior animal to any ever produced in * South America; that the staple of wool is excellent, owing to the non-existence of such extraordinary transitions -of climate as the animal is subject to in South America—three months of abundant grass, .and nine of mere scanty pickings. One fleece sheared in Sydney, of twenty-one months’ growth, weighed 2G lbs. The great adaptability of the Alpaca to Australia is remarked upon owing to its being a Irowsimj animal as well as a grazing one. It> feeds eagerly on shrubs and trees, and, if deprived altogether of grass, would subsist easily upon tho coarser plants constituting our ordinary “ scrubs.” The flesh was recently experimented upon in Sydney, and favor­ able reports were made by the several hundreds who tasted it. To the successful acclimatisation among us of this animal and its congeners, the Llama and Vicuna, the Society look therefore with the greatest interest. It is impossible to say of what value it may become in after years, not certainly as superseding the sheep or any other stock now depasturing amongst us, but rather as feeding over the sheep’s head, eating herbage that nothing else will cat, and from its little use of water being adapted to occupy millions of acres unfit for any other purpose. Indeed, it is of the utmost importance to recollect that it is quite possible that it may devolve upon Australia to develop this animal to a degree never yet imagined. It has been hitherto virtually mono­ polised by the South American Indian, one of the most uniinproving of all the races of mankind, the most beset by traditionary prejudices and ridiculous superstitions, calculated in every way to cramp the intellect and prevent improvements. It remains to be shown wliat may be done with animals like these, now to be subjected for the first time to the same treatment that has effected such wonders with the Leicester, Lincoln, or South Down sheep, the short-horn ox, the thorough-bred horse, and other domestic animals long since brought under our control. 2 larly the llama and the alpaca, appeared to partake of the properties of the camel and the sheep. I notice the guanaco first, because it is the largest of these animals, but, as it is scarcely to bo called a wool-producing animal, the supply being insignificant, and little or none of it being exported, X shall very shortly dismiss it from consideration. The region between the Andes, or Eastern Chain, and the Cor­ dilleras, or Western Chain, comprises a vast plateau, or rather many table lands, about 12,000 feet above the level of the sea, which is called by the natives “ Puna.” The surface is principally covered with a short fine grass, and there are many hilly pastures ; and here are found the llama, and the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuna, but they are not confined to this region. In summer the flocks of llamas and alpacas are driven to an elevation of 15,000 to 10,000 feet, and in winter to an elevation of 12,000 to 14,000. The guanaco ranges over a greater extent of country than either of the other species, being found on the immense tracts of table land as far south as “ Terra del Fuego,” and north to the slopes of the towering Chimborazo; in appearance it very much resembles the llama, although nearly half as large again—the wool is much shorter, coarser, and intersected jwith hair, and worked up by the Patagonians and Aurocano Indians into blankets, ponchos, ifcc., while its skin is used as a quilt. The meat is the best of the class, and is highly esteemed. It is very seldom domesticated. The vicuna, like tho chamois, inhabits the highest tracts of land; it is the smallest but most graceful animal of either of the species; its flesh is principally used very slightly salted, dried in tho sun, frost, and wind, under the name of charque, although it is not so much esteemed as the flesh of the guanaco or the llama. Its wool is finer and more valued even than that of the alpaca, but its yield is very small, seldom, if ever, exceeding a pound a year. My brother informs me he has succeeded in producing a cross between tho alpaca and the' vicuna, which is termed the paco-vicuna, and that its wool partakes of the peculiar softness and superior fineness of the vicuna, and the greater length of staple of the alpaca. I have also heard from gentlemen who have spent many years in Peru, Chili, <kc., that tho curate of San Antonio, a small town about 40 leagues from Puno, has also succeeded in producing a similar cross, even to the second and third generations, which produce a splendid wool; this reverend gentleman has, I am given to understand, received from the Peru­ vian Assembly a vote of thanks, and his portrait decorates the walla of the museum of Lima, amongst the tho Viceroys of Peru, with an inscription declaring him to have deserved well of his country; ✓ 3 and I believe he enjoys a pension of £120 from the Peruvian Government. Although the quality of the vicuna wool stands so high in tho estimation of manufacturers, the quantity is so small that I have not been able to obtain any record of tho amount brought within the circle of commercial operations, a large quantity being consumed in the country in the manufacture of ponchos, sombrGros, &c. The skins are brought to this country with the wool upon them. The llama, the larger and least valued of tho domesticated animals, about the size of tho red-deer, partakes somewhat of the nature of tho Arabian camel. Like tho camel, it is used a3 a beast of burden ; like the camel, it can live many days without water, but it is more useful than the camel, inasmuch as its flesh is used for food, and, when young, is Bavoury and nutritious; and its wool for clothing, and other useful purposes—to a much greater extent than that of its Arabian compeer. From the earliest periods to which even Peruvian records extend, it appears the llama has been used as a beast of burden; its load is generally from GOlbs. to lOOlbs., and 1501bs., and its rate of travelling about three to five leagues a day; it is driven in flocks of sometimes as many as 500 to 1000, and requires little trouble from the drivers, one of tho oldest and most experienced leading the way, and the others following. The organisation both of the llama and the alpaca is admirably suited to the nature of tho country they inhabit. Tho eye, from its size and shape, indicates the possession of a strong and quick sight, and also enables them to bear the reverberation of the rays of tho sun from the sand and snow; the sole of tho foot is guarded by a cushion, and the toes armed with hard and curved nails, which en­ able them to climb with ease steep and craggy places ; the construc­ tion of the mouth and teeth enables them to cut short grass upon the ground, while, joined to the length of neck, and with the aid of the tongue and cleft lip, they can reach and cull herbage growing in interstices of rocks as well as tho tender shoots of tall shrubs. Tho division of the stomach into compartments enables them to retain both food and water, and to use tho latter iot the assistance of tho process of mastication, or to allay thirst. The number of these animals employed in Peru and Bolivia in the carriage of barrilla, grain, wool, bark, ores, and other products from the interior to the. coast, my brother estimates at over GOO,000, and for the interior communication between town and town, mines and amalgamating establishments, with ore and fuel, at double that number, giving 6 total of 1,800,000 so employed. B 2 \ 4 The llama wool is principally consumed in the country—very little being exported; it is used for sacking in the transport of grain, flour, <tc. About 2,000,000 lbs. are annually consumed in this way. The “ soga,” or cord, by which the load is secured to the back of the animal, will consume'annually another 2,000,000 lbs. Many and varied are the articles manufactured from the llama wool—cordage, carpets, bed coverlets, bags and sacks for various purposes, taking perhaps 2,500,000 lbs. Tho alpaca wool is of greater value and more certain in its demand, so that the llama wool is more used in tho country. Those used as beasts of burthen are never shorn, their wool serving the purposes of a pack The meat of the llama is highly nutritious; the Indians kill off the old ones of their flocks from time -to time during the year. T he A lpaca. The alpaca stands about i feet in height, and is of inferior size to the llama, the size of a full-grown deer, producing a much finer and longer fleece. Tho Indians hold for this animal a superstitious reverence, and most firmly believe that any sufferings the animals may undergo, on being driven off their pasture-grounds, will be visited on them and theirs. In the 16th century, and even from tho remotest times, the Peruvians, being comparatively (to the other tribes of the great continent of America) a civilised people, and well acquainted with the arts of spinning and weaving, fabricated from alpaca wool textures of much delicacy and beauty, which were highly prized as articles of dress. And that the use of them had prevailed for centuries, is proved by the opening of very many of the “ Huacas” or ancient tombs of the Peruvians, in which the dead had been enwrapped in stuffs made from the fleece of the alpaca. The wool having risen in value, and become an article of so much demand, little or none is at present manufactured in the country, or has been for the*last 25 or 30 years. Its fleece is superior to that of the sheep in length and softness, averaging 7 to 9 inches, and sometimes it is procured of an extraordinary length. The fleeces, when annually shorn, range from 7 to 10, 11 and 12 lbs. Contrary to experience in other descriptions of wool, the fibre of the alpaca’s fleece acquires strength without coarseness ; besides, each filament appears straight, well-formed, and free from crispness, and the quality is more uniform throughout the fleece. There is also a transparency, a glittering bright­ ness enhanced on its passing through the dye-vat. It is also distin­ guished by softness and elasticity, essential properties in the manu­ 5 facture of fine goods, being exempt from spiral, curly, and shaggy defects; and it spins easily when treated properly according to tho present improved method, and yields an even, strong and true thread. Notwithstanding the remarkable quality and beauty of the alpaca wool, it was long before its value was appreciated in Europe. According to tho best authorities, the first person in England who produced a marketable fabric made from this material was Mr. Benjamin Outram, a scientific manufacturer, of Greetland, near Hali­ fax, who, about the year 1830, surmounted with much difficulty the obstacles encountered in spinning the wool, and eventually produced an article which sold at high prices for ladies’ carriage shawls and cloakings; but their valuo arose more frpm being rare and curious articles than from intrinsic worth. These were, it is well established, quite destitute of the peculiar gloss and beauty which distinguish the alpaca lustres and fabrics of later times, and after a short period the manufacture was abandoned. To Mr. Titus Salt, of Bradford, mu3t, undoubtedly, be awarded tho high praise of finally overcoming the difficulties of preparing and spinning alpaca wool so as to produce an even and true thread, and, by combining it with cotton warps, which had then (183G) been im­ ported into the trade of Bradford, improving tho manufacture, so as to make it ono of the staple industries of the kingdom ; he has, by an admirable adaptation of machinery, been enabled to work up the material with the ease of ordinary wool. And now, not only are alpaca goods produced in every conceivablo variety and style, but at .all prices, to suit tho means of all classes of tho community. Blended with silk thread, they have tho appearanco of fine lustrous satin; with figures and patterns thrown upon them in silk of different hues, they serve as admirable substitutes for figured silks, both for ladies’ dresses and for waistcoatings, whilst with cotton woven amongst its fibres, the article may bo sold at such a moderate price as to bring it within the reach of the most humble. Gentlemen are provided by mean3 of this fabric with waistcoating as cool as any cotton, yet rich and lustrous as any silk. Dwellers in tropical climates are thankful to possess a black coat which, while it has the appearance of broad-cloth, is not a fourth of its weight. Most of the alpaca wool taken into tho United Kingdom is unshipped at Liverpool, but a small portion is also carried to London. At these two ports, it may be asserted, the whole import is landed. It arrives in small bales, weighing 60, 100, 150 lbs., the first put up for llama carriage, the second for donkey carriage, tho third for mule carriage. Dating from the year 1834, when the importation of alpaca wool 6 sprung up as a permanent branch of commerce, the demand has been a growing one, the quantity imported being in :— lbs. lbs. 1834 ... 5,700 1839 .............. ... 1.325,500 1835 ... ... 184,400 1840 .............. ... 1,650,000 1830 ... ... 199,000 1811.............. ... 1,500,000 1837 ... ... 385,800 1842.............. ... 1,443,299 183S ... ... 459,300 Since the year 1843, the returns of alpaca wool imported into Great Britain are of a more reliable character. The following table has been drawn up from data furnished by the Board of Trade:— • lba. lbs. 1843 ..........................1,45S,032 1852 ... .............. 2,008,594 1844 .......................... 635,357 1853 ... .............. 2,148,267 1845 .......................... 1,261,905 1S54 ... .............. 1,267,513 1846 .......................... 1,554,287 1855 ... .............. 1,446,707 1847 .......................... 1,527,300 1856 ... .............. 2,974,493 1848 .......................... 1,521,370 1857 ... .............. 2,359,013 1849 . ........................ 1,655,800 1858 ... .............. 2,688,133 1850 .......................... 1,052,295 1859 ... .............. 2,501,634 1851 ..........................2,013,202 The bulk of these importations have been consumed in England, and the quantity re-shipped for tho Continent has been comparatively trifling in amount. We must yet allow some 500,000 lbs. shipped annually from Peru to France and Germany. In 1836, the price was 8d. per lb. During the last ten years, the price has fluctuated considerably, from Is. 8d. per lb. to 3s. Od. It may be interesting to inquiro 'whether this large supply will be continued, and I regret I am compelled to form the opinion that it ■will not, unless a change takes place in the manner in which the trade is conducted, unless justice and right are better observed, and unless tho Indians (shepherds and owners of flocks) are considered as, and treated as, brother traders, instead of mere producers of raw material. I am fearful the sudden increase of the demand was the cause of greater efforts being made to meet it, which have not been attended by a corresponding effort to increase the number of the animals. I fear the practice of the Indian not to shear tho female alpaca has been departed from, and a decrease in the flocks will result. It is true that tho attention lately drawn to the value of the wool of the alpaca may also lead to a more intelligent system of cultivation ; indeed, I learn from my brother that a friend of his, who in 1843 did not possess a single alpaca, in 1857 had 15,000 on a large estate held by him. I will give you an example of how the “ trade” is carried on. A party, by some means or other, procures tho appointment of “Gover- 7 nador” of a district, and quickly enters into a . contract with some mercantile establishment on the coast for a supply of say 500 to 1,000 quintals (100 lbs.) of alpaca wool at 50 dollars (Peruvian) per quintal. As soon as the contract is made, he orders tho appearance before him, on the day fixed, of all the “ Ylacatas,” chiefs or heads of communities, within his jurisdiction; he then apportions tho quantity of alpaca wool to be delivered by each, according to tho number of alpacas possessed by the community he represents; pay­ ment in full is then made in advance, at rates varying from 10 dollars to 15 dollars per quintal. The wool thu3 collcctcd is tightly pressed by the hands and feet into sacks, weighing 110 lbs., and tho Ylacatas are ordered to supply, in tho same manner, the requisite number of llamas for the carriage of the wool to its destination. Any resistance on the part of the Indians to supply the wool, and llamas for its carriage, is met by the Governador by imposition of most harassing gratuitous service to the state, such as repairs of roads, foot postmen, domestic servitude; and often by sending tho party guilty of desiring to do what he thought fit with his own, as a recruit to tho first regiment at hand, with “ official” recommendation to tho command­ ant thereof that effectually prevents the Indian for a long time, and often for ever, again entertaining tho dangerous and turbulent idea of opposing tho wishes of his Governador. Do not suppose that tho above is a sketch of an exception to the generality of those in autho­ rity over the Peruvian and Bolivian Indian—far, very far, from it; it is, indeed, the rule that actuates tho conduct of sub-prefect to turnkey downwards, in all the provinces of the interior of thoso countries where the Indian is to be met with. If the Indian sees tho Ylacata coming towards his hut, and, divining his intent, runs away to hide himself, he does not avoid his persecutor. On his return, he finds the money on the floor, or suspended in a bag from the rafters, with an intimation of the quantity of wool required at 10 to 15 dollars per quintal, and the time of delivery ; he cannot help seeing it, and is obliged to take it and supply tho wool. If he docs not, his alpacas are shorn, and even then, if there is not wool enough to make up tho quantity, he is put in prison to force him to pay tho deficit at the price contracted to the mcrchaut, and, if this is not paid, his flocks of sheep, alpacas, llamas, <fcc., aro sold to make up tho amount. As a beast of burthen tho alpaca is little used, tho Peruvian Indians have too much veneration for it, and would consider it a sacrilege so to use it. Europeans, however, occasionally make use of it, and, I believe, in the quicksilver mines of Huancavelica it is found nearly as useful as the llama, although the load it will carry is smaller. 8 The alpaca was formerly but little used for food by the Peruvian Indians; they seldom, if ever, killed it for the purpose, but would eat it when it died a natural death. Of course, when so obtained, it did not rank high. It has latterly been more used, and, when young, is by some considered delicate and nutritious. There is still another animal which demands my attention, and which is probably destined to play a considerable part in the future history of wool-producing animals. I mean the cross between tho alpaca and the llama, called machurgas, from “ machorra,” a Spanish word, meaning a barren sheep, of which there are frequent instances in Peru and Bolivia. Walton, in his work, says :— “ From the alliance a beautiful hybrid results, if possible, finer to the eye than either parent, and also moro easily trained to work, but, like the mule, it does not procreate in which he is confirmed by General O’Brien, who resided twenty years in Peru, ten of which he served as aide-de-camp to San Martin, tho Liberator, a great traveller on the Andes, and a landed proprietor and miner. Tho General says:— “ There is, however, a beautiful animal produced between the llama and alpaca, much handsomer in form and figure than either, also better adapted for work, but it does not breed. These are the animals I principally used at my mines to bring down the ores from tho mountains.” In some parts of Peru and Bolivia, these animals, I am informed, are known by the name of guarisso, which is derived from the Qui- chua Indian, and signifies a foul thing. I am not about to enter into a discussion on the vexed question of “ fixity of species.” I must leave this to be settled by others much more competent to deal with such scientific questions than I profess myself to be, but I must direct their attention to this fact, that tho opinions of Walton and O’Brien must now be considered as proved to have been entirely unfounded, my brother having bred animals to tho third generation, from female machurgas or guarissos, by revert­ ing back to the original alpaca stock on the male side. I find mention has been made of yet another animal, tho aviru, said to exist in immense numbers in Patagonia; but whether this is a new species, or a variety of the vicuna, has not yet been determined. A rug mado from its skins, by tho native Patagonians, was exhibited at a meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool, 18th May, 1857. It would, indeed, be surprising if animals, so useful to man in every­ way as the llama and the alpaca, producing him food, and clothing, both in the shape of skins and wool, and helping him in his labors* should not have created in tho conquerers of Pern and Bolivia, and their successors, a desire to transfer them to their own countries. Such has been the case; many have been taken to various parts of Europe—royalty led the van, nobility followed—but, as might have been, anticipated, the representatives of commerco have been most active. Time does not permit me to attempt any account of tho llamas and alpacas that have been introduced into this country and other parts of Europe, which, notwithstanding all tho care bestowed upon them, although they appear to breed, do not appear to have be­ come perfectly acclimatised. Thoy have been regarded as rare and cuijous animals, fitted for the ornamentation of tho parks of our nobility and gentry, than as an article of commerce. I will not here enter into a discusion of whether, under favorable circumstances, the alpaca might not be acclimatised in some parts of this country j I am rather inclined to the opinion that when we know more about it, and its peculiar habits and wants, it perhaps may. I am afraid tho main cause why it has not, and perhaps will not, thrive with us, is the humidity of our atmosphere, and dampness of our soil, as well as tho unsuitableness of our grasses for its sustenance. Its favorite food in its native country is'the ichu or ycho, a rushy kind of grass, of which it is immoderately fond, and which I believe is not found in this country. Many animals had been exported, and in 1844 tho British Consul at Arica was requested to send homo sixteen alpacas for her Majesty Queen Victoria, eight of which were shipped on board a vessel-of-war, and eight were brought to Liverpool by the Octavia. The day after their embarkation, General Yguain (then Prefect of tho department of Tacna) was perfectly furious at their having been placed beyond his reach, and raked up an old decree of 1829, strictly prohibiting the exportation of alpacas under very severe penalties—but which had remained a dead letter, seldom, if ever, put into operation, and tho existence of which was almost unknown, and stopped the expor­ tation of a further flock of 40 alpacas intended for Germany, appealing of the Government at Lima to support his act, which resulted in a de­ cree of Congress, April 5,1845, prohibiting the exportation of alpaca3 in all the ports of Peru, imposing very severe penalties on those caught infringing tho law, which has been strictly enforced up to this day. This decree has not allayed, as it could not allay, tho desire to possess them; opposition often becomes the parent of determination, and when a thing is denied to us we often attach a greater value to it than it deserves, and become more intent on its possession, even when it is not worthy of the efforts we make to obtain it. 10 The vast success that had attended the introduction of the Merino sheep into our Australian Colonies, and the supposed suitability of its climate and vegetation to the alpaca, led to many attempts being made to introduce them there, but without success. My brother was led to consider a plan, which ho ultimately executed, of getting them out of the country, for which he was peculiarly qualified by his long residence (from 1836), his intimate acquaintance with the inhabitants of the interior, and their languages and customs, acquired by having been the representative of some of the first mer­ cantile houses in the country, in making contracts with the Indians for wool, bark, &c., and in frequent journeyings in their superin­ tendence. He writes thus :— “ Several times, from 1845 to 1848, 'were applications made to me by different parties to get alpacas out of the country, but as I well knew that •any such attempt must be attended by difficulties of no ordinary nature, 1 paid no attention to them. I began at that time to think that this valuable animal required being better known, and ita habits studied, hoping that in course of time the decree would be annulled, or some revolution in the country would enable me to get them out through a Peruvian port. In the beginning of 1848 I rented a large estate, Chulluncayani, on the frontier of Peru and Bolivia, and among other occupations, such as collecting wools, copper from Corocoro, and Peruvian bark, commenced breeding the alpaca ; little by lit­ tle I collected at first 200 ; all sorts of stratagems had I to make use of to obtain these, and then they were old and many infirm ones ; every means were devised by the Indians on the estate to prevent my breeding them, but after all, in 1851, I succeeded in being the possessor of more than GOO." In February, 1852, my brother entered into arrangements with a gentleman of Tacna to carry out the undertaking, and immediately started for his estate at Chulluncayani; and after giving directions that in December or January, when the fresh pasturage would begin to appear and render driving them practicable, they should com­ mence their journey towards tho frontier of the Argentine Confedera­ tion, he returned to Tacna, and went thenco to Valparaiso, from which port he embarked on the 24th of December for Port Phillip, en route for Sydney, for the purpose of ascertaining, from personal inspection, whether the country into which he was purposing to in­ troduce the alpaca was adapted for its naturalisation. In the follow­ ing March he landed at Twofold Bay, and, in company with a Peru­ vian gentleman who had accompanied him, made some excursions for about 12 leagues inland, which satisfied him that “the country was most admirably adapted for the alpaca.” On the 22nd of March he arrived at Sydney, where he “ became more and more satisfied as to the adaptability of the country for successfully rearing tho llama species. Here, as in South America, the climate is dry ; it matters not how much rain may fall (even for eight days consecutively), the rarity of the air is not affected by it j there may be, no doubt there is, I 11 a difference in the atmosphere immediately before and after heavy rains, but I contend no difference exists in the rarity of the air.” On the 21st May he left Sydney, arriving in Valparaiso July 3rd, where he was compelled to seek for a new partner in his enterprise, Mr.----- declining to go on with the matter, and even threatening to divulgo the plan to the Government, and succeeded in concluding an arrange­ ment with Messrs. Boardman, Dickson and Co. (with others), for carrying out his project. Peru was then at war with Bolivia, and the attention of the latter Government would naturally bo called to its northen frontier, leaving the southern one, through which my brother proposed driving his flock, without troops, and comparatively open to him ; accordingly, without delay, he went to Caldera, and thence to Copiapo, and commcnced his preparations for crossing tho Cordilleras to the province of Salta, in the Argentine Confederation, and thence into Bolivia, to endeavour personally to learn what had become of the animals he had directed, in the previous September, to bo driven in that direction from Chulluncayani. At Copiapo he again met with a Mr. Samuel W. de Blois, of Hali­ fax, Nova Scotia, a fellow passenger-from Sydney, who was desirous of seeing a part of the interior of South America, and he became his companion. Accordingly, on 17th September, 1853, my brother, Mr. Dc Blois, Pedro Cabrera, their guide, and Pablo Soza, as general servant, with 12 mules and two horses with bells to keep their mulc3 together, left Copiapo, much against the opinion of many friends, it being considered too early to attempt the journey, Pedro, hi3 guide, saying, “ Certainly it was early, but with good mules it might be done.” After encountering terrific storms of wind, drift snow and sand, and sustaining a loss of one horse and two mules, passing by the remains of a party of fifteen men and thirty mules that had perished two years before, besides fre­ quently being reminded of the dangers of their journey by the skele­ tons of mules, oxen and donkeys which clearly marked the road, on the 25th they attained the highest ridge, 12,000 feet above the level of the sea, and on the 27th they arrived at Sangil, or St. Gil, the inhabitants of which could hardly believe any person so adventurous as to attempt the passes so early in tho season. On ICth October they arrived at Salta, 240 leagues from Copiapo. Salta has a popu­ lation of 10,000, and the governor of tho province resides here. From Salta, Pedro was dispatched in search of the flock of alpacas, with directions to meet his master at San Christobal, distant 250 leagues, while my brother returned to Molinos with Mr. De Blois, with the intention of seeing him on his road back to Copiapo, and left him at Laguna Blanca, on November 8, 1853. From this date 12 to July, 1858, that of his arrival at Copiapo, with more than 300 llamas, alpacas, vicunas, and their cross products, my brother either procured from the Indians, or bred, great numbers of animals, more than 1,000 of which he succeeded in getting into the territory of the Argentine Confederation; but these numbers were being constantly reduced by the inclemency of the weather (losing 200 of them in one snow-storm), tho difficulty of obtaining food, and from his flock having drank of the water of a lake infested with leeches. A second time he was compelled to cross and re-cross the terrible Cordillera to obtain the necessary funds :— “ In January, 1854, it now became necessary for my proceeding to Salta, to receive tlio money that I expected Messrs. Boardxnan, Dickson and Co. would have placed there for me. On my arrival some eight days afterwards, I found that they, in lieu of sending funds, had determined to relinquish participation in tho speculation. Without hesitation, I immediately deter­ mined on proceeding to Valparaiso, and I accomplished the distance—240 leagues, or 720 miles—in nine days. I arrived just in time to catch tho steamer passing Caldera for Valparaiso, on the 10th February, and arrived in Valparaiso on the 12th. Since leaving Copiapo, on the 17th September, 1853, I had gone over more than 3,000 miles on mule back. Finding that Messrs. Boardman, Dickson and Co. were determined to have nothing more to do with the speculation, I soon camo to terms with Messrs. Waddington, Tern-, pieman and Co., for carrying out the undertaking.” It would occupy more time than is allowed to me to trace month by month, or even year by year, the dangers, privations, and vicissi­ tudes he, his shepherds, and his flocks, passed through, during these following four years. They trench on the romantic. His mules and donkeys were frozen to death; two of his shepherds, with their mules, were dashed to pieces, by falling over precipices; he was taken for a political spy, which idea he did not discourage, as it enabled him to keep his true purpose disguised. Twice ho was ar­ rested, and once had to defend his flock from forcible seizure. The loss of upwards of 200 of his flock from drinking of the water of a leech-infested lake, in the Calchaquies valleys, compelled him to seek a new spot in which he could habituate his animals by degrees to the kind of food he would bo compelled to depend upon for their maintenance during their sea voyage, and also to carry out a plan he had devised of improving tho wool of the llama by crossing with the alpaca. This spot was Laguna Blanca, “ one of the four valleys which commence from the high table-lands to the west of Tucuman up to the main chain of the Cordillera. It lies in about twenty- seven degrees south latitude, but is nevertheless surrounded by per­ petual snow, which crowns the mountain peaks enclosing the valley.” Being satisfied that he had at length found a desirable spot for the pro­ pagation of the species, not only did he at length acquire a new flock of alpacas, acclimatised to temperatures less pure and rigorous 13 than those in which their predecessors had been reared, but suc­ ceeded in educating them to a certain extent for the great voyage which lay before them. Ho built a hut of stones for himself and people, which furnished an indifferent shelter from tho inclemency of the weather. For the animals, largo yards were enclosed and pro­ vided with troughs, in which they were supplied with their daily rations of dry alfalfa, cut up and mixed with bran, to which they became gradually accustomed. On the arrival of tho flock at Co- piapo, after almost unexampled hardships, and a separation from his family of six years, in May, 1858, great excitement was excited by their novelty. The city was almost deserted for several days, tho people forming an uninterrupted procession between it and Punta Ncgra (a distance of six miles), where the flocks were at pasture. At length, in July, 1858, 322 animals were shipped at Copiapo, on • board tho Salvadora, of 750 tons. Respecting the manner in which these animals were got away, my brother says, “ In no way have I infringed a single law of either Peru or Bolivia—to break or infringe a law or decree of a Govern­ ment is one thing, to evade the intention is another thing. The decrees promulgated state that it is illegal to drive alpacas within a distance of 40 leagues of the sea-shore, and the penalty for so doing is the loss of tho animals ; and every person found with them, and the owners, although not with them, are condemned to ten years labour in chains on the Chincha, or Guano Islands. To smuggle alpacas out of Peru, if successfully accomplished, could be done in twenty days. To avoid being amenable to such law, is why I took such a round­ about way as getting the animals first into the Argentine provinces, and then into Chili for embarkation, in neither of which countries do such restrictions exist.” The fundamental principle of human society, laid down equally by statists and revealed law, is that “ tho profit of the earth is for all.” For the sake of peace—of the settlement of property and society—of political expediency and the comity of nations—that doctrine has, by the common consent of states, undergone modifica­ tion ; but the title of all mankind to inherit the common bounties of the Creator, and the varied gifts of nature, is still tho governing principle of political ethics. The Chinese war has by many been deemed sufficiently justified, on the ground that no people are en­ titled to seal up their territory from tho general intercourse of man­ kind, and to withhold the contribution of their peculiar products from the common stock of human enjoyment. Of all regions of the earth, that of South America is the most de­ pendent on other countries for useful products. When discovered, 14 it had neither horse, ox, sheep, or pig. All those have been pre­ sented to it by the Old World, and Peru requites those gifts by the positive prohibition of the export of its most valuable animal pro­ duct, thus refusing to mankind a participation in the benefits it i8 calculated to confer. The Government of Peru has not imposed a heavy tax on the ex­ port of the alpaca. It has not restricted it, confined it within stringent conditions, or regulated the export by irksome custom­ house regulations. My brother would willingly have paid any amount of taxation, or complied with any conditions the Government might impose, but it would make no terms, listen to no conditions, hear of no compromise. It insisted on the preservation of a mo­ nopoly of an animal whose produce was so useful to man, in viola­ tion of that impartiality of commercial intercourse which friendly nations were entitled to expect from its laws. It acted upon the anti-social and anti-mercantilo maxim, of appropriating exclusively to itself a gift and blessing intended for the common benefit of man­ kind. I say, unhesitatingly, that it is a much smaller breach of the strict law of political or commercial morality to evade, or even to break such a law, than it is to make it, and that the obligations of patriotism impelled my brother “ to do a right thing by doing a lit­ tle wrong,” in the evasion of a prohibition contrary to the laws of nature, and inimical to the interests of mankind. I may add, that if my brother’s act may be called by some, politically or commercially, not strictly moral, he at least sins in very respectable company. The introduction of one of the earliest flocks of Merino sheep into t h i 3 country was accomplished under very similar circumstances. George III., in 1787, determined to give them a fair trial, and a few from one flock and a few from another were collected in Estramadura, on the borders of Portugal, and as they could not be shipped from any Spanish port without a licence from tho King of Spain, they were driven through Portugal, and from thence conducted to tho king’s farm at Kew. On the 28th November, 1858, this flock, consisting of 276 ani­ mals, arrived at Sydney, and were immediately landed and temporarily located in the Government Domain. I find, by an official report from my brother to the Secretary for Lands and Public Works, dated 16th April, 1859, that the flock then consisted of:— 4G Malo alpacas, pure breed. 38 Female alpacas, pure breed. 110 Female llamas. 27 Females, cross-bred, between alpaca and llama, in first generation. 11 Females, cross-bred, between male alpaca and female, from first cross. 15 5 Females, cross-bred, between male alpaca and female, from Bccond cross. 40 Lambs of first, second, and third cross. 6 Male vicunas. 1 Female vicuna. 1 Male cut llama, carrier. 283 All much improved in condition since landing. After a short sojourn at the town Domain, tho flock was sent to Liverpool, about twenty miles from Sydney, until a permanent locality could be fixed upon for them. The idea of conferring on our Australian Colonies tho immense advantages anticipated to follow on the introduction of an animal so valuable as the alpaca, appears to have almost simultaneously presented itself to the minds of several individuals. Mr. Titus Salt, whose name is and ever will remain so intimately associated with this subject, might naturally be supposed to take a deep interest in it, and finding that the alpacas he had obtained from the late Earl of Derby, and from other sources, did not prosper here so well as he could wish, he sent two small lots to different parts of Australia, thus becoming, I believe, entitled to tho distinction of tho first introducer of the alpaca into our Australian Colonies. I find one flock of four arrived in tho Marshal Pelissier, at Adelaide, con­ signed to a Mr. Haigh, of Port Lincoln, in March, 1857, to whom they were immediately forwarded. Mr. Haigh mites, 7th Nov,, I860 :—“The alpacas are not doing well. They havo only increased one ; the rest have all died. Wo lost one the other day, about two years old; it was quite fat, and looked healthy.” The number was too small. In July, 1858, Mr. Salt sent out to Mr. Matthew Moorhouse, Riverton, South Australia, two male3 and three females. One of each sex died on the passage. The other females havo bred, but only one of the lambs has been reared. A Mr. Eugene Itoelin succeded in procuring a flock of llamas and cross-breeds, which he drove overland from Peru to Guayaquil, and thence to Panama. From Panama they were taken to New York, where Mr. Benjamin Whitehead Geo purchased them, and brought them to England, where they were exhibited at Glasgow and Birming­ ham, and then brought to Loudon, and depastured in a park at Ealing. Ten of these animals were purchased by Mr. George A. Lloyd, of London, and sent in June, 1858, to Sydney, whero they arrived 8th November, 1858, and produced £G00. This flock was sent on to Moreton Bay. I have not been able to learn how they get on—tho 16 much larger and more valuable flock of my brother has perhaps absorbed all interest on the subject. Twenty-three of Mr. Gee’s flock were purchased by a committee of Australian merchants (Mr. Edward Wilson, a name now well-known from his efforts in the acclimatisa­ tion of animals, birds, and fishes, Mr. Mackiunon, and Mr. Westgarth being among tho number), and shipped to Melbourne, where they arrived about February, 1859, and have, up to the present time, gone on excellently. (See Mr. C. Ledger’s report, 30th October, 1860.) While I thus cheerfully and willingly givo to those who have laboured in tho same field of industry, and yield to them the honour of priority in the introduction of the alpaca in Australia, I think my brother is justly entitled to the honour of being esteemed .the largest, the principal importer; I believe there is no record of an attempt at acclimatisation being effected on so large, so stupendous a scale, as that accomplished by him, and at so great a sacrifice of time, labour, and money. In endeavouring to estimate the capabilities of a country for the successful and profitable maintenance of an animal new to its history, we-must look first to its climate, and secondly to the food which it produces, and see if the one is suitable, and the other supplies what is required by the animal for its full development. An animal can­ not be regarded as perfectly acclimatised until it is demonstrated that it can live in the locality to which it is introduced, as well as in its native country; that its produce can bo turned to useful purposes ;■ and that agriculturists will find their advantage in rearing it on an extensive scale. I have already informed you that my brother wa3 convinced, by the somewhat hasty visit he made to Sydney, in 1853, of the adapt­ ability of the climate and pasturage of the country to the alpaca, and of this he became more and more impressed while they were depasturing at Liverpool. In May, 1859, the Government directed him to mako a tour of inspection into the interior, with the view of ascertaining tho most favorable part of the colony for depasturing the animals. He started in July. His report is# now before me :— '* THE SUPERINTENDENT OP ALPACAS TO THE SECRETARY POR LANDS AND PUBLIC WORKS. “ Liverpool, 23rd August, 1859. “ S ir ,— I d o m y self th e h o n o u r to la y b e fo re y o u a re p o rt o f m y to u r o f i n s p e c tio n o f a p o r tio n o f t h is c o lo n y , u n d e r ta k e n b y y o u r d ire c tio n , in s e a rc h o f s u ita b le c o u n try fo r p e rm a n e n tly lo c a tin g th e flo c k o f a lp a c a s , lla m a s , a n d v ic u n a s . “ In doing so, I beg to Btato that my own observations of tho capabilities of the country, or districts thereof, I visited for affording pasturage to the 17 flock, are confirmed by the opinion of a Peruvian gentleman who, with tho sanction of the Government, accompanied me on my tour. “ I started from Liverpool on tho Oth July last, and proceeded along the Southern Road as far as Yass, extending my observations of tho country over an area of four or five miles, and occasionally a greater distance, on either side of the road. From Y.as3 I directed my course to tho Murrum- bidgee, whence, via Quoanbeyan, Micaliago, and Bredbo, I entered Maneroo. A careful examination of the Bredalb.mo and Yass Plains convinced me of their suitability to tho rearing of tho alpacas ; the neighbourhood of Micali­ ago, Bredbo, struck me as no less, suitable. My opinion of the adaptation of these places to tho above purpose is based chiefly on tho marked identity of the natural features of tho country with those of that part of South America from which the alpacas came. Tho country all through Maneroo, indeed, cor­ responded so exactly with that of Peru and Bolivia, that I could easily believe myself back again in those countries. This similarity was still more apparent with respect to the Snowy Mountains, as that magnificent range appeared clad in their winter garb j Koskiusko reminded us of the Sorata or illimani, and, with tho Australian Cordilleras in full view, we remembered our trials and hardships among the ranges of their more stupendous and terrible counterparts of South America. “ But it was, of course, on tho natural pasturage of these places, as tho most important object in our examination, that we bestowed the greatest attention. Not only are the pasturage and herbage, rooks and stones, identical with those of Pera, but I found throughout the districts I have indicated abundance of a description of wiry grass known as tho “ icliu” of South America. It is upon this grass that tho llama tribe mostly feed, being extremely palatable and nourishing, and of which they aro immoderately fond. The great importance of furnishing tho alpacas with fodder as closely as possible resembling that on which they have been accustomed to feed in their native country, need scarcely bo pointed out. It was accordingly my deliberate conviction, and also that of my companion, that the Maneroo district was admirably adapted for the location of the alpacas. Should the Government determine on locating the flock in that district, I would recom­ mend for tho purpose the country contiguous to tho Snowy lliver, on account of the facilities which the uudulating plains and mountain ranges would afford in obtaining a change of temperature whenever the removal of tho Hock to a wanner or cooler spot should be desirable. By continual ther- mometrical observations, I found that a similarity of temperature existed in the months of July and August at Maneroo, to that of tho country from which the alpacas were extracted; the thermometer at 7h. 30m., varying from twenty-four to thirty-one degrees. “ The only thing I found to cause any apprehension was the existence of 1 fluke ’ in the sheep ; in South America its ravages aro counteracted by not allowing sheep, cattle, or llamas to drink the stagnant waters that might be formed from springs, lakes, or ponds; puddles formed by rain are not sup­ posed to cause the disease. “ I beg to recommend that tho animals bo moved up to Maneroo with as littlo delay as possible ; and as my personal attention u necessary, I beg to request you will think fit to relieve mo from my intended journey to New England, at least for the present.—I have, &c., “ C. L edger. “ The Honourable the Secretary for Lands and Public Works.” The spot selected is called Nimity Bell, between Bombala and Cooma, in the Maneroo district, 2 CO mile3 from Sydney. Before the animals left Liverpool for Arthursleigh, on their way to the locality thus selected, about 200 were shorn in November, 1859. The wool produced was about G cwt. of three sorts, alpaca, llama, and cross bred, and 'valued (by sample) by Messrs. Foster and Sons, of. 18 Bradford, at from 15d. to 2s. 2d. per pound, objection being made to the shortness of the staple. Mr. Titus Salt bought the bulk, and has favoured me with a report. “ Bale No. 1 contains only a few fair average fleeces, the great bulk being too short in the staple (supposed from being clipped too early); some of the fleeces are slightly crossed with llama. “ Bale No. 2 is divided into two divisions: the smaller one seems to be nearly all pure alpaca, but has also been clipped too soon, consequently it is too short for combing.” The prices paid were from 9d. to 18d. per lb., which appears to have been caused by the staple being too short, in consequence of too early clipping. It is to be hoped this will be remedied in future. In addition to this official report, I find from private letters my brother says:— “ The chain of snow-covered mountains that suddenly presented them, selves to my view, on ascending a hill from Cooma, brougnt most vividly before me remembrances of past privation and hardships endured among tho grand and stupendous Cordilleras; and I gazed with delight and enthusiasm on a landscape similar to those my eye had so continually scanned while on my hazardous journeyings through Peru, Bolivia, and Chili.” Many writers on the alpaca, &c., are of opinion that without the ichu grass these animals will not thrive. This grass is found in South America, in Peru, and in Bolivia only; and although the Andes extend from Patagonia to Panama, it is in Peru and Bolivia only that the alpaca is found. From inquiries I have made, I believe this ichu grass is not known in this country, except in botanical collections, and I am led to conclude that the failure of the alpaca with us is mainly to be attributed to this fact, while its presence in Australia, as well as in Peru and Bolivia, justify the anticipation of their acclimatisation in our Australian colonies. My brother writes to me at various periods :— “ So far the animals are thriving well and augmenting in number. ‘1 The lauibs are a most decided success, that is those bom in the colony. “ I am on my road to Maneroo with tho animals. It will take me nearly two months to drive the flock there—close on 300 miles. J really think that the speculation is a great success (not pecuniary to mo). The lambs bora here are a great success indeed. Only fancy I I write this from the house of the famous M'Arthur, of Merino sheep celebrity, and the alpacas are grazing in his park, part of the princely ‘ run' granted to him for introducing the Merino sheep into Australia. “ I am glad to say tho animals ore thriving wonderfully; of their success I have no doubt. “ I am perfectly convinced that the alpaca will in due time produce immense results to this colonv, its acclimatisation and adaptability are no longer problematical, it is undoubtedly an immense success; the flocks are in magnificent order, and thriving wonderfully. “ I am glad to tell you the flocks are thriving admirably. I do not for a moment doubt their complete success. / 19 ••We have had more than a month of continued rain, and, although tho animals ivero fully exposed to it, I did not lose ono ; and at this season of the year they are more susceptible of inclement weather than at any other, on account of tho pasturage being more scarce and less nourishing." The amount of rain which falls on the earth’s surface is exceed­ ingly varied, but the moisture of a climate does not wholly depend upon the amount of rain registered by a rain-guagc; for some climates are humid, and yet not rainy j others dry, and yet subject to period­ ical torrents. My brother writes to a friend as follows:— " As you are one of tho few who feel deeply interested in the success of the alpacas, and sympathise with my enthusiasm, I am sure you will not bo wearied of my frequently writing to you about them. I send you specimens of wool, from animals of first cross between llamas and alpacas. It was bom on the 27th of April last. It is, therefore, of Arthursleigh growth, and I contend that alpaca wool was never grown at tho same rate in Peru. It is truly astonishing. The length of staplo and quality aro beyond my fondest expectations. The animal yielding it is now little over five months old, and would now clip fully 71bs. All are in the same state. Tho fact is, that in this country we shall soon astonish Per#, and I hope to send fleeces, grown atJArthurslcigh, to tho next Exhibition in London, that will astonish Europe, too I Send the enclosed specimens to your Bon in England, and let him show his friends what Arthursleigh is doing.” Since the foregoing was written, I have received’ the Sydney Morn­ ing Herald, December 21, 18G0, from which I extract:—“Since the arrival of the flock of alpacas at Arthursleigh, the animals have thriven even beyond the most sanguine expectations of Mr. Ledger, so that the ultimate success of the importation is now placed beyond a doubt. The present is the proper season for lambing, and the yield hitherto has been very promising. The number of the flock is how 311, and Mr. Ledger expects that by the end of March next it will have increased to 3G0. It is Mr. Ledger’s intention, in future, to make October the lambing month. In Peru the Indians could not bo induced to shear oftener than every other year; the manufacturers having fitted their machinery for a length of staple of two years growth, the practice of the Indians must bo adopted here, otherwise our produce would be depredated on account of the shortness of staple.” My brother took to Melbourne two of his pure male alpacas, two having previously been sent which had been given to the Government of that colony by the Sydney Government. I will conclude this part of my subject with a part of the Report on the state of the Melbourne flock, which I have already told you was presented to tho colony by a committee of gentlemen who organised a subscription here for that purpose :— “ Sib,—I have been delighted to have had the opportunity of personally verifying the statement made to me by my overseer, Pedro Cabrera, on his 20 return to Sydney from this city, as to tho splendid condition of your flock of llamas; and I unhesitatingly declare that in their native country it would be- impossible to meet with any to surpass, and I very much doubt to equal it. “ I class your Btock of llamas as of inferior breed in size of animal, quan­ tity, and quality of fleece. “ By continually crossing the female llama and its female progeny with pure male alpacas, up to the seventh cross, purity of alpaca blood most un­ doubtedly will be obtained. “ There should not exist a chance of retrogression of breed. Every stage of crossing should be progressive until arriving at the same purity as the male alpacas the Government of New South Wales has forwarded to you. “ I would strenuously recommend the preservation of the flock intact, until such time as every trace or sign of llama blood be eradicated. “ This species of animal requires a dry and pure atmosphere. Humidity under foot does them no harm, unless compelled at night to repose on wet ground. “ I would recommend their being exposed to every vicissitude, changing their folds every now and then during wet weather, so long as they are con­ fined to a limited space for grazing on. “ This animal, when left to itself, at nightfall generally selects a sloping ground for reposing on. ‘1 In my opinion, it would be desirable to confine them as much as possible exclusively to the natural grasses of tho country. “ The acclimatisation of the alpaca and llama in Australia is now proved beyond a doubt. The smaller ilock'in this colony, and the larger one m that of New South Wales, have fully satisfied me as to tho adaptability of this peculiar animal to tho climate and natural grasses of the country. “ This animal is freer from constitutional diseases than ordinary sheep ; less subject to those arising from repletion and exposure to rain. Foot rot, catarrh, and bottle are unknown to them. “ Neither are its young exposed to those accidents liable to befall the lamb of sheep. The mothers are provident and careful nurses, nor do the young ones require any aid to make them suck. “ Except at tho rutting season, these animals stand in no need of attention; the shepherd need only visit them occasionally; and such are their gregarious habits, that tho members of one flock seldom stray away and mix with others, being kept in .1 good state of discipline by the old ones, who know their own grounds, and become attached to the place of their nativity, to which they return at night, evincing an astonishing vigilance and sagacity in keeping the young ones together and free from harm. “ By trials, careful study, and intimate knowledge of the alpaca, after an almost daily association with this interesting animal of twenty-two years in South America, and two in Australia, it is placed beyond a doubt in my mind that this animal may be naturalised and made to readily propagato in almost any clime; and every day the facilities and the efficacy of their proper breeding must become more apparent. “ The hardy nature and contented disposition of the alpaca, its extreme docility, and gregarious habits, cause it to adapt itself to almost any soil or situation, provided the air is pure and the heat not too oppressive. “ I had innumerable proofs of its hardiness, and its power to endure cold, heat, damp, confinement, hunger, and thirst—vicissitudes to which it is con­ stantly exposed on its native mountains. “ It is almost superfluous on my part to assure you that at all times I will readily furnish all and every information in my power to give regarding this animal; as also willingly aid by suppling, from time to time, as you may consider necessary, such pure male alpacas as may be required to improve and finally raise your stock to uniformity and purity of blood. “ I will only further add, that the ratio of increase in your flock has.far exceeded that in the flock under my chargo.—I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, “ C. Ledger. -■ “ Melbourne, October 30, 1800.” 21 • In endeavouring to estimate what may bo tho results to our colonies of the introduction of the alpaca, let us look at what has resulted from the introduction of the sheep. In January, 1788, the popula­ tion of New South Wales was 1,030, and its stock consisted of ono bull, three cows, one stallion, three mares, and three colts. (Fairfax.) In 1788 Australia had no sheep of its own, the kangaroo and the dingoe were the only animals of any size that it possessed ; and the first taken into the colony were procured from Bengal to provide the colonists with mutton and wool. ' These animals produced hair rather than wool. They are described in Widdowson’s work as pos­ sessing " large heads, Roman noses, and slouch ears; they were ex­ tremely narrow in the chest; they had plain and narrow shoulders, very high curved backs, a coarse, hairy fleece, and tremendously long legs.” By crossing these hair-bearing ewes with an Irish ram, Cap­ tain Macarthur effected great improvement, and ho was persuaded that the introduction of the Merino sheep into the colony would bo of the utmost consequence, and in 1797 succeeded, with tho aid of Captain Waterhouse, of H.M. Navy, in procuring a small flock of three rams and five ewes from the Cape of Good Hope, originally brought from Holland, which he had the satisfaction of seeing rapidly increase, their fleece augment in weight, and the wool very visibly improve in quality. He crossed all tho mixed-bred ewes, of which liis flock had previously consisted, with the Merino rams. The lambs produced from this cross were much improved; but the produce from the second cross far exceeded his most sanguine expectations. He expressed the opinion that in the fourth cross no distinction would be perceptible between the pure and the mixed breed. In 179G the public and private stock of sheep in tho colony amounted to 1,531; in 1801, to G,757, which is G33 over aud beyond a cal­ culation of Captain Macarthur, on the basis that they would double themselves in two and a-half years. The following is a return of live stock in the colony of New South Wales, from the year 1848 to 1857, inclusive :—_________________ Year. Horses. Horned Cattle. rigs. Sheep. 1848 97,400 1,360,164 65,216 6,530,542 1849 105.12G 1,403,051 52,902 6,784,494 1850 111,458 1,374,908 62,371 7,092,209 1851 110,397 1,375,257 05,510 7,390,895 1852 123,404 1,495,984 78,559 7,707,917 1853 139,765 1,552,285 71,395 7,929,708 1854 148,851 1,570,750 63,255 8,144,119 1855 158,159 1,858,407 68,091 8,G02,499 185G 1G8.929 2,023,418 105,998 7,736,323 1857 180,053 2,148,064 109,106 8,139,162 1859 200,713 2,110,604 92,843 7,581,762 22 As these non-indigenous animals have thriven here so wonderfully, as they have also done in South America, and there appears to be considerable similarity between the two countries in temperature, climate, mountainous elevation, and natural pasturage, am I not justified in anticipating a glorious future for the alpaca in Australia 1 The following is the quantity of wool imported into the United Kingdom from all our Australian colonies:— lbs. lbs. 1820 ... .................. 99,4lB 1841 .......................... 12,399,302 1821 ... .................. 175,433 1842 .......................... 12,979,856 1822 ... ......... . ... 138,498 1843 .......................... 17,433,78a 1823 ... .................. 477,201 1844 .......................... 17,602,247 1824 ... .................. 382,907 1845 .......................... 24,177,317 1825 ... .................. 323,995 1840 .......................... 21,789,346 182G ... .................. 1,106,302 1847 .......................... 20,056,815 1827 ... .................. 512,758 1848 .......................... 30,034,567 1828 ... .................. 1,574,186 1849 .......................... 35,879,171 1829 ... .................. 1,838,642 1850 .......................... 39,018,221 1830 ... .................. 1,967,309 1851 .......................... 41,810,117 1831 ... .................. 2,493,337 1852 .......................... 43,197,301 1832 ... .................. 2,377,057 1853 .......................... 47,070,010 1833 ... .................. 3,516,8G9 1854 .......................... 47,489,050 1834 ... .................. 3,558,091 1855 .......................... 49,142,306 1835 ... .................. 4,201,301 1850 .......................... 52,052,139 1836 ... ... ........ 4,996,645 1857 .......................... 49,209,G55 1837 ... ............. 7,000,525 1858 ................... 51,104,600 1838 ... ............. 7,837,423 1859 ................... 53,700,542 1839 ... ............. 10,128,774 1860 ................... 55,270,778 1840 ... ............. 9,721,243 To 31st October. I have already shown you how the exportation of alpaca woo! from South America has of lato years increased; I now give the following calculation, made on the probable growth of our alpaca flocks in fifty years—a long time in the life of a man, a short period in the history of a people :— We commence in 1861 with 200 females, 50 males=250. . r TOTAL. e i . i b m e c I J3 to Male*. Ferali. e ► i 1 D ! 200 120 60 CO at 60 33 ct. (allowing 10 33 ct. for deaths) 110 280 1861 200 120 60 60 „ Those dropt last year will not lamb 170 320 1862 280 160 80 80 „ The female lambs 1861 will drop this 250 4D0 1863 340 200 100 100 >t tt tt 1862 tt 350 600 1864 420 250 125 125 ............................. 1863 475 625 1865. 520 260 130 130 at 60 53 ct. only 1804 ,, 605 775 1866- 645 320 160 160 tt tt it 1865 „ 765 935 186r 775 387 100 t90 tt it tt 1866 tt 955 1165 186% 935 467 235 235 1867 1195 1400 1869* 1322 661 330 330 II it t» it 1868 t* 1520 1730 1870- There will be, after deduction made for wear and tear, accidents, &c., 3250, as per above calculation. I further deduct 25 per cent. 23 of total every period of ten years, thu3 leaving in round numbers 2500; at same rate, in 20 years there would bo 20,000 30 „ „ 1GO,000 40 „ „ 1,280,000 50 „ „ 9,700,000 At 7 lbs. wool—each 68,320,000 lbs., at 2s per lb., XG,832,000 ! From this it will be seen that, making deductions of a liberal nature, according to the present ratio of increase, there will bo in 50 years 9,7G0,000 head, tho wool of which, at 2s. per lb., will amount to the sum of £G,832,000 per annum. When figures like these are given, incredulity is naturally awakened; but I do not know that there is anything unreasonable in tho calcu­ lation. At all events, any reasonable reduction may bo made, and still leave a value sufficient to deserve the energy and solicitude of the public. This is not my own calculation, I take it from the Sydney Herald' of August 3, 18G0, and my brother thus writes respecting it:— “ Sib ,—In your edition of 3rd. iustaut I havo read an article on tho probable result, fifty years hence, of tlie alpacas, llamas, &c., introduced by mo into this colony, in November, 1858. I sec nothing improbable os to such anticipations being realised; on tho contrary, my experience o£ this animal, in South America and in this country, fully warrants tho estimates, referred to as being effected every ten years, being carried out. “ Two hundred breeding females, and fifty males, produce, as per said calculation, 3,250 in ten years, or equivalent to multiplying original stock by twelve ; continuing at tho same ratio, the second period would bring 39,000. Now, instead of following up at that ratte, and so as to mako all and every allowance for unforsccn contingencies of epidemics, bad seasons, &c., I deduct furthermore one-third, and multiply by eight instead of twelve, still reducing the 20 per cent, periodically ten years, giving, at tho end of fifty years, 5,COG,720 animals, which, at 71bs. wool only—39,247,040, at 2s. per lb.—£4,924,704. “ The figures are large, no doubt; the time, too, is long. I do not wish to appear a visionary Utopian, although an ardent enthusiast, and hope I may not, through excess thereof, havo been led into exaggeration. Figures, something like tho above, I worked out nine years ago; they often appeared before me—in my mind’s eye—during my solitary journeyB, and more than once urged mo to persevere, when ‘ to hopo seemed hopeless.’ ” It will bo borne in mind, that while the sheep has increased in the manner I have shown you, mutton has not been an article of food prohibited at the tables of our antipodean relatives; indeed, at the period of the immense influx of a new population, tempted by the recent discoveries of gold, fears were entertained that the appetites of tho diggers, joined to the desertion of tho flocks, might act prejudi­ cially on the interests of the wool trade j time, however, has proved this alarming anticipation to havo been unfounded. Notwithstanding the enormous draught constantly made on tho flocks to supply tho daily demands for food, notwithstanding whole 24 floclcs were consigned to the toilers by their panic-stricken owners, notwithstanding disease, caused and rendered more destructive by desertion, swept away largo numbers, they are not now diminished, but show a steady increase. A fortunate climate, and an intelligent devotion to the rearing of sheep, has prevented so great a calamity. Regions long thought barren, are now showing abundant pasturage. Irrigation, hitherto unthought of, has supplied, and in the future will supply, the only deficiency of which the country has to complain. The alpaca, living to the age of fourteen to sixteen years, and not, like the sheep, having daily demands upon its numbers for the purposes of food, is more likely to fulfil the calculations I have given to you. By feeding on a coarser pasturage than the sheep, it will benefit the owner of land by bringing into use portions hitherto unproductive. It will bring more capital into operation. Labour will become employed in tho new product—the shepherd tending the flocks, the sailor in trans­ porting it to the seat of manufacture, the spinner and weaver in forming it into the beautiful fabrics that spring from the looms of Bradford and Saltaire. The ship-owner and the merchant also will reap a profit, while the wool is passing through their hands or is under their charge, and various classes of labourers will gain a portion of their means of existence in passing the wool from place to place, and from hand to hand in the various phases it must pass through from the raw state until it is displayed as clothing on our persons. The following discussion ensued :— The Chairman, W m. H aines, Esq., said it was now his duty to ask gentlemen present, who possessed any information upon tliis subject, to discuss the various topics suggested by the interesting paper they had just heard. There were many points which were worthy of notice :—first of all, the energy of an individual gentle­ man who, under great difficulties, introduced a new species of animal into our Australian colonies; secondly, the importance of promoting an increased production of wool when our supply of cotton might be in danger; and thirdly, the necessity which tho present state of events imposed upon us of encouraging, by every means in our power, the production and importation into this country of the largest possible supply of raw material of every kind. He believed there were gentlemen present who were qualified to give them information upon the wool trade and the fitness of the alpaca for Australia. There was one gentleman in particular to whom reference was made in the paper, and he was sure the meeting would be glad to hear tho observations of Mr. Macarthur. 25 Mr. M acaktiitjk tad no information to convey witli respect to the alpaca, for he was sorry to say he knew nothing of tho habits of that animal beyond what might be acquired by cursory reading. Before ho left New South Wales he had the opportunity of once or twice seeing the flock of alpacas introduced by Mr. Ledger, and he had no hesitation in saying that the paper read that evening conveyed a mass of most interesting information on the subject. Tho period during which Mr. Ledger had devoted himself to this object was somowhere about twenty-two years, and for nine years ho was separated from his family in pursuing this enterprise. He mentioned this fact in order that the meeting might appreciate the great exertions which had been made by Mr. Ledger in accomplishing his object. A vast sum of money was requisite for this purpose; ho believed tho amount was not less than between £4,000 and £5,000, which was the value put upon the flock at Sydney, and ho knew that tho amount occasioned difficulty in forming a company to undertake tho purchase of the flock and the production of wool. It was considered too largo a specu­ lation, and required too much money for tho settlers in a young colony to embark in it. The Government, therefore, ho thought very properly, stepped in and assisted Mr. Ledger under those circum­ stances, for there could be no doubt this was just one of those occa­ sions when the Government might intervene to supply tho place of individual enterprise. It was hardly to be expected that two or three individuals, or even a company of persons, should embark upon a speculation of this kind, and, moreover, Mr. Ledger was then com­ paratively a stranger in the country; but tho Government having thoroughly investigated the subject, determined to interpose and make arrangements with Mr. Ledger for tho accomplishment of the important object ho had introduced to their notice. He was glad to see, from the papers which arrived a few days since, that there were strong probabilities of some advantageous arrangement being made by which the Government would divest itself of tho property in tho alpacas and make them over once more to Mr. Ledger himself. No doubt that was the most advantageous course that could be adopted, as it was not a matter in which the Government should engage itself, unless under the exceptional circumstances which had been stated. The suitability of Australia for a wool growing country had been established by the figures relating to that commodity, which had been given in the paper, and did not require any corroboration from him. There was one fact which he had noted os very remarkable— that was the statement contained in a letter from Mr. Ledger, from Arthursleigh, as to the great length and fineness of the alpaca wool produced in Australia, as compared with that of the animal in its 26 native country: That agreed with the chfiracteristic of the Merino wool produced in Australia, which was remarkable for its great length and strength, as well as the fineness of the staple. He recollected that, some thirty years ago, it was a subject of complaint amongst the woollen manufacturers, that the wool of Australia was of too short a staple to be of much use to them for cloth ; and it was then applied to other articles of manufacture, particularly mousselines-de-laine, which were principally made of Australian wool. The wool, however, now was of a much longer staple, and was particularly noticeable for its softness, especially the Merino wool. He would not attempt to enter into a calculation of the vast extent of country in Australia that was suitable for pasturage, both of sheep and llamas. He thought this country had reason to congratulate itself upon the fact that Aus­ tralia was likely to produce a very large supply, not only of sheep’s wool, but also of that description of fleece which had been stated to be so valuable for other classes of manufactures, and there was no saying to what purposes the genius of our British manufacturers might not apply the wool of the alpaca, when it came into the market ia sufficient quantity to make it worth their while to turn their atten­ tion more especially to it. Referring again to tho pasturage capa­ bilities of Australia, Mr. Macarthur alluded to the communications, recently made to the Geographical Society by Mr. Stuart, showing that tho interior of the country was not, as was previously supposed, a desert. This had always been his own opinion, and he was happy to find it corroborated by so eminent an explorer as Mr. Stuart. Whilst the western portion of the country varied in elevation from 1,100 to as high as 7,000 or 8,000 feet, the average elevation of the table land was not more than from 1,500 to 2,000 feet, which ensured a very temperate climate; and the late Sir Thomas Mitchell, who was n great explorer of the interior, in his work upon tropical Australia, spoke of having experienced nights of intense cold within that tropi­ cal region ; so that the variations of climate which that country ex­ hibited, might be considered as affording all tho essentials requisite for the successful growth of the llama wool, and the same remark was equally applicable to cotton, some very fine specimens of that com­ modity having been already produced in Australia. Mr. F. T. Buckland expressed his high gratification at the infor­ mation conveyed by the paper, and also at the magnificent specimens, of wool upon the table. He hoped they would not rest contented with introducing the alpaca into Australia alone. He thought they ought to try the experiment in this country, and when they saw the beauti­ ful garments which were produced from this wool, he was sure they would have the aid of tho ladie3 in bringing such animals into Eng­ 27 land. He thought that both tho alpaca and the Hama would thrive well in this country. They had been told that very fine wool had been obtained from tho animala in the possession of Misa Burdctt Coutts, which were living not more than three miles from London; and his friend, Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, could tell them that tho animals did well in Lord Derby’s park, in the north of England. Mr. P. L. Simmonds said that at the outset of this paper, Mr. Ledger had observed that probably it might be asked what interest had this country in a question of seemingly local interest, like tho introduction of the alpaca into Australia 1 To this ho (Mr. Simmonds) would respond, that Great Britain, as a manufacturing country, had the greatest interest in promoting tho extended produc­ tion of wool in all countries, and more especially in her own colonies. The wool manufacture—the second of the great manufacturing inter­ ests—which engaged a capital at tho present time for raw material, labour, machinery, and valuo of goods made, of fully £40,000,000, was, like the other great textile industries, insufficiently supplied with raw material for the enhanced demands made upon it for home con­ sumption and export. Largeashadbecntheiucreasedproductionof wool in our African and Australian colonies, yet, with the competition from Continental buyers, we were stinted in supplies, and had to pay en­ hanced prices for what we did got. And, what was worse, our manufacturers wcro driven to the use of ragwool, or shoddy, to tho extent of 50,000,000 lbs. a year. To meet the demand last year, with a deficient homo clip, and with largely increased exports of home and colonial wools, the deficiency in supply for our woollen manufacturers became very apparent Any increased supplies of wool for the present or future would be of the greatest benefit to the kingdom. Hence ho looked with hopeful interest to the efforts of Mr. Ledger in Australia, and to the information which had been laid before them that evening as to the probable results of acclimatising tho alpaca there. As the meeting had just heard, it was only a quarter of a century ago that alpaca wool was first introduced into this country, and for tho first five years the average imports wero only 560.000 lbs. In tho last five years the imports had averaged 2.600.000 lbs. per annum, and tho advance in price in this period had been from lOd. to 2s. Cd. per lb. Constant as was tho demand for this valuable long wool, which had been tho making of Bradford, the supply had been almost stationary for the Last five or six years, and, Mr. Ledger had told them, would probably decrease instead of increase, and in that case where was Saltairo to find a substitute ? They had heard that evening that the alpaca had now been introduced into the three principal Australian colonies, and with every prospect 28 of their doing well. For his part, looking at tho wide extent of the country, the varied climate and temperature, the elevated regions that were to be met with in different localities, from Queensland in the north to Victoria in the south, that tho pasturage agreed with them, and that even their tall, favorite grass or reed, the ichu, was found indigenous in New South Wales, he saw no reason why they should not prove a success. At all events, the accounts they had heard, both from Mr. Ledger and Mr. Macarthur, went to disprove the opinion so confidently advanced on a previous evening, that Australia was totally unfitted in every respect for the alpaca. Many years ago he (Mr. Simmonds) had advocated in his Colonial Magazine, and other publications he was connected with, the intro­ duction of the camel and the alpaca into Australia. Had the camel been earlier introduced, they might not now have had to mourn the loss of Dr. Leichhardt and other enterprising explorers who bad lost their lives in penetrating the great interior of that continent. He hoped also to see soon the vicuna and the guanaco introduced into Australia, for, although less valuable as wool-bearing animals, yet they might aid the supply of food hereafter, and fill the placo of the kangaroo, which was being fast exterminated. These animals, which ranged in such numbers from La Plata and Chili almost down to Capo Horn, would require no care, but would find abundance of food and suitable localities in Australia. It was even possible that the alpaca might be successfully introduced and naturalized in many other parts of the British possessions, such as Tasmania and New Zealand, parts of the Cape Colony, Natal and India, and in Vancou­ ver and British Columbia. But these were matters for future con­ sideration. There might, and doubtless would, be failures, but useful enterprises, because they were new and apparently difficult, should not bo discouraged or opposed by either sarcasms or sneers. When it was remembered how many animals, natives of tropical countries, were even now kept in health in so changeable a climate as Great Britain, there was hopeful encouragement for experiments under more congenial latitudes. Such efforts as those of Mr. Ledger were calcu­ lated to be highly beneficial to the colonies and to the mother country, and to stimulate others to exertion and enterprise in a similar direction. Mr. B. W. Gee said his name having been mentioned with some prominence in the paper, he would offer a few remarks. A residence of many years in Australia enabled him fully to confirm the state­ ments they had heard that evening, as to the adaptability of that country for the introduction of animals of the llama genus. Some eight or nine years ago some gentlemen in Sydney subscribed a sum 29 of money for the purpose of sending agents into Peru to obtain a stock of alpacas, but tbey returned from the mission without having effected the object—they did not obtain a single animal. It had been attempted by other persons, but it was left to Mr. Ledger to achieve success; and although, perhaps, some of his (Mr. Gee’s) animals might have been the first to land in the colony, still to Mr. Ledger was entirely due the merit of being tho first successful intro­ ducer of this animal into Australia. It might be interesting to some to hear a few particulars of the way in which ho (Mr. Gee) obtained possession of tho flock of alpacas with which his name was associ­ ated. Upon his return from Australia, about three years ago, ho took it into his head to visit New York, and his arrival in that city was nearly contemporaneous with that of a flock of llamas, which had travelled a distauce of about 4,000 miles on foot, having crosscd tho isthmus of Panama during the hottest weather. These animals were advertised for sale, having been previously exhibited at the Crystal Palace, in New York. The poor animals, from the long distance they had travelled, were in a very bad condition at the time they wero brought into the market. The proprietor of tho flock, who wa3 a Frenchman, had the modesty to ask £100 each for them; but at that time dollars were very scarce in New York, as it was during the monetary panic. They remained on hand till the winter, when they were put out to grass; and with reference to the question how far the animals could stand varieties of climate, ho could say that he saw them nearly up to their backs in snow, with scarcely anything to eat, on Manhattan Island, where there was scarcely anything but stones. • After having passed the winter iu those most inhospitablo quarlfcrs, the flock was advertised for sale in New York in the spring. He would read a short extract from tho newspaper report of tho sale :— “ The thirty-eight llamas that were imported into this city last fall from Peru (or Chili), wero offered at auction on Saturday, March 20, at tho * Dyekman Farm’—a farm of four or live hundred acres of land, in tlio City of New York. It is situated ou the Harlem River, below King’s Bridge. It is principally occupied as a grazing farm for bullocks 4 left over, or waiting for market at the Great Bull’s Head, in Forty-fourth street—tho proprietor of the sale-yards having leased it for that purpose. It was in consequence of this occupancy that the llamas were sent up there to winter, they having been taken when lauded to the market-place yards for keeping and for sale. “ It seems aa though a chain of misfortunes has attended tho lirst attempt to introduce a breed of domestic animala into this country—discouraging, wo fear, to all future efforts to add a new, and, wo doubt not, a prohtablo clas3 to our present stock. If we are not mistaken, tho shipment was mado from a Chilian port (we understand exportation of llamas is prohibited from J. eru), by steamer to Panama, and consisted of seventy-two head. They were detained some three weeks at Panama, awaiting a vessel at Aspimvall for New York ; and although in charge of a nativo shepherd, eighteen or twenty of the flock fell victims to Panama snakes, scorpions, poison herbage, ana 30 other Isthmus casualties, in the hottest part of the season. The remainder were then brought over in the cars and shipped upon a brig too small to afford comfortable accommodation, with a bad provision of food, and there­ fore it is not a wonder that only forty-two of the number reached New York alive. It is a wonder that all did not die, and that only four of the weakest lambs died after they were landed, since the whole of them were in such miserable plight that it was thought unwise to offer them for sale. They have, however, wintered better than a flock of sheep would, if landed in tho same condition, and all appear now very lively and healthy, notwithstanding their unwonted and long feeding upon dry forage ; and, as an experiment, this has proved that these animals are easily wmtered in this latitude, and that they prefer the coarsest herbage, either green or dry. In Chili they are fed upon alfalfa, a very coarse kind of clover, and they might, if domesti­ cated here, be fed the same, or on pea-vines, bean-stalks, buckwheat straws, or coarse weeds—such as our animals reject. “ If adopted into our family of domestic animals, the llamas must be kept principally for the fleece, just as sheep are in some places, where mutton is not esteemed for food, since they would not be valuable as beasts of burden, cxcept in very mountainous districts; and their flesh, although eaten in South America, is not esteemed by such of our countrymen as have tasted it. Lieut. Phelps says of i t : ‘I have tried the flesh, and, although not partial to it, could live upon it if hard pushed.’ That observation was made of the animal in its wild state, called in Chili, Guanaco, but generally believed to be the original of tho Peruvian llama, alpaca, or vicuna. The latter name is sometimes applied as the generic term, of the race, and the other two names those of varieties differing no more than varieties of sheep, the Alpacas being considerably smaller than the others, and more woolly; some of the variety called llamas are as tall as good sized yearling bovines. In a wild state, the guanacos inhabit the chain of mountains from Terra del Fuego to the Cordilleras in Peru, choosing their pasture ground just below the snow line. In a domestic state the llamas are used as beasts of burden, in mountain or plain, in cold and heat, often traversing snowy altitudes and tropical valleys upon the same journey. They are much used in the Andes, by the miners, to bring down ore and carry up supplies ; travelling twelve or fifteen miles a day, with loads of 100 lbs. each, and living upon the coars­ est and most scanty supply of herbage, and, like the camel, enduring days of toil without water. It is possible the llama, as well as the camel, may yet be used to advantage by travellers upon our great American deserts. It is stated in the history of Peru, that troops of llamas, a thousand in number, used to be common, all bearing their loads, and travelling under the guidance of a few men, over regions where no other beast could obtain a footing. ‘ ‘ One of the herd offered for sale on Saturday, was exhibited loaded with packs, as he would be upon a journey. All of them, even a lamb of a few months old, aro broken to the halter, and are very docile and tractable. Their countenances exhibit marked expressions of intelligence—the eyes are very bright and sight keen. The colour is generally that of brown or black sheep—some of them pretty nearly jet black. Some of the males are grey, or nearly white, with white faces. The shape of the head, face, ears, and neck is like that of a native sheep, except the neck is more elongated. The cloven hoofs are larger, and the legs longer than the tallest sheep, and tho bodies though longer, do not appear much larger than some of the tall varie­ ties of sheep. The anatomy is curious in this, that the thigh seems to pro­ ceed from the hip-joint, but with little connection with the body. “ The fleece is from four to six inches long, fine and soft within, with coarse hairs thinly scattered through it, and projecting beyond the mass. It very much resembles the fleece of a black sheep. We should judge the average weight of fleeces might be about ten pounds—the bellies being generally bare—and the value is greater than that of wool. The excellence and dura­ bility of alpaca cloth aro generally known.” The report went on to say that the sale was not successful, the biddings never reaching the reserved price of 100 dollars each animal 31 He (Mr. Gee) subsequently bought tho animals, and took them by the steamer, City of New York, to Glasgow, where they arrived shortly before the agricultural show in that city. Ho exhibited them at a charge of sixpence each, and had a3 many as 1,200 visitors. He afterwards brought them to Birmingham, at the time of the Queen’s State visit, and although there were about a million of people congregated on that occasion, not more than twenty-eight persons honored his alpacas with a visit. The people seemed to have no idea what tho animals were. Then he brought them to London, in the hot weather of Juno. Ho Bold three to Mr. Pattison, two to Miss Coutts, and ten to Mr. G. A. Lloyd, the latter at £25 each, which paid him very well, but they afterwards sold for XGO each. Mr. E. Wilson, tho well-known editor of the Melbourne Argus, took the remainder of the flock for .£700, which was at the rate of £23 per head. During tho time the flock was in his possession, they grazed at Acton, about five miles from London, and they got quite fat. They started for Aus­ tralia, and like most other emigrants, they did even better there. With regard to the acclimatisation of these animals, it could only be proved by time. In the case of tho Angora goat, which was intro­ duced into Australia some years ago, a very beautiful fleece was produced when they got tho real thing itself, but even amongst tho goats brought from Turkey there was a whito streak which spoiled its appearance, and the only doubt was that tho skins would run “kempy,” and that in the course of a few generations the fleece would become as coarse as the hair of tho common goat. He did not, however, think that would be the case with tho alpaca, although the fleece had not the oiliness of the Merino sheep, and from tho nature of tho food in Australia, he believed the wool would be im­ proved in texture. With regard to the suitability of the climate there, and the supply of proper food for these animals, there could be no doubt. They might walk for hundreds of miles up to their knees in grass, which was excellent food, and the animals would eat it when it was in a dry state. At the time he bought his flock in New York, he was wholly ignorant of what was tho proper food for them; but during the passage he fed them with Indian maize, which they readily ate, os also hay, and they were in better condition after thirteen days sea passage than when they were put on board. Thcro was one point which he felt somo delicacy in touching upon. He was glad to hear from Mr. Macarthur that Mr. Ledger was likely to reap some reward for his exertions j but with regard to himself, ho was somewhat in the position of tho Irish ostler, who, when a gentleman 32 was about to drive off without having handed him the customary gratuity, called after him, “ Please yer honor, if my master asks mo what you gave the ostler, what am I to tell him J” and if any one asked him what he had got, his reply would be—nothing. Mr. D avis would be sorry to divert the discussion from the con­ gratulatory tone which had characterised it, for it appeared they were. a “ Mutual Congratulation Society ” that evening. One thing they might certainly congratulate themselves upon—that was upon the perseverance and energy which had pre-eminently distinguished our countryman, Mr. Ledger, in this matter. All who had taken any interest in affairs in Australia aud South America, must be aware that the difficulties, dangers, and privations which Mr. Ledger had gone through were such as few men would have the courage to undergo, even with the prospect of success in view. Yet whilst he tendered to Mr. Ledger the full measure of gratitude for what he had done, he could not look upon this matter from the couleur de rose point of view in which some regarded it. If they looked at tho locality in which these animals originated—they lived in extremely mountainous regions, almost within the reach of perpetual snow. The vicuna lived in the highest regions of all. In Australia they heard of snowy ranges, but those were mountains which were covered with snow only during certain portions of the year. Snow did not exist there over any great extent of country for any great length of time, and in such localities as it most existed the country was rather barren and rocky. It was true these animals could live upon hard fare, but they could not livo upon mere rocks. The Snowy Mountains of Aus­ tralia were, to a great extent, of a rocky nature, and the quantity of grass was small. They had been told of the country explored by Mr. Stuart, but it should at the same time have been stated that it was a country of intense heat, and these were not animals to stand great heat, but were rather adapted for cold climates. No doubt they would live up to their bellies in snow, but he for ono did not look forward with the hope that some did to the propagation of this animal in Australia. He would rather point to this subject as affording to enterprising young men in this country an opening to make their fortunes, by going to Peru and Bolivia, and promoting the growth of wool there from the animal in its native climate. It might be said that South America was a badly governed country, but there were Englishmen making money there very fast. Ho quite approved of the course which had now been taken by the Govern­ ment of Australia. They were now disposed to do what they should have done in the first instance. They might now say to Mr. Ledger 33 “ By your energy and perseverance you have proved yourself a bene­ factor to your country; here is the amount you have spent; take . back your animals; increase and prosper. If you succeed, this country must benefit thereby, but in any case it is no use for tho Government to turn sheep farmers.” As to introducing these * animals into England, he thought it would be unwise. At present they had animals which produced both wool and mutton, and to bring into a country like this animals which produced fleeces only, would never answer. He was not afraid of this being attempted, for the very best reason with Englishmen—that it would not pay. They wanted an animal which gave them both clothes and food, and this they had in the sheep, from the Scotch sheep which dwelt in the snows of the north, to the South Down, which flourished in the mildest climate and on tho drycst lands. He could not sit down without expressing his deep obligation to Mr. Charles Ledger for what he had done, and all that he had contemplated doing for Aus­ tralia. He regarded him as a great benefactor to that countiy if he did not succeed, but if he succeeded he would be an enormous bene­ factor both to Australia and his fellow-countrymen at home. Dr. Crisp believed that there was an error aa to the date at which these animals were first introduced into Europe. Ho understood it to be stated in the paper that it was not until the year 1815 that tho llama was first introduced, but he believed it would be found that specimens of these animals were brought to the Jardin des Plantes, in. Paris, as early as 1808. He begged to add his meed of praise to Mr. Ledger for tho exertions he had made in this matter, and to the gentleman who had so ably brought this interesting subject before them. The Chairman, in closing the discussion, thought the meeting would agree with him that, if there was one paper more than another which was particularly within the province of the socicty, it was the one they had just heard. The subject of how to improve the culti­ vation, and increase the production of so important a staple as wool, was one well worthy of their most attentive consideration. There was nothing in the paper of a speculative character. They had a collec­ tion of facts and details upon an important subject which might be turned to good account, if not at the present moment, certainly at some future time. It was their duty, a3 a society, to give every encouragement to gentlemen who came before them with such valu­ able information a3 Mr. Ledger had collected—not in the ordinary sense of the term, but received directly from his brother, who had devoted so many years of his life to the promotion of this object. D 31 His friend on the left (Mr. Davis) had characterised the meeting as one of mutual congratulation. He (the Chairman) thought it was justly so. At the same time, his friend had advanced opinions somewhat at variance with those expressed in the paper. That was one true object of discussion. They did not ask gentlemen to approve of everything that was said. They always invited discus- * sion upon what was advanced in the paper, and the greater the variety of opinion that was elicited the more valuable the meetings of the society became. They had heard a very remarkable fact that even­ ing, which showed how important a part the commerce of this country played in the industry of the world. Englishmen, in the first instance, had been the means of introducing the animal spoken of from South America into Australia, and then they afforded the best market to which the commodity produced could be sent. That was a noteworthy instance of tho influence of British commerce all over the world. He was sure they would all feel indebted to the gentleman who had brought such a collection of facts before them in so clear a manner as had been done that evening, and that they would cordially concur in a vote of thanks to Mr. Ledger for his paper. The vote of thanks having been passed, Mr. L edger, in reply on the discussion, said he had studiously avoided introducing into this subject matters of a purely personal or pecuniary character; he had not spoken of the dangers and difficul­ ties his brother had undergone more than was essential to the proper elucidation of the subject; but as remuneration had been alluded to, he fully concurred in the hope that his brother would ultimately reap a large reward for the .accomplishment of his enterprise. This depended entirely, however, upon tho success of the animals. He had heard (not from his brother), that at Copiapo £42,000 had been offered for the flock for the French Government, and declined. He thought the New South Wales Government had acted with forethought and generosity in giving his brother £15,000, every farthing of which, however, had been remitted to South America, to liquidate liabilities incurred in the prosecution of the enterprise, leaving a balance still due of £1,080, and he was happy to say his brother had concluded an arrangement with the Colonial Govern­ ment, which was waiting the sanction of the Legislature, to pay him cash £2,000, and £3,000 in annual payments of £500 for six years, to provide him pasture grounds free of rent or taxes for 12 years ; at the expiration of which the animals were to be his property on payment of the principal of £20,000 without interest. The produco 35 of the wool in the twelve years was to be his, but ho was not to be permitted to sell any of the animals without the consent of the Colonial Government. The paper was illustrated by a collection of alpaca skins, contri­ buted by Mr. Murietta; vicuna skins, by Mr. Skinner Row ; speci­ mens of alpaca wool, by Mr. Gee; of llama wool, by Miss Burdett Coutts; and pieces of alpaca fabric by Messrs. Edwards. MASON AND FIRTH, PRINTERS, MELBOURNE.
'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia: Original front cover
Telegraph & Argus Newspaper cutting 'Parsonage Key is handed over' James Aykroyd & Bronte Parsonage. The Parsonage was bought for the Bronte Socirty by Sir James Roberts.
F1a-310: Cash From the Coal Measures - Mining & Brick-making in Heaton Woods & Northcliffe
Cash From the Coal Measures - Mining & Brick-making in Heaton Woods & Northcliffe
An article from the Bradford Antiquary (published by the Bradford Antiquarian Society) no. 17, 1923. History of the Northcliffe area, near to Saltaire, which had seen much mining activty from the seventeenth century up to the early twentieth century. The area became converted to a public park and playing fields in 1920 enabled by a donation from Sir Norman Rae.
A book about a former student of Salts High School around 1933 to 1937 by by Brian Scovel. Laker won a scholorship to Salts School, his mother was a teacher. He was a regular player on the school cricket team and played for Saltaire Cricket Club, based in Roberts Park, for three seasons in the late 1930s. He left school in 1939 and in 1941 joined the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and was posted in Egypt. While there he set up a cricket team. Once he returned from the war, he was unable to join the Yorkshire team so played for Surrey and represented England. At Old Trafford in 1956 during the Ashes Test match with Australia he famously took 19 wickets out of 20 (Tony Lock who played for Surry took the other) enabling England to win the Ashes. It is known as the Laker Test match, and is still a record for most wickets taken by one bowler in a first cass cricket match.
Photograph of the Carnegie Library in Shipley. The Library was opened by Joseph Wright and James Roberts in 1905.
F1b-016: Postcard showing Shipley Glen railway and Boathouse in Saltaire
Postcard showing Shipley Glen railway and Boathouse in Saltaire
Laminated copy of a postcard of Shipley showing: Glen Railway, Shipley Glen; Crowghyll Park, Shipley; River & Boat House, Saltaire
One of a collection of large printed cards with photographs of old Bradford
F1b-142b: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images
F1b-142c: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images
F1b-142d: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images
F1b-142e: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images
F1b-142f: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images
F1b-142g: Bradford- Miscellaneous Images
Postcard of Crowgill Park, Shipley. Shows bandstand
Estate accounts & Rent book from the Shipley & Baildon Estates of Sir James Roberts
Booklet: Miscellaneous documents re.Insurance, Rates, Rents for various properties
Booklet: Account documents for Milner Field
Booklet: Tax, Insurance & Rates re. The Knoll, Baildon
The Knoll, Baildon, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Booklet: Sir James Roberts' Investments and financial records
Booklet: Sir Titus Salt Bart & Sons Ltd. Investments
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.
Roberts' letter book 1914-1917: Letter 254 - Russian chair at the University of Leeds
H2-009a-c: Selection of Letters from Sir James Roberts
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
The marriage licence for James Roberts and Elizabeth Foster in 1873
H2-022a: James William Roberts birth certificate
Birth certificate for James William Roberts, the son of James and Elizabeth Roberts
H2-023a: Birth certificates for Bertram Foster Roberts and Mary Jane Edith Roberts
Birth certificates for Bertram Foster Roberts and Mary Jane Edith Roberts
(1) a birth certificate for Bertram Foster Roberts, the son of James and Elizabeth Roberts; (2) a birth certificate for Mary Jane Edith Roberts, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Roberts
H2-025a: John Edward Roberts birth certificate
Birth certificate for John Edward Roberts, the son of James and Elizabeth Roberts
H2-026c: Elizabeth Foster Birth certificate
Copy of a birth certificate for Elizabeth Foster, the daughter of William & Mary Foster
H2-027: James Roberts election to local council
Copy of a decorated letter from Shipley Urban District Council Election Committee to James Roberts on his election
H2-028b: Grave certificate for James Willie
The grave certificate from Nab Wood Cemetery for James Willie Roberts, purchased by James Roberts
Copy of an Auction catalogue for 'Fairlight Hall' near Hastings. Fairlight Hall was the home of Sir James Roberts and his wife Lady Elizabeth Roberts in later life.
Fairlight Hall, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Copy of a Settlement agreement for a trust fund for Mrs C.K.Hinds Howell by Mrs E.G.Roberts
Photograph of Bertram Roberts originating from a newspaper article celebrate the wedding of Bertram Roberts and Gertrude Denby
H2-045d: Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding
Photograph of the street decorations in Saltaire to celebrate the wedding of Bertram Roberts and Gertrude Denby. Placed in Victoria Road with sign 'We Rejoice Greatly'
H2-046d: Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding
Photograph of Salts Mill with sign 'Success'. Photograph of the decorations for the wedding of Bertram Roberts and Gertrude Denby.
H2-047c: Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding - decorations
Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding - decorations
Photographs of the street decorations in Victoria Road, Saltaire to celebrate the wedding of Bertram Roberts and Gertrude Denby
H2-048c: Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding
Photograph of the street decorations in Saltaire to celebrate the wedding of Bertram & Gertrude, showing of Saltaire Park entrance with sign 'Welcome'
H2-049d: Street decorations for Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding
Street decorations for Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding
Photographs of the street decorations in Saltaire to celebrate the wedding of Bertram Robers & Gertrude Denby, of Saltaire Park with sign 'United'
H2-050a-e: Bertram Roberts' wedding - street decorations
Bertram Roberts' wedding - street decorations
Photographs of the street decorations in Saltaire to celebrate the wedding of Bertram Roberts and Gertrude Denby.
Partial Photocopy of book: Two Lives Converge'a joint autobiography by Sybil Bolton and John Robert Glorney Bolton. Sybil was the daughter of Alice Maud Roberts
H2-060a-b: Sir James Roberts studio photograph
A studio photograph of Sir James Roberts, seated with book and spectacles, by 'Lafeyette'
Photograph of Sir James Roberts, seated with newspaper, by 'Hubert & Henry' of Bradford
H2-062b: Sir James Roberts photograph portrait
Photograph of Sir James Roberts at a table, by 'Rosemont'
Photograph of Sir James Roberts, seated with clasped hands
Photograph of Sir James Roberts (full faced studio photograph), by 'Rosemont' of Rawson Sq.
H2-065a,d: Sir James Roberts photograph portrait
Sir James Roberts (full face & profile studio photograph)
A profile studio photograph of Sir James Roberts
Photograph of Sir James Roberts, seated with arms folded
Sir James Roberts, standing with hands behind his back
H2-069: Sir James Roberts & Lady Roberts
Photograph of Sir James Roberts & Lady Roberts from Shipley Times Supplement 12th Nov. 1909
H2-070a: Sir James and Lady Roberts with family members
Sir James and Lady Roberts with family members
Photograph of Sir James & Lady Roberts with Denby, Aykroyd family (individuals are identified)
H2-071: James Roberts take control of Salts Mill
James Roberts take control of Salts Mill
Photocopy of a Yorkshire Post article on James Roberts' taking sole control of Salts Mill 19th Sept. 1901
H2-072: James Roberts' management history
Typed list of James Roberts' management history written by local historian Colin Coates.
H2-073a,b,e,f: Ceremonial keys presented to Sir James Roberts
Ceremonial keys presented to Sir James Roberts
Photograph of keys presented to James Roberts by Shipley Urban District Council 1906. Also includes two sheets of information notes
Photograph of the scroll and casket presented by his staff to James Roberts.
H2-075b: Sir James and Lady Roberts in Venice
Photograph of Sir James and Lady Roberts in a gondola with Venice backdrop
H2-076: Painting of Sir James & Lady Roberts in retirement at Fairlight Hall
Painting of Sir James & Lady Roberts in retirement at Fairlight Hall
A print of a painting of Sir James and Lady Roberts at Fairlight Hall in Hastings. Sir James and his wife moved to Fairlight Hall after Sir James retired.
Copy of a 'Thank-You' card sent to commiserators on the death of Sir James Roberts
The history of the management of Salts Mill up to 1900 by an unknown author
H2-079: Bertram Roberts and family members
Photograph of Bertram Roberts with Betty, Mary & James Denby Roberts
H2-081a,c: Naming the new turbo-generator Mary
Photograph of the naming of the new Turbo-generator by the grandchildren of James Roberts. The generator is named 'Mary' after his granddaughter.
H2-082a: Naming of the new Turbo-generato
Photograph of the naming of the new Turbo-generator by the grandchildren of James Roberts
H2-084a: Opening of Saltaire Cricket Pavillion
Photograph of Sir James & James Denby Roberts with Percy Illingworth MP opening Saltaire Cricket Pavillion, 9th May 1914. James Roberts had provided funding for the pavillion.
H2-085b: Opening of the Saltaire Cricket Pavillion
Opening of the Saltaire Cricket Pavillion
Copy of the Bradford Daily Telegraph article on the opening of the Saltaire Cricket Pavillion, 1914. James Roberts had provided funding for the pavillion.
H2-086b: The opening of the Saltaire Cricket Pavillion
The opening of the Saltaire Cricket Pavillion
Article on the opening of the Saltaire Cricket Pavillion from the Yorkshire Observer. James Roberts had provided funding for the pavillion.
H2-087a,c: Wedding of James Denby Roberts and Irene Dunn
Wedding of James Denby Roberts and Irene Dunn
Photograph of the wedding of James Denby Roberts and Irene Dunn at Uppingham, 1927. People on the photograph are identfied.
H2-088a: Christening of Susan Elizabeth Roberts
Photograph of the christening of Susan Elizabeth Roberts, daughter of James Denby Roberts
H2-089a,c: James Denby Roberts as a young man
Photograph of James Denby Roberts, as a young man
Photograph of James Denby Roberts, as a young man with arms folded
Photograph of James Denby Roberts seated at a desk
H2-092: Young members of the Roberts family
Two studio photos of unidentified young boys but are likely to be sons of Sir James Roberts (James Denby, Harry, or Jack Roberts)
H2-093a,c,d: Margaret Aykroyd and family members
Photograph of Margaret Aykroyd with mother May, grandmother and great grandmother
Photograph of Barnardo's Roberts Memorial Home in Harrogate
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
H2-095a-b: Opening of Barnardo's Roberts Memorial Home
Opening of Barnardo's Roberts Memorial Home
2 photographs of the opening of Barnardo's Roberts Memorial Home in Harrogate by Sir James and Lady Roberts
H2-096b-d: Opening of Barnardo's Roberts Memorial Home
Research paper on the opening of Barnardo's Roberts Memorial Home in Harrogate (July 1916)
Photograph and an email note (?) regarding a plaque to the memory of John Roberts in St. Margaret's Church Ilkley
Photograph of an unidentified group ( on reverse: 'For Willie, with grandmother's love Dec. 1897')
Photograph of an unidentified group including a man with a rifle, also a dog
Photograph of Clara Denby, wife of Ellis Denby, with book by 'Lafeyette'
A studio photograph of Clara Denby, wife of Ellis Denby, with a black plumed hat
Photograph of the Salt & Roberts families at a Saltaire Festival Symposium September 2012
H2-106a: Jamie Roberts walking his alpacas
Copy of a newspaper article about Jamie Roberts walking his Alpacas at Saltaire in 2013
2 Original Yorkshire Post magazine article 'Tales from the Riverbank'
H2-113b: 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
H2-115a: 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.
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.
H2-119b: 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.
H2-124a: Milner Field estate the Property of Sir James Roberts Esq
Milner Field estate the Property of Sir James Roberts Esq
Black and white estate map of Milner Field . Areas of the map have been highlighted in pink (presumably to signify ownership by Roberts?) these areas are: Milner Field, Milner Field Farm, Oakfield House, Primrose Hill, buildings at Dowley gap, Bully Coppy Wood, Fell Wood, Spring Farm, Lane End Farm, Glen View Cottage, Daisy Bank, Strawberry Garden, Bracken Hall, Old Glen House and Trench Farm as well as some additional buildings in Gilstead and Baildon.
Photograph of a plaque to the memory of John Edward Roberts in St. Margaret's Church Ilkley
'Wedding of Bertram Foster Roberts to Gertrude Denby' (Ladies Pictorial)
H2-136: A Statue of Sir Titus Salt: Gift by Mr James Roberts
A Statue of Sir Titus Salt: Gift by Mr James Roberts
'A Statue of Sir Titus Salt: Gift by Mr James Roberts' - an article in the Yorkshire Observer
H2-137: Saltaire: Its Origins and History
A newspaper article on the history of Saltaire. Published in 1903 when Sir James Roberts commissioned a statue of Saltaire's founder, SIr TItus Salt, to be placed in Saltaire Park (now Roberts Park). There are photographs of the statue, Sir James Roberts and his son Bertram Roberts and of Salts Mill.
'Baronetcy for Mr James Roberts' + 'Sir James Roberts and a Parliamentary Candidate (Shipley Times)
'The Baptist Baronets: Sir J.C.Horsfall & Sir James Roberts (Baptist Times & Freeman 19 November 1909)
'Sir James Roberts and the workers of Saltaire' + 'Presentation of Casket' (Yorkshire Observer)
Letter on Sir James Roberts and Free Trade pubished in Yorkshire Observer on 27 December 1909.
H2-144: James Roberts at Saltaire Rose Show
Newspaper article entitled 'Famous Yorkshire Rose Show: A Big Success'. Includes a photograph of Sir James and Lady Roberts. Published in Daily Sketch 13th July 1911
Article from the Shipley Times & Express 19th January 1912 enttled 'Funeral of Bertram Foster Roberts'
Photograph of Sir James Roberts as Director of Sheffield Indpendent Press (Sheffield Daily Independent)
H2-147: Strathallan Castle and convalescent soldiers
Strathallan Castle and convalescent soldiers
'Strathallan Castle: Convalescent Tommies & Nurses' - article in the Daily Sketch 1915. Strahallan Castle was an estate in Scotland purchased by Sir James Roberts. In 1914 Roberts offered the estate for use for the care of World War One soldiers.
Strathallan Castle, Perthshire, United Kingdom
'The Case of Sir James Roberts: The Military Service Tribunal'. Article in the Bradford Pioneer, 1916 concerning an attempt to exempt Joseph Henry Roberts, son of Sir James Roberts, from war service.
H2-150: Russian Professoral Chair at University of Leeds
Russian Professoral Chair at University of Leeds
'Sir James Roberts gifts £10,000 to Leeds University for Russian Studies' - an article published in the Bradford Daily Telegraph 1916
Newspaper article entitled 'Bronte Relicts for Yorkshire & Sir James Roberts'. Published in the Yorkshire Observer 7 January 1929. Concerns Sir James Roberts purchase of Haworth Parsonage and his gift of it to the Bronte Society. The parsonage is now a museum.
H2-152: James Roberts awarded a Baronetcy
Newspaper cutting showing the King's Birthday Honours List and featring James Roberts being awarded a Baronetcy. Published in the Yorkshire Observer on 7 Januray 1909
The Diamond Wedding of Sir James and Lady Roberts' as reported in the Yorkshire Observer 13th May 1933
A collection of obituaries of Sir James Roberts. From 'General Press Cutting Association January 1936
H2-160b: Oxenhope Mill: James Roberts' first employment
Oxenhope Mill: James Roberts' first employment
A photograph of Oxenhope Mill where Sir James Roberts first worked as a boy.
Oxenhope, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Oxenhope Mill: James Roberts' first place of employment
Saltaire street decorations for Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding
Newspaper article on Bertram Foster Roberts & Gertrude Denby's wedding - 1903
2 photographs of 'Brass Castle', Harden. Marked 'Birthplace of Elizabeth Foster'. Elizabeth Foster was the wife of Sir James Roberts
Enlarged photograph of 'Brass Castle', Harden. Marked 'Mr and Mrs Foster ?' who were the parents of Elizabeth Foster, wife of Sir James Roberts
A photograph of James William Roberts, son of Sir James Roberts
H2-169a-b: Bertram Foster Roberts as a young man
Bertram Foster Roberts (1 as a young man, with photographer ID) (1 enlarged photograph as a young man)
Photograph of James William Roberts, son of Sir James Roberts
Photograph of Alice Roberts, 1881-1982, a daughter of Sir James Roberts
H2-172a: Newspaper article on the shooting of Miles Sefton
Newspaper article on the shooting of Miles Sefton
Item on the shooting of Miles Sefton by Norman Rutherford, in January 1919. Rutherford was married to Sir James Roberts' daughter Alice and suspected Sefton of being his wife's lover.
H2-173a: Alice Roberts and Lily May Roberts
Photograph of Alice Roberts & one of Lily May Roberts, both daughters of Sir James Roberts
H2-175: Sir James Roberts and Lady Roberts
One photograph from a newspaper cutting of Sir James Roberts, one of Lady Roberts. From a 'supplement to the 'Shipley Times and Express'
H2-176: Bertram with Betty, Mary, and James Roberts
Bertram with Betty, Mary, and James Roberts
Photograph of Sir James Roberts' son Bertram and his children Betty, Mary and James Roberts
H2-177a,c: James Denby Roberts opened New Cricket Pavilion given by Sir James Roberts
James Denby Roberts opened New Cricket Pavilion given by Sir James Roberts
Article and photograph from the Yorkshire Observer newspaper of Sir James Roberts with grandchildren at the opening of the Saltaire Park Cricket Pavillion, May 1914. Sir James is pictured between Percy Illingworth MP, the Chief Government Whip and MP for Shipley, and Mr R Brook. Sir James Roberts had funded the building of the pavillion.
H2-178a,c: Photographs of James Henry Roberts
James Henry Roberts at different ages, although identity of the person pictured is not confirmed. James William Roberts was the son of Sir James Roberts
H2-179a-d: Sir James Roberts with grandchildren and mill engine
Sir James Roberts with grandchildren and mill engine
Sir James Roberts with grandchildren and Mill engine (4 photos)
H2-182a: Memorial card for Eliza Gertrude Roberts
Memorial card for Eliza Gertrude Roberts
Memorial card for Eliza Gertrude Roberts, wife of Bertram Foster Roberts
H2-183: Baptism Register for baptism of the children of Bertram Foster Roberts
Baptism Register for baptism of the children of Bertram Foster Roberts
Copy of page from the Baptism Register for baptism of the children of Bertram Foster Roberts - 1912
H2-184a: Photograph of a group of people
A group of people outside a house: A boy with a gun; a man with a riding whip; a boy with a dog
H2-185a-b: Lady Roberts and her granddaughter
Photograph of Lady Roberts with Susan, a great-granddaughter, born 26th August 1934
Photograph of a memorial plaque to John Edward Roberts in Ilkley Church. John Edward was the son of Sir James Roberts. He drowned in Northern Island on a family holiday.
H2-187a: Roberts' Memorial Home, Harrogate
Photograph of Sir James and Lady Roberts at the Roberts' Memorial Home, Harrogate. James Roberts had donated money for the home to be created.
H2-188a-b: Public access to Saltaire Park
Letters from James Roberts and C.E. Shipley regarding public access to Saltaire Park (now known as Roberts Park)
A family photograph of the entire Roberts' family, with names
H2-190a-b: Letters from C.E. Shipley to Harold Roberts
Letters from C.E. Shipley to Harold Roberts
Letters from C.E.Shipley to Harold (Roberts?) in 1919. Letter concerns Shipley Urban District Council taking over the park in Saltaire.
H2-191a-c: James Roberts letter on Saltaire Cricket Club
James Roberts letter on Saltaire Cricket Club
A letter from Sir James Roberts to Fred Atkinson of the Saltaire Cricket Club
H2-192a-c: The life of Sir James Roberts
Printed document on the life of Sir James Roberts (2 documents)
H2-193: Sir James Denby Roberts, 2nd Baronet
Photograph of Sir James Denby Roberts, 2nd Baronet
H2-194a-c: Roberts family group at the 21st birthday party of James Denby Roberts
Roberts family group at the 21st birthday party of James Denby Roberts
Two copies of a photograph of Roberts family group at the 21st birthday party of James Denby Roberts. 1 typed sheet with I.Ds
Baronetcy casket & scroll, presented 24th December 1909, with text of The Yorkshire Observer report
Painting of Sir James & Lady Roberts at 'Fairlight' 1923
H2-197: The Diamond Wedding of Sir James and Lady Roberts
The Diamond Wedding of Sir James and Lady Roberts
Printed card for the Diamond Wedding of Sir James and Lady Roberts - 1933
H2-198a-b: Memorial Service for Sir James Roberts
Copies of a printed card for the Memorial Service for Sir James Roberts - 1936
H2-203: A Centenary History of the Bronte Society 1883-1983
A Centenary History of the Bronte Society 1883-1983
Copy of 'A Centenary History of the Bronte Society 1883-1983' by Charles Lemon. Includes references to Sir James Roberts who purchased Bronte Parsonage and gifted it to the Society.
Photocopy of on-line article 'Sir James Roberts and Saltaire' by Julia Bolton Holloway
copy of email on 'Sir James Roberts and Saltaire' by Julia Bolton Holloway
'Timeline for 'Sir James Roberts - 1848-1935'
H2-208: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
John Baker lived at 5 Albert Road, Saltaire and in 1920 moved to Morecambe. He had been a Clerk of Works at the mill and then became Sir James Roberts representative in Saltaire when the mill was sold. These letters to Sir James Roberts date from 1918 to 1922 when the pensions were wound up. He collected rent for Sir James Roberts, gave out pensions and generally looked out for his interests.
H2-208.1: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Letter to Sir James Roberts, from John Baker dated 11.02.1918 about measurements of wood.
H2-208.10: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
List of the pensions paid out during the months of May and June.
H2-208.11: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
List of wages of the park gardener and insurance stamps for May and June. On the reverse side a list of the unpaid garden rents.
H2-208.12: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Letter addressed to Sir James Roberts Bart, informing him Gordan has died from gas poisoning during the First World War. The letter refers to Gordan, however it is unclear who Gordan was in relation to Sir James and John Baker.
H2-208.13: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Letter to Sir James Roberts from John Barker, informing Sir James of a meeting with a Mr Aykroyd.
H2-208.14: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Receipt on small piece of paper, regarding work carried out at Milner Field by Mr Smith.
H2-208.16: Baker Letters - monthly statement of pensions, wages and rents July 1918
Baker Letters - monthly statement of pensions, wages and rents July 1918
Letter to Sir James Roberts Bart, informing him a monthly statement of pensions, wages and rents would be included inside the envelope. Written by John Baker. The letter format is the monthly statement, business matters and finshing with a personal note.
H2-208.17: Baker Letters - letter from James Roberts concerning pensions
Baker Letters - letter from James Roberts concerning pensions
Letter from Sir James to Mr Bart, wanting Mr Bart to check the pensions list for Gaunt.
H2-208.18: Bakers Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning rents
Bakers Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning rents
Letter to Sir James, from Mr Baker. Informing Sir James of the rents and payments that were due.
H2-208.19: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning paid rents
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning paid rents
Letter to Sir James, written by John Baker, informing him of payments and rents that have been paid.
H2-208.2: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
John Baker's record of gardeners who had recieved their salary dated from 08.02.1918 to 31.05.1918.
H2-208.20: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning Mr Hills
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning Mr Hills
Letter to Sir James Roberts thanking him to returning a letter to Mr Hills.
H2-208.21: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts on monthly paymens for September 1918
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts on monthly paymens for September 1918
Letter to Sir James Roberts informing him a monthly statement for september is enclosed. The letter format is the monthly statement, business matters and finshing with a personal note. The letter format is the monthly statement, business matters and finshing with a personal note.
H2-208.22: Baker Letters - receipt for printing
Receipt from A.G Lummis, a printers who resided at Dale Street - Shipley. Yellow reciept handwritten in black pen
H2-208.23: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts on land measurements
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts on land measurements
Letter to Sir James Roberts, informing him measurements of land from the bridge to the higher hirst.
H2-208.24: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts on received payments September 21918
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts on received payments September 21918
Statement of receipt payments during September 1918.
H2-208.25: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concenring sale of Higher Hirst Mill
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concenring sale of Higher Hirst Mill
Letter to Sir James Roberts from John Baker, informing him of the possible selling of Higher Hirst Mill.
H2-208.26: Baker Letters - letter to James Robets concerning salte of Higher Hirst Mill
Baker Letters - letter to James Robets concerning salte of Higher Hirst Mill
Letter to Sir James from John Baker, informing him how the meeting went with the prospective Higher Hirst Mill buyers.
H2-208.27: Baker Letters - letter concerning possible land sale
Baker Letters - letter concerning possible land sale
Letter to Sir James Roberts, written by John Baker, informing Sir James that Mr Drake, a landowner is intrested in buying more land.
H2-208.28: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts regarding pay
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts regarding pay
Letter to Sir James Roberts, written by John Baker, informing him of an issue regarding pay with one of the gardeners.
H2-208.29: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning statements and reparations
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning statements and reparations
Letter to Sir James Roberts, written by John Baker, informing him the months statements will be enclosed and about reparations that are going to be taking place.
H2-208.3: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
John Bakers record of people who had recieved their pension dated between 15.02.1918 to 31.05.1918.
H2-208.30: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning statement for October 2018
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning statement for October 2018
Statement of receipts for the month of October 1918.
H2-208.31: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning pensions
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning pensions
Letter to Sir James Roberts, written by John Baker, informing him two people who receive pensions have died. Mr Baker also asked if it was possible for the widow of James Ruddock to continue to recieve a small pensions.
H2-208.32: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning completed tasks
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning completed tasks
Handwritten receipt of three completed tasks done by a worker.
H2-208.33: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning statement for November 2018
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning statement for November 2018
Statement of receipts for month of November 1918.
H2-208.34: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning statements and reparations
Letter to Sir James Roberts, written by John Baker, telling him last months statements are included in the envelope and of the other reparation costs they need to pay.
H2-208.35: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning cheque
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning cheque
Letter to Mr Baker, about an enclosed a cheque for £50.
H2-208.36: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning a cheque
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning a cheque
H2-208.37: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning receipt of work done
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning receipt of work done
Receipt of work done on the 9.10.1918. Settled by Enoch Starkey on the 10.12.1918.
H2-208.38: Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning plans
Baker Letters - letter to James Roberts concerning plans
Letter written to Sir James Roberts by John Baker, regarding plans of cottages, water pipes and drains.
H2-208.39: Baker Letters - letter from James Roberts concerning plans of land
Baker Letters - letter from James Roberts concerning plans of land
Letter written to Mr Baker asking him to make a detailed plan of Shipley and Baildon land.
H2-208.4: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Letter addressed to Sir James Robert Bart, from John Baker dated 22.03.1918.
H2-208.40: Baker Letters - letter from John Baker concerning making plans for new buildings
Baker Letters - letter from John Baker concerning making plans for new buildings
Letter to Sir James Roberts from John Baker, informing him that he will carry out his wishes to make new plans of buildings, however it may take some time.
H2-208.41: Baker Letters - receipt for plastering
Receipt for Sir James Roberts from Dr. to Christopher Hird and Co, a plastering company based in Keighley.
H2-208.42: Baker Letters - letter from James Roberts concerning allotment rents
Baker Letters - letter from James Roberts concerning allotment rents
Document of the allotment garden rents recieved
H2-208.43: Baker Letters - letter from James Roberts concerning acreage of land near Hirst Mill
Baker Letters - letter from James Roberts concerning acreage of land near Hirst Mill
Acreage of land from River Bridge at Saltaire to Hirst Mills and from centre of River to centre of Hirst Lane. .
H2-208.5: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Letter addressed to Sir James Robert Bart from John Baker, informing him of the wages, rents and pensions paid. Dated 29.03.1918
H2-208.6: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Letter addressed to Sir James Robert Bart from John Baker, informing Sir Robert of money which had been paid dated 08.04.1918.
H2-208.7: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Letter addressed to Sir James Robert Bart from John Baker, informing Sir Robert about a gate which is being built over the bridge.
H2-208.8: Expenditure statement up to the end of April 1918
Expenditure statement up to the end of April 1918
A letter addressed to Sir James Roberts Bart, informing him that an expenditure statement up to the end of April 1918 would be enclosed in the envelope.
H2-208.9: Baker Letter 1918-1922 - Photocopies of originals
Letter addressed to Sir James Roberts from John Baker informing him that enclosed with the letter is a full statement of expenditure from the 08.02.1918 to 31.05.1918.
Copy of a diary written by James Roberts on a visit to Australia in 1884
A4 copy of a diary written by James Roberts on a visit to Australia in 1884
H2-210: James Roberts Newspaper cuttings book
A newspaper cutting book compiled by (or on behalf of) James Roberts. The cuttings cover business, social and political issues related to James Roberts. The period covered is from 1905 to 1918.
Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Southern Federal District, 344007, Russia
H2-210.1: Front cover of James Roberts newspaper cuttings book 1905-1918
Front cover of James Roberts newspaper cuttings book 1905-1918
Front cover of a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Photograph of the Boathouse, Saltaire, showing second bridge over river
Postcard showing the bandstand, canons and statue of Sir Titus Salt in Roberts Park.
Photograph showing lots of people in Roberts Park, with 'A Happy New Year' printed above.
Postcard showing two colour photographs. One is the lodge house in Roberts Park and the other is one of the almshouses in Alexandra Square. Both photos are showing the large hydrangeas in bloom.
Photograph of Roberts Park lodge house, Saltaire. Shows gates to Coach Road on right.Two men stand in front of the lodge.
Postcard with drawing of a view of Saltaire village from above Roberts Park, showing Salts Mill, Victoria Hall, the church, boathouse and bridge.
Photograph of the boathouse, Saltaire, showing second bridge over the river and mill in background.
Photograph shows the steam turbine named after 'Mary', one of Sir James Roberts granddaughters. The turbine is to the right of the photograph with a clock above it
Photograph shows a close-up of the steam turbine named 'Mary' after Sir James Roberts granddaughter. The wall to the right is very ornately tiled
A close up of the steam turbine 'Mary' named after Sir James Roberts granddaughter. In the top right is a small section of ornate wall
Saltaire is an area on the Western edge of Shipley in West Yorkshire. The village was created from the 1850s onwards by Bradford industrialist Titus Salt as a location for a new textile mill and homes and amenities for its workers. The village had many public buildings and amenities including: shops, schools, a dining hall, a Club and Institute, and a public park with sporting areas. Most of the village remains intact today. In 2001 Saltaire became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
2018.46: Photograph of a Saltaire trolley bus
2019.22.1: A Walk From The Towpath -Saltaire
2019.46.40.1.13: Shipley College photos - 1990s
2020.2.19: Certificate for excellence in horticulture
2020.2.20: Certificate for excellence in horticulture
2021.12: Salt & Silver - A Story of Hope
2022.2: Saltaire And Its Founder by Abraham Holroyd
C1-022a-b: Plans for Saltaire Overlooker's cottages
C2a-050.1: Page 1 - postcards of Gordon Terrace in Saltaire
C2b-118: View of Saltaire playing fields
C2b-120: View of Saltaire playing fields and houses
C2b-121: View of Saltaire playing fields and houses
C3a-027.1: Star medal awarded to Thomas Hodson
C3b-016a-c: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-264a: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-428: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
D2-006.4: Saltaire Gymnastic Club - Olympic Team 1948
E1a-008j: Education, Schools (Documents)
E1a-019a: Education in Shipley & Saltaire 1800-1900
E2-090: Education - Technical School : Documents
E2b-085: Education - Shipley College : Images
F1b-040a,d: Pell Collection - Miscellaneous Images
F1b-072a-b: Saltaire Picture House in the 920s
2019.31.1: Saltaire: The origins of a model industrial community
2019.36: Sir Titus Salt. Baronet: His Life and its Lessons.
F1b-027: Bathing in Great Salt Lake, Saltair Beach.
C2a-050.17: Saltaire village - Images (People).
C2a-050.19: Saltaire village - Images (People).
2019.11.1: 'The Saltaire Review' (March 2015) Issue 6
2019.35: Arthur Reminton Hollins (1878-1929
2019.46.35.16.3: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's, laboratory
2019.46.7: 1987 1st floor plan of college and a photo of the resource centre
2019.49: 'Saltaire The Making of a Model Town
2021.3: Direktoratet for patent - og Varemoerkevoesenet
C2a-083: Staff and prefects of Salts School
C2a-088: Salts School Girl's Hockey Team
C2a-089: Salts School Girl's Hockey Team
C2b-119: View of New MIll and Coach Road
C2b-210b: Railway line through future Saltaire
C2b-285: Saltaire village Images (Places)
C3b-040: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-041: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-042: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-043: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-044: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-045: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-174: House Documents for 7, Titus Street, (Saltaire village, Documents (Places)).
E1b-116: The Salts Schools, Yorkshire & The Institute
E2b-082a-b: Education - Shipley College : Images
E2b-083: Education - Shipley College : Images
E2b-088a-l: Education - Shipley College : Images
F1b-059: A comic band in a Shipley Parade in Saltaire Road
C3a-029.1: British War Medal awarded to Thomas Hodson
C3a-028.1: Victory Medal awarded to Thomas Hodson
C2a-077.5: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
2018.36.1: A Welcome for Prince & Princess of Wales on the visit Bradford, Saltaire and Milner Field
2018.40.10.2: The Salt Grammar School 1868-1968, A century of Model-Village Schooling
2019.11.2: 'The Saltaire Review' (April 2015)
2020.1.1: Silver-headed wooden walking cane
A1-191.1+.2: Salt family at opening of the Saltaire Studies Centre
B1-108: Sir Titus Salt 1876 Centenary events in the village of Saltaire November 1976
B1-339: Print of Salts Mill and Saltaire
B1-355-21: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-22: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-23: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-24: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-25: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-26: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-28: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-29: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-30: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-31: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-32: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-33: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-34: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-36: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-37: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-38: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-39: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
C1-036: Plan of Maddocks Street, Saltaire
C1-037: Plan of Maddocks Street, Saltaire
C2a-059: Saltaire village - Images (People).
C2a-060a-c: Saltaire village - Images (People).
C2a-122: Aldam Berry & Harriet Jane Martin
C2b-076: Saltaire village (Images of places)
C2b-083: Cover for the Saltaire Calendar for 2002
C2b-084: Broken paving stones in Saltaire
C2b-096: Newspaper cuttings and photographs of Saltaire
C2b-130: Saltaire village Images (Places)
C2b-227: Saltaire village Images (Places)
C2b-232: Saltaire village Images (Places)
C2b-233: Brass Band Parading in Saltaire 1935
C2b-378: Saltaire village Images (Places)
C3a-029: Award letter for British War medal
C3b-025: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-026: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-130: Saltaire : An Introduction to the Village of Sir Titus Salt
C3b-160: House Documents for 15, Constance Street (Saltaire village, Documents (Places))
C3b-161a-b: House Documents for 15, Constance Street (Saltaire village, Documents (Places))
C3b-177: House Documents for 7, Titus Street, (Saltaire village, Documents (Places)).
C3b-178: House Documents for 7, Titus Street, (Saltaire village, Documents (Places)).
C3b-180: House Documents for 7, Titus Street, (Saltaire village, Documents (Places)).
C3b-215: House Documents for 1, Fern Place (Saltaire village, Documents (Places))
C3b-309a: Shipley & Saltaire Town Centre Guide
C3b-439: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C4a-007: Saltaire village, Documents (Places), - Recent Developments (Saltaire History Club & Saltaire Archives)
D1-076: Leisure - Groups and Societies: Brass Bands
D2-020a-c: Saltaire Methodist Chapel Football Club
D4-009b: Saltaire Congregational Sunday School Jubilee 1876-1926
E2-071: Shipley College in Saltaire - Victorian Model Venue
E2b-082c: visit to Saltaire by Sir Patrick Salt
F1b-017a-b: Programme for Saltaire Picture House
H2-132: Jubilee of the Foundation of Saltaire
2018.3.16.1: Triumphal Arch in Victoria Road for the Opening of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition
2018.13: Aerial photograph of Saltaire village
D2-035: Tennis Club buildings and courts
C3a-021: Thomas Hodson's census record 1901
C3a-022: Thomas Hodson's census record 1911
C3a-026: Thomas Hodson's Award tin & card
2018.26: China sugar bowl or conserve dish
A1-190: Salt family at opening of Saltaire Studies Centre
B1-356-1: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-10: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-2: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-3: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-4: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-5: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-6: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-7: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-8: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
B1-356-9: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Victoria Road Bridge)
C2a-063: Play produced by Congregational Church Womens group
C2a-064: Play performed by Saltaire Congregational Church Womens Group
C2a-072: Photographic memories of Samuel Excel and family and James W. Smith (Wilf)
C2a-135: Saltaire village - Images (People)
C2b-031: Saltaire village (Images of places)
C2b-059: Princess Anne's visit to Saltaire 1977
C2b-066: Demolition of Victoria Road Bridge
C2b-079: Saltaire village (Images of places)
C2b-085b-c: Victoria Road in early 1900s
C2b-102/10/1: Aerial view of Saltaire (1)
C2b-102/10/2: Aerial view of Saltaire (2)
C2b-102/14/15: William Henry Street Boarding houses (38)
C2b-102/14/16: William Henry Street Boarding houses (39)
C2b-102/3/12: Titus Street old post office (29)
C2b-102/3/13: Titus Street old post office (30)
C2b-102/3/14: Gordon Terrace looking West (2)
C2b-102/3/15: George Street in aerial photograph
C2b-102/3/5: Gordon Terrace looking West (1)
C2b-102/3/9: Gordon Terrace looking East
C2b-102/4/7: Etching of Saltaire Black and White
C2b-102/4/8: Etching of Saltaire coloured
C2b-146: View of Congregational Church in 1874
C3a-183a: Partial Exemption Labour Certificate
C3b-213: House Documents for 1, Fern Place (Saltaire village, Documents (Places))
C3b-446a: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
D1-075a-b: Leisure - Groups and Societies: Brass Bands
E1a-029: Salts school teachers in an old photograph
2019.46.20.2: Household textiles displays
B1-250a: Burling and Mending Department at Salts Mill 1936.
B1-568: Salts Mill interior - Woolcombing
C2b-149: Saltaire village Images (Places)
C3b-115b: Letter to residents about historic interest
2021.8: Salt & Saltaire by W.E. Alderson
C3b-343a: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
2019.20.2: Saltaire Festival Weekend 2013
2022.32: 'A Penny for Going - A history of Saltaire and its regeneration told through its shops' by Roger Clarke
2022.34: Model Industrial Communties in Mid-Nineteenth Century Yorkshire- Edited by J.A.Jowitt
2022.37: Saltaire and its Founder, Sir Titus Salt Bart. by Abraham Holroyd
2022.38: Saltaire and its Founder, Sir Titus Salt Bart. by Abraham Holroyd
2022.45: 'Saltaire - The Making of a Model Town' by Neil Jackson, Jo Lintonbon and Bryony Staples
2022.52: Saltaire : An introduction to the village of Sir Titus Salt' by Jack Reynolds
2022.61: Titus Salt and Saltaire - Industry and Virtue by John Styles
B1-032/6/6: Salts Mill : Volume Six : Collection of Christmas Cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd
B1-032/6/9: Salts Mill : Volume Six : Collection of Christmas Cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd
C1-004a-c: Saltaire village - Maps & Plans
C1-005a-b: Saltaire village - Maps & Plans
C2a-029b: Saltaire village - Images (People).
C3a-090a: 'My Story of Saltaire: Life on Caroline Street
C3a-101a.2: May Rhodes pictured at a playing field
C3a-101a.3: May Rhodes pictured putting (golf)
C3b-094a: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-094c: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-302: 'Shipley College-Victorian Model Venue'
E1a-004d+e: Education, Schools (Documents)
F1a-074: Ordnance Survey map of Shipley & Saltaire
2018.40.10.1: The Salt Grammar School 1868-1968, A century of Model-Village Schooling
2022.55: Saltaire - History & Regeneration
C3a-015: Diary of John Unwin for the year 1897
2021.6: Salt & Saltaire by Dr. Gary Firth
2022.39: Saltaire and its Founder, Sir Titus Salt Bart. by Abraham Holroyd
2022.42: 'Saltaire - the origins of a model industrial community'
2021.21: The King's England: Yorkshire West Riding
2022.40: 'Sir Titus Salt - George Moore' by James Burnley
2022.35: Textile History 1968-70 - volume 1. Edited by K.G. Ponting
2022.22: Gordon Terrace, Saltaire and the Saltaire Picture House
2022.72: Photographic postcards of Saltaire and Shipley from the early twentieth centuries
B1-405: 'Salts' Boss dies of Cancer' 25th September 1997
B1-406: 'Prince saddened by the Death of Salts' Boss' 26th September 1997
B1-407: 'The Man Who Lives On In His Mill' 26th September 1997
B1-408: 'Sad Farewell to Salts' Mill Owner' 27th September 1997
B1-409: 'Jonathan Square is Silver Tribute'
B1-410: 'Look What They Did To My Village'
B1-411: 'Worth its Salt' + 'Will Council Learn From the Past' 15th December 2001
B1-412: 'Sillver, Salt and the Mill' 26th April 2007
B1-418: 'Old Mill Flats to Retain Flavour of Textile Heritage' 21st September 1995
B1-032/6/5a-b: Salts Mill : Volume Six : Collection of Christmas Cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd
2022.73: Gramophone recording of service at Saltaire Congregational Church 1959
C3a-083a,c,e: Saltaire born and bred by Audrey May Tattam
C3b-313: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2013
2019.13.1.2: Saltaire Archive on Display
2019.13.2.1: Saltaire Archive on Display
C4a-005: Saltaire Festival 2012: Symposium Programme
2019.12.1.1: Saltaire Archive on Display
C3b-314: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2011
C3b-290b: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2008
C3b-289: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2007
C3b-288: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2006
C3b-287: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2005
2021.15: Balgarnie's Salt - with commentary and additions by Barlow & Shaw
C3a-011a-f: Clive Woods leading a group of visitors
C3b-081: Parliamentary debate on the Shipley bye-pass
E2-035a-c: Plans of Shipley College Annex
2022.57: An Ordinary Lot - Recollections of the Thirties and World War 2
2022.58: Saltaire Our Memories - Our History
C4-004a-b: Saltaire: Conservation Policy
C2b-106a-i: Photographs in and around Saltaire
C3b-073a-b: constitution of the Saltaire Village Society
D2-015: Saltaire Band and Saltaire Swimming Club
C3b-079: A Complete Guide to Saltaire Victorian Village
C3b-212a,b: House Documents for 1, Fern Place (Saltaire village, Documents (Places))
C3b-243a-b: House Documents for 1, Fern Place (Saltaire village, Documents (Places))
C3b-077a-b: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
D1-064a+.2: Saltaire Mills Male Voice Choir Concert
H2-014: Sale Agreement for the Saltaire Estate
C2b-102/1/1: Workers at the wash house in Saltaire
F1a-014: West Yorkshire Architects and Architecture: Henry Francis Lockwood
F1a-019: Biographical notes on nineteenth century families
2019.54.1a-b-c-d: Shops on VIctoria Road
2019.54.3a-c: Six children in Victoria Road
2019.54.4a-f: Members of Muschamp family with visitor from Jamaica
C3a-011g: Saltaire World Heritage Site: Management Plan leaflet
2019.46.28: Programme for public speaking dinner, Shipley Institute of Further Education 1966
2019.46.30: Shipley College photo 16cm x 21.5cm
2019.46.31: Shipley College photo 18.5cm x 23cm showing a car maintenance class in the engineering workshop of Shipley College
2019.46.34.1: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.10: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.11: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.12: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.13: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.14: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.15: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.16: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.17: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.18: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.19: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.2: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.20: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.21: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.22: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.23: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.24: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.25: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.26: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.27: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.28: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.29: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.3: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.30: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.31: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.32: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.33: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.34: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.35: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.36: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.37: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.38: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.39: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.4: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.40: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.41: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.42: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.5: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.6: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.7: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.8: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.34.9: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.35.10: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's / painting and decorating
2019.46.35.11: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's / plumbing
2019.46.35.12: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's / plastering
2019.46.35.13.1: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's / workshop
2019.46.35.13.2: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's / workshop
2019.46.35.14: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's / spray painting
2019.46.35.15: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's, laboratory/ spray painting
2019.46.35.16.1: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's, laboratory
2019.46.35.16.2: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's, laboratory
2019.46.35.5: Shipley College Photos 1960s and 70s/ visual aids exhibition
2019.46.35.6: Shipley College Photos 1960s and 70s/ workshop
2019.46.35.7: Shipley College Photos 1960s and 70s/ Machine shop
2019.46.35.8: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's / painting and decorating
2019.46.35.9: Shipley College Photograph 1960's and 1970's / painting and decorating
2019.46.36.1: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.10: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.11: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.12: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.13: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.14: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.15: Shipley College photos 1950s
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2019.46.36.2: Shipley College photos 1950s
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2019.46.36.27: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.28: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.29: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.3: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.30: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.31: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.32: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.4: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.5: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.6: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.7: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.8: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.36.9: Shipley College photos 1950s
2019.46.39.1: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.2.1: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.2.2: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.2.3: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.3.1: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.3.2: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.3.3: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.3.4: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.4.1: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.4.2: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.5.1: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.5.2: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.6: Shipley College photo / misc events
2019.46.39.7: Shipley College photo / misc events
A1-041: Research resources about Sir Titus Salt
A1-051a-i: Modern Salt family at Shipley College
B1-223: Salts Mill and Museum : A short history and guide
C2b-069a-b: Saltaire the origins of a model industrial community
C3a-008: Minutes of the Saltaire Prize Choir
C3b-055: House numbers in Jane Street and Dove Street
C3b-063: 'Saltaire a look at the past' booklet by Burrows, Dorothy
C3b-066: Saltaire : A picture story book
C3b-068: Saltaire occupations from the 1871 census
C3b-070: Visit to Saltaire by the Burmese Ambassador
C3b-072: miscellaneous notes on Saltaire
C3b-078: The Irish Immigration into Saltaire
C3b-090: Notice for the Saltaire Festival 2004
C3b-105: Saltaire: Our Memories Our History
C3b-115e: Legal requirments of occupiers of listed buildings
C3b-117: Industry & Virtue : Titus Salt and Saltaire
C3b-356a-b-c: Estate Agents particulars of 26 George Street, Saltaire
D1-064b: Saltaire Mills Male Voice Choir Concert
D1-067: Annual General Meeting of Saltaire Philharmonic Society
D3-058: Scots piper at Saltaire Festival
D3-061: Mayor Mohammed Ajeeb in Albert Terrace
D3-062: Mayor and Mayoress with Clive Wood
F1a-006a-c: John Nicholson, the 'Airedale Poet'
F1a-050a-b: Abraham Holroyd's gravestone
F1a-076a-b: The Shipley Pictorial for 1937
C3b-115c: Questions and answers on listed buildings
A4-004: Deed of transfer of the Salts company
2019.46.35.1: Shipley College Photos 1960s and 70s/ visual aids exhibition
2019.46.35.2: Shipley College Photos 1960s and 70s/ visual aids exhibition
2019.46.35.3: Shipley College Photos 1960s and 70s/ visual aids exhibition
2019.46.35.4: Shipley College Photos 1960s and 70s/ visual aids exhibition
2019.46.37.1: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.10: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.11: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.12: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.13: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.14: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.15: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.16: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.2: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.3: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.4: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.5: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.6: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.7: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.8: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.9: Shipley College photos 1970s
D1-134: Leisure - Groups and Societies: Victoria Hall
D1-141: Leisure - Groups and Societies: Victoria Hall
2020.16.2: Talk at Saltaire Village Society
2020.16.3: Talk at Saltaire Village Society
2022.74: Saltaire's Allotments: A second draft of their history
C3a-075a: An account of life in Saltaire: 1894 onwards
C3a-088b: Saltaire: Our memories, our history
C3a-101a: A typed biography of Saltaire resident May Rhodes (nee Walker)
C3a-101a.1: Street party celebrating Queen's coronation 1953
2019.46.37.17: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.18: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.19: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.20: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.21: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.22: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.23: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.24: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.25: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.26: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.27: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.28: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.29: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.30: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.31: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.32: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.33: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.34: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.35: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.36: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.37: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.38: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.39: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.40: Shipley College photos 1970s
C5-010: Saltaire village, Documents (Places), - Miscellaneous Adverts etc.
2019.46.37.41: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.42: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.43: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.44: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.45: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.46: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.47: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.48: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.49: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.50: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.51: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.52: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.53: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.37.54: Shipley College photos 1970s
2019.46.38.1: Shipley College photos 1980s
2019.46.38.2: Shipley College photos 1980s
2019.46.38.3: Shipley College photos 1980s
2022.80: Two Salts of Saltaire clothes brushes
2022.82: Two Salts (Saltaire) Limited metal badges
2022.83: Salts (Saltaire) Limited metal key fob
B1-086: Saltaire the origins of a model industrial community
C2b-102/12/4: Philosophical Society poster
C2b-102/4/5: Women workers in Victoria Road (82)
C2b-102/4/6: Women workers in Victoria Road (80)
C3b-101: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-383: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
D2-012: SALTAIRE OUR MEMORIES OUR HISTORY
C3b-131a-c: Saltaire : verses by R.C.Scriven and drawings by Barry Charlles
H2-133: Jubilee of the Foundation of Saltaire
F1a-321.2: History of The Bradford Property Trust 1928-1978
H2-208.128: Baker Letters - regarding: visit from Midland Railway
H2-208.130: Baker Letters - regarding: Midland Railway Co. and siding
H2-208.148: Baker Letters - regarding: new roof on workshop; sale of land
H2-208.158: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of Saltaire; auctioning of plots
H2-208.165: Baker Letters - regarding: measurements not completed; sale plan of Exhibition Land; boundary of Glyn Thomas land
H2-208.178: Baker Letters - repairs for 54, Albert Road
H2-208.181: Baker Letters - regarding: plans for Victoria Road, Church and fields beyond
H2-208.190: Baker Letters - regarding: renting of garden; repair needed for wall
H2-208.191: Baker Letters - regarding: cottage rents
H2-208.195: Baker Letters - regarding: increase of rents; allotments east of Victoria Road; boundary fences around church. plan needed for land
H2-208.196: Baker Letters - regarding: level of rents. Caroline Street
H2-208.230: Baker Letters - dispute over boundary
H2-208.233: Baker Letters - regarding: land on Caroline Street; allotment holders; garden rents
H2-208.238: Baker Letters - regarding: plans and letter from surveyors of taxes
H2-208.239: Baker Letters - regarding: Reiterated given Mr Smith all he asked for.
H2-208.240: Baker Letters - regarding: rent arrears of allotment holders and Hirst Lock cottages; Mills need coal; food shortage; Willie's grave
H2-208.242: Baker Letters - regarding: names of allotment holders
H2-208.247: Baker Letters - confirmation of a loan
H2-208.257: Baker Letters - Completion of sale for properties
H2-208.267: Baker Letters - regarding: rent payments to collect; repairs in Caroline Street; sale of allotment land
H2-208.44: Baker Letters - regarding: plan of Fanny Street
H2-208.45: Baker Letters - regarding: Plan of Fanny Street
H2-208.48: Baker Letters - regarding: Plans and acreage
H2-208.58: Baker Letters - regarding: ownership of Park Street and visit by Catherine Salt
H2-208.68: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Normington and Mr Heys buying land opposite John Street
H2-208.76: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Normington to buy timber
H2-208.85: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of land between Caroline Street and railway; possible sale of land near Albert Road
2024.10: Sir James Roberts leaves Saltaire (The land disposals of Sir James Roberts)
2024.11: House history for 69 George Street Saltaire
C3a-081: Story of a life and work in Salts (Saltaire) Ltd
C3b-145a-b: Saltaire: The Origins of a Model Industrial Community
2024.31.4: Launch of the open topped tram service in 1902
2024.13: Govinder - Legacy. The works 1999-2008
2024.15: Titus Salt - and how he built Saltaire by Emily Parkin
C3a-078a: A personal history by Sheila Knowles
C3a-086: A history of Saltaire by local inhabitant Ison Wilford.
2024.35: Small section of lead gas piping for lighting
C4-007: Anniversery Boost to Plea for Heritage Site
C4-041: World Heritage status awarded to Saltaire
C4-042: Bid for World Heritage status for Saltaire
D1-153: Not About Heroes The Survivor's Tour
D1-155: Fighting for Our Future (The Women's Suffrage Campaign - 1913 to 1919
C3b-022: Sir Titus Salt and George Moore
C3b-123: Factors Influencing the Programming of Combined Arts Festivals
C4a-012: Displays in a Saltaire Archive exhibition
C3b-279: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2010
C3b-285b: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2003
C3b-286b: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2004
C3b-291a: Saltaire Festival Brochure 2009
2024.91: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.3 July 2009. A History of the Saltaire Almshouses
2024.99: Research papers on Iwakura mission visit to Saltaire in 1872
2024.99.1: Handwritten notes on visit by Iwakura Mission to Yorkshire
2024.99.2: Members of the Iwakura Mission
2024.99.3: Notes on official letters regarding Iwakura MIssion visit to Britain
2024.99.5: Notes on Iwakura Mission's global travel
2024.99.6: Arrival of Iwakura MIssion at Saltaire
2019.54.1a-b-c-d-e: Shops on VIctoria Road
2019.56.1: Photographic image of the Berry family
2019.56.3: Photographic image of the Berry family
2022.98: Bradford Antiquary Third Series No.7 1999
2022.99: Bradford Antiquary Third Series No.9 2005
2024.38: British Wool Textile Industry 1770-1914
2024.47: Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution in Britain
2024.52: Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society 2016
2024.55: Historical Notices of Shipley, Saltaire, Idle, Windhill, Wrose, Baildon, Hawksworth, Eccleshill, Calverley, Rawdon, and Horsforth
2024.57: Historical Notices of Shipley, Saltaire, Idle, Windhill, Wrose, Baildon, Hawksworth, Eccleshill, Calverley, Rawdon and Horsforth
2024.62: Saltaire - An album of postcards and prints
2024.64: Sir Titus Salt and George Moore
2024.74: The Story of Saltaire written, produced and directed by David Weber
2024.85: Aire Valley Living 2010 Issue 3
2024.87: Alpaca World Spring 2002 Our European Adventure
2024.88: Alpaca from the British Alpaca Society Issue 9 Summer 2000 Alpacas past and future
2024.89: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.1 November 2007 Traces of Salt in London by Barlow and Shaw
2024.90: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.2 March 2009 The Saltaire Conversazione by Roger Clarke
2024.92: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.4 March 2010. The Whitlam Family?....Who are they?
2024.93: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.5 March 2012 The Second Lord of Saltaire, The Family History of Sir James Roberts by David King.
2024.95: Saltaire a village of Parliamentarians from Sir Titus Salt to the 21st century
E2c-016: Condition Report for Salt Annexe 1986
2018.9.3.3.2.20: Outdoor gathering poster
C4a-017.3: Tourist information leaflets about Saltaire Village
C4a-017.4: Tourist information leaflets about Saltaire Village
C4a-017.6: Tourist information leaflets about Saltaire Village
2024.100: A walk around Saltaire - in celebration of Saltaire's world heritage status
2024.101: A walk around Saltaire - in celebration of Saltaire's world heritage status
2024.102: Saltaire conservation area assessment. Draft for consultation.
2024.104: Saltaire Review Issue 25 Oct/Nov 2017
2024.105: Saltaire Review Issue 26 Dec/Jan 2018
2024.106: Saltaire Review Issue 32 Dec/Jan 2019
2024.110: Changes to House Numbers in Saltaire
2024.112: Saltaire trail 3rd edition April 2002
2018.60.1: Scoping the Educational Potential of Saltaire World Heritage Site
2018.60.2: Meeting notes for Saltaire Learning
2018.60.4: Educationl potential scenarios
2018.60: Educational Potential of Saltaire World Heritage Site
2024.118: Postcard of Lower George Street
2025.15: The aesthetics of Utopia: Saltaire, Akroydon and Bedford Park
2025.16: Villages of vision: A study of strange utopias
2025.42: Heritage site interactions in a post industrial city
2018.63: Saltaire Building Conservation Policy
2018.64: Saltaire: Our Memories, Our HIstory
2018.66: Saltaire: An introduction to the village of Sir Titus Salt
2018.67: Images of England: Salt and Saltaire
2018.68: On the Application of Cast and Wrought Iron to Building Purposes.
2018.69: Titus Salt and Saltaire: Industry and Virtue
2018.71: Sir Titus Salt 1876: Centenary events in the village of Saltaire, November 1976
2018.73: Save Britain's Heritage: Crisis at Saltaire - What Future for Titus Salt's Mill?
2018.74: Saltaire: History & Regeneration
2018.75: Saltaire: a village of parliamentarians
2018.76: Saltaire World Heritage Site: Management Plan
2018.77.1: Saltaire: History & Regeneration
2018.77.2: Letter from Clive Woods to Denys Salt
2018.81: The tourist guide: Saltaire & the region
2018.82: Saltaire: a brief guide and history
2024.148: Salts Tennis Club centenary items
2024.151: Scoping the educational potential of Saltaire World Heritage Site
D1-071.3: Article discussing Saltaire's bid to become a World Heritage Site.
D1-071.4: Invitations to Dances hosted by the Saltaire Village Society
D1-071.5: Clive Woods' invitation to a World Heritage Site briefing
H1-010.6: Letter from Donald Hanson announcing his leave from Chairman of the Illingworth Morris Group
2025.60: Sir Titus Salt and Sons - a farming legacy
2025.68.102: Saltaire Almshouses on Bingley Road
2025.68.103: Saltaire Almshouses on Victoria Road
2025.68.104: Saltaire Almshouses on Victoria Road
2025.68.117: Salts Hospital front door window
2025.68.123: Saltaire Almshouses on Victoria Road
2025.68.24: Victoria Road (at Lower School Street)
2025.68.26: Saltaire Festival hats on mannequin heads
2025.68.29: Saltaire Festival mobile shop
2025.68.30: Saltaire Festival Company for the Lion
2025.68.31: Saltaire monster by the canal
2025.68.32: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Leading Peleton
2025.68.33: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Rear of Peleton
2025.68.34: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Determination
2025.68.35: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Decorated Lion (licking its paw)
2025.68.39: Hope Hill from Gordon Terrace
2025.68.58: Village houses (by George Street)
2025.68.66: Saltaire Festival hats (fedoras)
2025.68.70: Petrol station (Shell) on Bingley Road
2025.68.71: Petrol station (Shell) on Bingley Road (view from Salt Beer Factory)
2025.68.74: George Street at night (black and white)
2025.68.75: Lion on Salt Building at night
2025.68.76: Salt Building (Shipley College) at night
2025.68.78: Bingley Road featuring Saltaire Wines (at Ferncliffe Road)
2025.68.79: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Police
2025.68.80: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Police riding
2025.68.81: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Leading Peleton
2025.68.82: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Leading Peleton
2025.68.83: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Leading Peleton
2025.68.84: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Exhibition Road crest
2025.68.85: Saltaire Tour de Yorkshire Decorated Lion
2025.68.86: Shipley College smoking area
2025.68.87: Salt Building (Shipley College) in low light
2025.68.94: Saltaire Railway Station at night
2025.68.97: Salt Building (Shipley College) at night
C2b-386: Various magazine articles containing articles on Saltaire
C2b-386.22: Dr Amir Khan. Saltaire - the oasis that grew with me
C2b-386.5: 'Saltaire history - building a village'
C3b-360a-c: History & Features of Famous Saltaire
C4a-015.20: Joseph Wright from mill to dreaming spires, and 1877: a church divided
C4a-015.26: Saltaire's future - what do you think of the feasibility study for a wind turbine in Saltaire
C4a-015.27: William Fry from station master to secretary of the Salt charities
C4a-015.28: Exceptional journeys to work (In Saltaire), and Saltaire by numbers 1911 Census
C4a-015.30: Saltaire's World War 1 commemoration plans. An appeal to you
C4a-015.33: Managing a world heritage site - challenges for the future
C4a-015.35: Stories and songs from World War 1
D1-071.10: Meeting minutes the Saltaire Village Society
D1-071.11: Lord Mayor's Speech at the Civic Thank You
D1-071.12: Notes on the Saltaire Archive
D1-071.6: Chris Leslie's meeting invitation to Clive Woods
D1-071.7: Clive Woods' invitation to the Lord Mayor's Civic Thank You
D1-071.8: Details for the Lord Mayor's Civic Thank You
D1-071.9: Accounts for the Saltaire Village Society
D1-166.1: Letter to Secretary of Saltaire Village Society from the Civic Trust
D1-166.2: Promotions from Civic Trust to the Saltaire Village Society
2025.80: Salt Family Heritage Lives On In Research Projects
2025.87.1: When shops were the heartbeat of a village
2025.88: Sponsored Street Signs Go Down Well With Village
2022.1: Royal Yorkshire Exhibition 'Saltaire 1887' silk scarf
2018.45.3.1: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, frontispiece of work book
2022.60: Sir Titus Salt Bart Sons & Co. Jubilee Souvenir 1853-1903
C3b-262b: Saltaire - A Jubilee Sketch History
A2-011: Salt Family - Residences; Milner Field
C3b-060: Influence of New Lanark on Saltaire
2022.3: An Italian Immigrant Abroad 1950
C3a-082: The memories of Sykes, Ray - growing up in Saltaire
2022.78: Aerial photograph of Salts Mill and Saltaire
C3a-033a-b: Invitation to Centenary celebration
C2b-380a: Saltaire village Images (Places)
2024.65: Memorandum and suggestions 1883
2024.66: Statement and scheme for reconstruction
2024.34: 1872: When samurai came to Saltaire
C4a-015.1: Saltaire History Club poster September 2006
C4a-015.10: Saltaire History Club Meeting for October 2008
C4a-015.11: Saltaire History Club Meeting for December 2008
C4a-015.12: Saltaire History Club Meeting for March 2009
C4a-015.13: Saltaire History Club Meeting for June 2009
C4a-015.14: Saltaire History Club Meeting for October 2009
C4a-015.2: Saltaire History Club poster - November 2006
C4a-015.3: Saltaire History Club poster February 2007
C4a-015.4: Saltaire History Club Meeting for May 2007
C4a-015.5: Saltaire History Club Meeting poster for September 2007
C4a-015.6: Saltaire History Club Meeting for December 2007
C4a-015.7: Saltaire History Club Meeting for January 2008
C4a-015.8: Saltaire History Club Meeting for April 2008
C4a-015.9: Saltaire History Club Meeting for June 2008
C2b-290c: Saltaire village Images (Places)
C4a-013: The Saltaire Journal volumes 1 to 5
C4a-014: Saltaire History Club documents
C2b-385-a: Saltaire Living Advent calendar
C2b-385-b: Saltaire Living Advent Calendar 2015
C2b-385-c: Saltaire Living Advent calendar 2015
C2b-385-d: Saltaire Living Advent Calendar 2015
C2b-385-e: Saltaire Living Advent Calendar 2015
C2b-385-f: Saltaire Living Advent Calendar 2015 postcards
C2b-385-g: Saltaire Living Advent Calendar 2016
2018.62: Saltaire Education Pack 1853 to the Present Day
2018.70: Saltaire Congregational Church: 1858 1959
2018.78: Saltaire Congregational Church: 1857 1957 Centenary Services
2018.79: Saltaire Congregational Church: 1858 1957 Centenary Brochure
2024.150: Documents related to the 2015 Conversazione in Victoria Hall
2024.150.1: Activities planned for the Conversazione
2024.150.5: The adventures of Al and Mo (aka Alison Paca and Mo Hair)
2024.150.6: Report on the 18th April 2015 Conversazione at VIctoria Hall
E2-092a-b: Alan Titchmarsh articles & Photographs
C4a-015.15: Saltaire History Club Meeting for 10th December 2009
D1-071.1: Response from Saltaire Village Society to Bradford Council's Development Plan
2025.115: Minutes of the Salts Mill Association
H2-167a: Bertram and James William Roberts
Photograph of Bertram Roberts and James William Roberts, sons of Sir James Roberts, as young boys. The photograph was taken at Appleton & Co., Bradford
Two photographs of Bertram Roberts & James William Roberts (1 as young boys-a-c) ( 1 as young men-d-e): Also copies of the reverse
D1-103a-e: Programme for a play: 'After the War is Over'
Programme for a play: 'After the War is Over'
2 Laminated copies of a programme for a play: 'After the War is Over' by Hattie Townsend performed in Saltaire Park c.2011 (a and b) 1 photocopy of the front of the programme (c) 1 photocopy of the back of the programme (d) 1 photocopy of the front and back of the programme (e)
D1-157: Script of a play called 'After The War Was Over'
Script of a play called 'After The War Was Over'
Script of a play called After The War Was Over by Hattie Townsend in 2012 - Play set in late April 1919 at North Shelter in Roberts Park - Performed in September 2012
D1-158: Notification of Fun in the Park meeting
Notification of Fun in the Park meeting on 23rd June 2011 - organised by Hattie Townsend
H2-041.1: Mr. Bertram F. Roberts - circa 1903
H2-041.2: Mr. Bertram F. Roberts - circa 1903
H2-041.3: Mr. Bertram F. Roberts - circa 1903
H2-167b: Reverse of Bertram and James William
Part of collection of two photographs of Bertram Roberts & James William Roberts (1 as young boys-a-c) ( 1 as young men-d-e) (See H2-167a-e)
Part of a collection of two photographs of Bertram Roberts & James William Roberts (1 as young boys-a-c) ( 1 as young men-d-e): (See H2-167a-e)
Photograph of Upper Marsh Farm, Haworth. Sir James Roberts' father was a farmer here.
2 photographs of Upper Marsh Farm, Haworth. Sir James Roberts' father was a farmer here.
Photograph of Bertram Roberts and James William Roberts as young men, taken at Walter Davey, Harrogate
From 1923, the successor company to Sir Titus Salt Bart. and Sons Co. Ltd. A consortium of businessmen bought the business from Sir James Roberts in 1918. The company was floated on the stock exchange and changed its name in 1923.
C2a-077.4: Photographs and Memories of Saltaire Folk
2018.16: Mr G Armstrong, Long Service Certificate
2018.6: Photograph of nurses on a Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. lorry
2021.17: Textile Voices - Mill Life This Century
C2a-077.1: George Whittaker's time at Salts Mill
2020.20: Timeline for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - Uddingston
B1-061/10: Photographs of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. mills
B1-352-11: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-355-100a-d: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-73: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-356-11: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
B1-356-12: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
B1-356-13: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
B1-356-15: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
B1-356-17: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
B1-356-18: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
B1-356-19: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
B1-356-20: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
C2a-070: Photographic Collection of Eliza Jane Bowmaker (Boyes)
C2a-075a.3: 2 photographs of the Mending Dept. in Coronation year
B1-032/3/27: Empty room with columns and benches
B1-032/3/28: Empty room with columns and tables
B1-032/3/29: Empty room with benches (1)
B1-032/3/30: Empty room with benches (2)
B1-032/3/32: Empty room with columns (1)
B1-032/3/34: Empty room with columns (2)
B1-032/3/35: Empty room with old machinery (1)
B1-032/3/36: Empty room with old machinery (2)
B1-032/3/39: Empty room with V roof and columns.
B1-032/3/40: Covered area between buildings.
B1-032/3/43: Empty room with old equipment
B1-032/3/44: Old workroom with machinery (3)
B1-032/3/45: Old workroom with machinery (4)
B1-032/3/46: Top room in spinning mill (1)
B1-032/3/49: Wide room with V shaped roof
B1-032/3/48: Top room in spinning mill (2)
C2a-075a.5: Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)
B1-194a: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool
B1-194b: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool
B1-194c: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool
B1-426a-b: Photograph of young women in Blackpool
B1-427a-c: Photograph of young women in Blackpool
C2a-108: Saltaire village - Images (People)
B1-207a-b: Workers on railway station platform
C2a-075a.4: Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)
C2a-076a.2: Photograph Memories Marjorie Ramsden
B1-032/4/1: Aerial photographs of Saltaire Mill
B1-032/5/26: Photograph of a painting of the mill (1)
B1-032/5/27: Photograph of a painting of the mill (2)
B1-032/5/29: View of mill chimney from the boardroom
B1-032/5/30: Framed early painting of Salts Mill
B1-032/5/31: Framed early painting of Salts Mill in the boardroom
B1-032/5/32: Painting of sheep shearers and sideboard in the boardroom
B1-032/5/33: Close up of the sideboard in the boardroom
B1-032/5/34: Empty room with benches (1)
B1-032/5/38: Old workroom with machinery (1)
B1-032/5/40: Empty room with columns (2)
B1-032/5/41: Empty room with V roof and columns
B1-032/5/42: Covered area between buildings
B1-032/5/44: Empty room with old equipment
B1-032/5/46: Empty room with old machinery (1)
B1-032/5/47: Empty room with old machinery (2)
B1-032/5/48: Empty room with old machinery (3)
B1-032/5/49: Wide room with v shaped roof
B1-032/5/52: Empty room with baskets (2)
B1-032/5/53: Empty room with columns and table
B1-032/5/55: Empty room with benches (2)
B1-032/5/56: Empty room with columns and benches
B1-032/5/37: Empty room with columns (1)
B1-032/5/39: Old workroom with machinery (2)
B1-290: Employees in Blackpool Pleasure Ground 1953
2022.47: 'Bradford Chamber of Commerce Centenary 1851-1951'
B1-355-48: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Harden
B1-355-51: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Harden
B1-355-52: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Harden
B1-355-53: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Harden
B1-355-54: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-55a-e: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-56: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-57: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-58: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-59: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-60: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-61: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-62: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-63: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-64: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-65: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-19: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Harden Mills, Bingley (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Harden Mills)
B1-360-160: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-161: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-162: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
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B1-360-167: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-353-41: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files
B1-355-124: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-125: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
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B1-355-136: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-357-1: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
B1-357-2: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
B1-357-3: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
B1-357-6: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
B1-357-7: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
B1-357-8: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
B1-357-9: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
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B1-360-52: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-351-34: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-353-17: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
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B1-353-34: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files
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B1-355-101: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
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B1-360-100: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
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B1-353-42: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files
B1-353-1: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
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B1-353-13: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-14: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-15: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-16: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-2: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-5: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-6: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-7: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-8: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-9: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-360-1: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-10: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-11a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-12: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-13: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-14a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-15: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-16a-d: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-17: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-18a-c: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-19a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-2: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-20: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-21: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-22: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-23: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-24: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-25: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-26: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-27: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-28: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-29: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-3a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-4: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-6: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-7: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-8a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-9a-d: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-351-33: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-355-94: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-95: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-96: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-97: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-98: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-99: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-358-15: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-16: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-19: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-20: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-21: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-22: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-23: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-24: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-25: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-26: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-27: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-28: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-29: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-53: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-54: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-55: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-56: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-57: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-59: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-60: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-61: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-62: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-64: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-66: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-67: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-68: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-360-5: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-355-27: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Quarry Site Bingley Road, Shipley
B1-355-81: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-82: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-83: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-84: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-85: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-86: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-87: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-89: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-90: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-91: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-92: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-93: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-358-14: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-17: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-18: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-26: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-27a-c: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-28: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-29: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-30a-d: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-31: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-32a-c: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-33: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-34: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-35: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-36: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-37: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-38: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-39: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-40: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-41: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-42: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-43: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-45a-c: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-46: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-47: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-48: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-49: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-50: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-52: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-351-29: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-30: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-31: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-32: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-354-10: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-11: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-12: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-13: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-15: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-16: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-17: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-18: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-19: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-20: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-7: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-8: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-9: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-355-17: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Harden Mills, Bingley (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Harden Mills)
B1-355-18: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Harden Mills, Bingley (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Harden Mills)
B1-355-43: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Saltaire Mills. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Saltaire Mills)
B1-355-44: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Saltaire Mills. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Saltaire Mills)
B1-355-45: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Saltaire Mills. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Saltaire Mills)
B1-355-46: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Saltaire Mills. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Saltaire Mills)
B1-355-47: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Saltaire Mills. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Saltaire Mills)
B1-355-6: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Cross Roads Mill Keighley
B1-355-7: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Cross Roads Mill Keighley
B1-355-77: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-78: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-79: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-358-12: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-10: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-11: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-12: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-13: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-14: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-15: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-16: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-17: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-18: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-19: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-20: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-21a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-22: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-23: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-24: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-25: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-9: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-354-4: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-351-27: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-28: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-354-1: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-2: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-3: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-5: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-358-10: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-11a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-8: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-9: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-3: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-4: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-5: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-6: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-7: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-8: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-351-15: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-16: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-17: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-18: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-19: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-20: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-21: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-22: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-23: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-24: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-25: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-26: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-355-16: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Harden Mills, Bingley (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Harden Mills)
B1-355-2: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Cross Roads Mill Keighley
B1-355-3: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Cross Roads Mill Keighley
B1-355-4: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Cross Roads Mill Keighley
B1-355-42: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Saltaire Mills. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Saltaire Mills)
B1-355-49: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Harden
B1-355-5: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Cross Roads Mill Keighley
B1-355-50: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Harden
B1-355-70: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-71: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-74: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-75: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-76a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-358-5: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-6: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-7: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-2: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-351-10: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-11: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-12: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-13: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-14: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-4: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-5: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-6: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-8: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-9: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-355-68a-b: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-69: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-358-1: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-2: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-3: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-4: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-351-1: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-3: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-355-67: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-352-10: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-6: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-7: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-8: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-2: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-3: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-4: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-5: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-9: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
B1-352-1: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1943 - 1945)
A3-101a-b: George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
A3-102: George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
B1-359-51: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-083a-b: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd publicity booklet
B1-286a-d: Presentation of long service certificate
B1-315a-e: King George VI visits Saltaire
B1-208a-b: Long service certificate for Billy Firth
B1-350: Advertisement for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd.
B1-351-2: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-35: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-351-7: Salts Mill Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Lavatory alterations (1947-1951)
B1-353-3: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-353-4: Salts Mill. Morley & Woodhouse Files: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. The Mews Hellified (1954 - 1956)
B1-354-14: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-21: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-354-6: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Extension to the Staff Canteens (1950 - 1952)
B1-355-1: Salts Mill: Morley and Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Cross Roads Mill Keighley
B1-355-10: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Damens Mill Keighley. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Damens Mill)
B1-355-11: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Damens Mill Keighley. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Damens Mill)
B1-355-12: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Damens Mill Keighley. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Damens Mill)
B1-355-13: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Damens Mill Keighley. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Damens Mill)
B1-355-14: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Damens Mill Keighley. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Damens Mill)
B1-355-41: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Saltaire Mills. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Saltaire Mills)
B1-355-66: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)
B1-355-9: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Damens Mill Keighley. (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Damens Mill)
B1-357-4: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
B1-357-5: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Revaluation of Salt'??s Mill
B1-358-13: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-30: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-31: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-32: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-358-33: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-1: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-44: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-58: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-63: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-65: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-69: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-359-70: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff canteen at Salts Mill.
B1-360-119: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-165: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-360-53: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. New staff offices at Salts Mill.
B1-085: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd advertising leaflet
B1-514a-d: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd glass ashtrays
C2b-102/6/4: Alpaca trademark on engineers shop
C2b-102/6/5: Belwarp trademark in engineers shop
B1-463a-b: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - A Wool Record Survey
2024.31.6: Spinning shed at Salt's Mill 1940s
2024.31.8: The dye house at Salt's Mill 1920s
B1-355-15: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salt (Saltaire) Ltd. Harden Mills
B1-355-40: Claim Form for Central Land Board relating to Saltaire Mills
B1-355-8: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files. Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Damems Mill Nr keighley
C3b-517: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
C3b-519g: 'Centenary Day at Saltaire Mill' (1953)
B1-286e: Long service certificate for Emily Tennant
B1-525: 2 ballpoint pens advertising Salts Saltaire
B1-526: 2 metal badges commemorating centenary of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd
B1-527: 5 coloured key rings advertising Saltaire fabric with image of alpaca
B1-528: 1 coloured tag for Saltairelene fabric
B1-532: 1 leather and metal key ring for Salts Saltaire Ltd
B1-547: 7 printers stamps with images of alpacas
B1-548: 1 metal printers stamp with image of alpaca
2025.102: National cash Register accounting machines at Salts Mill
2025.104: Albert's Office at Salts (Saltaire) Ltd
2025.105: Albert's Office at Salts (Saltaire) Ltd
2025.106: Directors' dining room at Salts Mill
2025.96: Christmas Card of Salts Mill and Saltaire
B1-355-72: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ( Milner Field Estate).
B1-355-88: Sale of Trench House, Coach Road
B1-215a: Long service ceritificate for William Firth
B1-215b: Long service certificate for Henry Firth
B1-285a-d: Long Service Certificate for Arthur Gresswell
C3a-161: Long Service Award to Ernest Waddington
B1-285e: Long Service Certificate for Arthur Greswell
C3a-185a: Saltaire village, Documents (People),
B1-113: Dinner & Dance and Christmas Dance invitations
B1-533: 2 card tags for Salts Saltaire Ltd fabric
B1-534: 1 card tag for Salts Saltaire Ltd fabric
B1-538: 1 brown and gold oval registered trade mark sign for Salts Mill
B1-607: Length of light-checked all-wool cloth
B1-609: Length of dark blue or black cloth
B1-613: Length of dogtooth-pattern cloth
B1-615: Length of dogtooth-pattern all-wool cloth
B1-616: Length of light-brown slight-check cloth
B1-619: Length of dark green all-wool cloth
B1-620: Length of dark grey, dogtooth-pattern cloth
2025.83: Long Service Certificate presented to Mrs J Garnett
2025.84: Brown ladies wool and worsted coat with red lining and 8 gold buttons
B1-094: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931
B1-380: Employee Handbook for Saltaire Mills
B1-116: Saltaire Mills and the Company Museum
B1-093a-d: Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry
2025.97: Long service certificate presented to Albert Bowtell 1985
From humble beginnings, James Roberts achieved great success in the textlie industry. He became owner of Salts Mill in the late nineteenth century and oversaw major developments of the business.
Biography on Saltaire Collection website
H2-208.100: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of Milner Field Estate and Baildon property
H2-208.102: Baker Letters - regarding: plan and offer
H2-208.103: Baker Letters - regarding: water was out of order
H2-208.106: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of Milner House and land; land south of river is still for sale
H2-208.110: Baker Letters - regarding: flagstaff at Milner Field; remaining land to be auctioned
H2-208.116: Baker Letters - regarding: cheque for bank; reminder about salary; payment for labourers
H2-208.118: Baker Letters - regarding: payment for sand; sale of Hirst Mill
H2-208.126: Baker Letters - regarding: status of Saltaire Park and offer to Bradford council
H2-208.131: Baker Letters - regarding: allotments; Mr Normington; Glynn Thomas; stables and fields; fence surrounding church
H2-208.155: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Feather's rent; cost of steps
H2-208.157: Baker Letters - regarding: query about conveyance of land sold to Normington
H2-208.159: Baker Letters - regarding: Tender for repair of Hirst Lane
H2-208.164: Baker Letters - regarding: plans sent; plans for Hirst Wood and Milner Fields Estate
H2-208.166: Baker Letters - regarding: Sending cheque for £50
H2-208.170: Baker Letters - regarding: Normington money issues
H2-208.172: Baker Letters - regarding: Normington money issues; sale of fields behind the church
H2-208.176: Baker Letters - regarding: Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co possible lease
H2-208.200: Baker Letters - regarding: changes to boundary on plans; complaint from the council
H2-208.203: Baker Letters - regarding: church land.
H2-208.204: Baker Letters - regarding: plan from Mr Dawson
H2-208.210: Baker Letters - regarding: Higher Hirst Mill; Milner Fields as a Picture Palace; Glyn Thomas sale; allotment rents; value of Hirst Farm
H2-208.252: Baker Letters - regarding: Shipley Council complete sale; allotment rents; list of cottage holders
H2-208.259: Baker Letters - regarding: cottage and allotment rents to end of year
H2-208.290: Baker Letters - regarding: payment of pensioners
H2-208.293: Baker Letters - Termination of Pension
H2-208.294: Baker Letters - Termination of Pension
H2-208.295: Baker Letters - Termination of Pension
H2-208.296: Baker Letters - Termination of Pension
H2-208.297: Baker Letters - Termination of Pension
H2-208.298: Baker Letters - Termination of Pension
H2-208.299: Baker Letters - Termination of Pension
H2-208.52: Baker Letters - regarding: enquiry about farms; Mr Drake and the trees; no action with insurers
H2-208.54: Baker Letters - regarding: purchase of the Mill by Mr Hill
H2-208.57: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of The Knoll; queries about pensioners
H2-208.61: Baker Letters - regarding: Fire at Hirst Mill
H2-208.63: Baker Letters - regarding: corroded pipes
H2-208.67: Baker Letters - regarding: agree with Mr Normington
H2-208.69: Baker Letters - regarding: request to continue work from Morecambe
H2-208.71: Baker Letters - regarding: renting out Milner House
H2-208.73: Baker Letters - regarding: plans; Mr Normington; gift to John Baker
H2-208.77: Baker Letters - regarding: purchase costs
H2-208.82: Baker Letters - regarding: Received £100 deposit from Mr Normington; Derby to fix boundary.
H2-208.91: Baker Letters - Receipt for payment to E Jackson for drain repairs
H2-208.92: Baker Letters - regarding: Arthur Hill is seeing Mr Walker from Messrs Armitage and Norton
H2-208.96: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Robinson and water for Mill; possible sale of land on Coach Road
H2-208.99: Baker Letters - regarding: Brangwyn'??s picture
H2-210.118: Home Notes Literary Supplement
H2-210.13: Pages 21-22 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.17: Pages 29-30 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.2: Page 1 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.23: Pages 41-42 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.24: Pages 43-44 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.25: Pages 45-46 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.26: Pages 47-48 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.30: Pages 55-56 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.31: Pages 57-58 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.32: Pages 59-60 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.34: Pages 63-64 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.35: Pages 65-66 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.36: Pages 67-68 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.37: Pages 69-70 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.39: Pages 73-74 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.40: Pages 75-76 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.41: Pages 77-78 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.42: Loose cuttings from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.44: Home Notes Literary Supplement
H2-210.45: Pages 85-86 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.46: Pages 87-88 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.47: Pages 89-90 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.48: Pages 91-92 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.49: Pages 93-94 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.50: Pages 95-96 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.51: Pages 97-98 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.52: Pages 99-100 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.53: Pages 101-102 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.54: Pages 103-104 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.55: Pages 105-106 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.56: Pages 107-108 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.57: Pages 109-110 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.58: Pages 111-112 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.59: Pages 113-114 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.60: Pages 115-116 from a book of James Robert's newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.61: Back cover of James Roberts newspaper cuttings book 1905-1918
H2-210.7: Pages 9-10 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.8: Pages 11-12 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.43: Back cover of James Roberts newspaper cuttings book 1905-1918
H2-211: Architectural plans for the rebuilding of Hirst Mills
H2-210.33: Pages 61-62 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.38: Pages 71-72 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.29: Pages 53-54 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.22: Pages 39-40 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.10: Pages 15-16 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.14: Pages 23-24 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.15: Pages 25-26 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.16: Pages 27-28 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.18: Pages 31-32 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.19: Pages 33-34 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.20: Pages 35-36 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.21: Pages 37-38 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.5: Pages 5-6 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.9: Pages 13-14 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.3: Page 2 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.11: Pages 17-18 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.12: Pages 19-20 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-210.6: Pages 7-8 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
H2-208.101: Baker Letters - regarding: Plan of Estate
H2-208.104: Baker Letters - regarding: Plan sent to Mr Robinson
H2-208.108: Baker Letters - regarding: Hirst Lane fields
H2-208.109: Baker Letters - regarding: reliability of Mr Robinson; sale of cricket field; sale of stable, fields and boat house
H2-208.111: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Robinson still involved; Clarence Park estate
H2-208.112: Baker Letters - Accounts July 1919
H2-208.113: Baker Letters - Accounts July 1919
H2-208.114: Baker Letters - Accounts July 1919
H2-208.115: Baker Letters - regarding: Plans for Mr Robinson; Clarence Park estate; Milner Field
H2-208.117: Baker Letters - regarding: clock at Milner Field; cost of labouring; Clarence Park and Hirst Wood House/Mill
H2-208.120: Baker Letters - regarding: field in Hirst Lane; Clarence Park for sale; bill for sand; greenhouses in park
H2-208.121: Baker Letters - Accounts August 1919
H2-208.122: Baker Letters - Accounts August 1919
H2-208.125: Baker Letters - regarding: Robert Foster and sand; Hirst House rent; Insurance money for mill; weed killer
H2-208.127: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of land to Midland Railway; articles in Yorkshire Post; sale of Hirst Mill
H2-208.129: Baker Letters - regarding: Met Midland engineer; workshop; Hirst Mill and cottages; sale of stables and fields; sale of land between river and canal
H2-208.132: Baker Letters - regarding: payment of gardners; weed killer; pension query
H2-208.133: Baker Letters - Accounts September 1919
H2-208.134: Baker Letters - regarding: pensioners replies. improvements to mill; sale of fields.
H2-208.135: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of fields; sale of boat house and land
H2-208.136: Baker Letters - Accounts October 1919
H2-208.138: Baker Letters - regarding: leak at Green Lane Lodge
H2-208.139: Baker Letters - regarding: paying a plumber. buiklding and repairs; state of Saltaire Park and its sale
H2-208.140: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of the two mills and land, and boat house and land; new mill owners purchase houses
H2-208.141: Baker Letters - regarding: grinding room; Midland Railway land; Saltaire Park in a bad state
H2-208.142: Baker Letters - Accounts November 1919
H2-208.143: Baker Letters - regarding: repairs on Albert Road; sale of fields; pipe repair
H2-208.144: Baker Letters - regarding: bill for wall repair; park gardener
H2-208.145: Baker Letters - regarding: boathouse repairs needed
H2-208.146: Baker Letters - Accounts December 1919
H2-208.147: Baker Letters - Accounts December 1919
H2-208.149: Baker Letters - regarding: Rents for allotments and cottage tenants; death of John Baker's son
H2-208.150: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of allotments; Saltaire Park to be looked after by Bradford Council
H2-208.151: Baker Letters - Accounts January 1920
H2-208.152: Baker Letters - regarding: opposition to Saltaire Park ownership; plans from Glyn Thomas
H2-208.153: Baker Letters - Accounts February 1920
H2-208.154: Baker Letters - regarding: death of pensioner; outstanding bill; Hirst Farm
H2-208.156: Baker Letters - regarding: cost of repairs; Midland Railway bridge repairs; repairs to Hirst Lane; repairs to gravestone
H2-208.160: Baker Letters - regarding: Plans are mentioned; tenders for road
H2-208.161: Baker Letters - Accounts March 1920
H2-208.169: Baker Letters - regarding: Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co; tender for Hirst Lane; repair of water pipes
H2-208.171: Baker Letters - regarding: Normingtonâ??s building; sale of field behind the church
H2-208.173: Baker Letters - regarding: plan of church, café and fields
H2-208.175: Baker Letters - regarding: wanting reply to Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co request
H2-208.179: Baker Letters - Accounts April 1920
H2-208.180: Baker Letters - regarding: request for pension
H2-208.182: Baker Letters - Accounts May 1920
H2-208.183: Baker Letters - regarding: query about Hirst Farm
H2-208.184: Baker Letters - regarding: Forwarding on a letter
H2-208.185: Baker Letters - regarding: bills for cleaning, planting grove; Normington's workshop; burst water pipes
H2-208.186: Baker Letters - Accounts June 1920
H2-208.187: Baker Letters - regarding: trees at Higher Hirst Woo
H2-208.188: Baker Letters - regarding: visited by Mr and Mrs Grindrod; rent owed from allotment holders
H2-208.189: Baker Letters - Accounts July 1920
H2-208.192: Baker Letters - Accounts August 1920
H2-208.193: Baker Letters - regarding: cottage rents; walls of Milner Field Estate
H2-208.194: Baker Letters - Accounts September 1920
H2-208.197: Baker Letters - regarding: Higher Hirst houses
H2-208.198: Baker Letters - regarding: rent rise.; repairs to houses; land around church
H2-208.199: Baker Letters - regarding: Completed plans as requested.
H2-208.205: Baker Letters - Accounts October 1920
H2-208.206: Baker Letters - regarding: Church boundary; Council workmen; Stephenson needs repairs
H2-208.207: Baker Letters - regarding: Boat House; Mr Jowett re rents
H2-208.208: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of Milner Field; power station required; possible sale of Higher Hirst Mill; allotment rents
H2-208.209: Baker Letters - regarding: payment of rent and repairs; Jowett's land holding; sale of Higher Hirst Mills
H2-208.211: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of Hirst Mills; value of land; possible sale of allotments
H2-208.212: Baker Letters - regarding: allotment rents
H2-208.213: Baker Letters - regarding: level of rents; possible sale of Stephenson's farm
H2-208.214: Baker Letters - regarding: allotment rents
H2-208.215: Baker Letters - Accounts November 1920
H2-208.216: Baker Letters - regarding: Shipley Council raising allotment rents
H2-208.217: Baker Letters - regarding: boundary of land owned by Church
H2-208.218: Baker Letters - regarding: threat to water weir; cost of houses in Bradford; sale of Higher Hirst Mill
H2-208.219: Baker Letters - regarding: rent level for Hirst cottages and allotments
H2-208.220: Baker Letters - regarding: complaints about rent rises
H2-208.221: Baker Letters - regarding: allotment rents
H2-208.222: Baker Letters - Accounts December 1920
H2-208.223: Baker Letters - regarding: pension termination; possible land purchase by Midland Railway; allotments passed to council
H2-208.224: Baker Letters - regarding: allotments passed to Shipley Council
H2-208.225: Baker Letters - Accounts January 1921
H2-208.226: Baker Letters - regarding: death of pensioner; rent arrears; Hirst Wood plans
H2-208.227: Baker Letters - Accounts February 1921
H2-208.228: Baker Letters - regarding: plans of Hirst Wood Estate
H2-208.229: Baker Letters - Accounts March 1921
H2-208.234: Baker Letters - Accounts April 1921
H2-208.235: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr. Willieâ??s grave
H2-208.236: Baker Letters - regarding: Hirst Lock tenants; Lloyds bank cheque;
H2-208.237: Baker Letters - Accounts May 1921
H2-208.241: Baker Letters - Accounts June 1921
H2-208.243: Baker Letters - regarding: rent arrears at Lower Hirst Locks
H2-208.244: Baker Letters - Accounts July 1921
H2-208.245: Baker Letters - regarding: Sent accounts
H2-208.246: Baker Letters - Accounts August 1921
H2-208.248: Baker Letters - regarding: Stephenson keeps Hirst Farm
H2-208.249: Baker Letters - Accounts September 1921
H2-208.250: Baker Letters - regarding: garden rents
H2-208.251: Baker Letters - Accounts October 1921
H2-208.253: Baker Letters - regarding: allotment rents
H2-208.254: Baker Letters - Accounts November 1921
H2-208.255: Baker Letters - regarding: list of allotment holders and rents
H2-208.258: Baker Letters - regarding: arrears on Hist Lock cottages
H2-208.260: Baker Letters - regarding: rent arrears and collection
H2-208.262: Baker Letters - subscription
H2-208.263: Baker Letters - Accounts December 1921
H2-208.264: Baker Letters - Accounts December 1921
H2-208.265: Baker Letters - Accounts December 1921
H2-208.266: Baker Letters - regarding: 5 small notes
H2-208.268: Baker Letters - regarding: allotment rent mistake; purchasing by council
H2-208.269: Baker Letters - regarding: difficulty paying pensioners; death of pensioner; rent arrears
H2-208.270: Baker Letters - Accounts January 1922
H2-208.271: Baker Letters - regarding: rent arrears
H2-208.272: Baker Letters - regarding: rent arrears
H2-208.273: Baker Letters - Accounts February 1922
H2-208.274: Baker Letters - Accounts March 1922
H2-208.275: Baker Letters - regarding: pension payments; rent arrears
H2-208.276: Baker Letters - Accounts April 1922
H2-208.277: Baker Letters - regarding: rent arrears; pleasure grounds and allotments; condition of Roberts Park; Willieâ??s grave.
H2-208.278: Baker Letters - regarding: Willieâ??s Grave; rent arrears
H2-208.279: Baker Letters - regarding: Willieâ??s Grave; rent arrears; provision of water
H2-208.280: Baker Letters - Accounts May 1922
H2-208.281: Baker Letters - Invoice for £2 10s for grave bedding plants
H2-208.282: Baker Letters - regarding: Willieâ??s grave, Roberts Park and rentsShipley Council OK with this. Written to Mr Baguley and no response.
H2-208.283: Baker Letters - Accounts June 1922
H2-208.284: Baker Letters - regarding: money owing
H2-208.285: Baker Letters - Accounts July 1922
H2-208.286: Baker Letters - regarding: Sent accounts
H2-208.287: Baker Letters - Accounts August 1922
H2-208.288: Baker Letters - regarding: Willieâ??s grave and Pleasure Grounds
H2-208.289: Baker Letters - Accounts September 1922
H2-208.291: Baker Letters - regarding: payment of pensioners
H2-208.292: Baker Letters - regarding: end of service
H2-208.46: Baker Letters - regarding: work and repairs
H2-208.47: Baker Letters - regarding: fire at Hirst Mill
H2-208.49: Baker Letters - Accounts January 1919
H2-208.50: Baker Letters - regarding: insurnace claim for Hirst Mill
H2-208.51: Baker Letters - regarding: potential sale of land
H2-208.55: Baker Letters - regarding: potential sale of land
H2-208.59: Baker Letters - Accounts February 1919
H2-208.60: Baker Letters - Accounts March 1919
H2-208.62: Baker Letters - regarding: repairs to Hirst Mill and John Baker's move to Morecambe
H2-208.64: Baker Letters - regarding: water mains and land sale
H2-208.65: Baker Letters - regarding: Hirst Mill fire and insurance
H2-208.66: Baker Letters - regarding: Insurance; purchase of estate, visit by Sir James
H2-208.70: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Normington; rebuilding of Mill
H2-208.72: Baker Letters - regarding: John Baker will work from Morecambe
H2-208.74: Baker Letters - regarding: Offer of land between school and railway
H2-208.75: Baker Letters - Accounts April 1919
H2-208.78: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Normington wanted land
H2-208.79: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Normington offer for land purcahse
H2-208.81: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Normington paper work; Security and mortgage for a shop.
H2-208.84: Baker Letters - regarding: boundary posts and land sales
H2-208.86: Baker Letters - regarding: questions over boundary and sale of land
H2-208.87: Baker Letters - regarding: John Baker's travel from Morecambe and boundary issues
H2-208.88: Baker Letters - regarding: nothing from Derby; Problem with Park Tennis Club
H2-208.89: Baker Letters - regarding: John Baker's move to Morecambe; boundary issues
H2-208.90: Baker Letters - Accounts May 1919
H2-208.93: Baker Letters - regarding: purchase of fields; boundary dispute settled; Milner Field and Hirst House
H2-208.94: Baker Letters - regarding: Offered Glen Thomas Milner House
H2-208.95: Baker Letters - regarding: sale of Milner House and fields
H2-208.97: Baker Letters - Accounts June 1919
H2-208.98: Baker Letters - regarding: Mr Robinson and farms
H2-060a: Sir James Roberts studio photograph
Harrogate is a large spa town in North Yorkshire. Harrogate was the location of a home of Catherine Salt and also of the 'Roberts' Memorial Home for Invalid and Cripple Children' gifted by Sir James Roberts to the Barnardo's organisation.
F1a-124a-c: Sir Norman Rae with his grandchildren
F1a-126: Order of Service for the funeral of Sir Norman Rae
F1a-130: Norman Rae's house at Rossett Green
2018.9.2.1.2: Memorandum to accompany Catherine Salt's will
2018.9.2.1.3: Accounts at death of Catherine Salt
Baildon is a town near to Saltaire in West Yorkshire. Baildon adjoins Saltaire and Shipley to the north, about 3 miles from Bradford. The Salt and Roberts families owned land and properties in Baildon.
C2a-050.7: Saltaire village - Images (People).
C3b-307a: Shipley, Saltaire, Baildon 2006 area map
C3b-308b: Shipley, Saltaire, Baildon 2008 area map
E1a-006a: Education, Schools (Documents)
E1a-009: Shipley School Board attendance record for Baildon pupils 30th April 1896
F1b-085a-b: Armitage family photograph albums
C2a-056a-b: Saltaire village - Images (People).
B1-356-14: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
F1b-063: The premises of 'O.Wilkinson & Co. Baildon
B1-356-16: Salts Mill: Morley & Woodhouse Files Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Coach Road, Baildon)
H2-121: Map of Midgley Farm, Coach Road, Baildon
C4a-015.34: Baildon's response to the Great War, and The finger points at you! Persuading men to enlist
C2b-386.4: Saltaire & Shipley - an introduction to Shipley & Saltaire
2019.46.12: Views of Shipley College Exhibition Road building with scaffolding
Views of Shipley College Exhibition Road building with scaffolding
2 coloured photographs (13cmx9cm). The top photograph shows a view over the roof and top windows of Shipley College with the Shipley College sign on the side of the building near a roof. The bottom photograph shows Shipley College with scaffolding on chimneys and a white caravan parked in the car park.
Views of Shipley College Exhibition Road building with scaffolding: front of the sheet with photographs attached
Pages 15-16 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
June 1 1906 Sir Titus Salt Charity Report (2). June 1 1906 High School extension scheme. June 1 1906 Mr Roberts on the Hospital Question
Salt High School building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Pages 17-18 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Aug 28 1906 Counterfeit coins. Aug 28-30 1906 Thomas Hadfield's death (accountant and leading Methodist). Aug 31 1906 Shipley Urban District Council regarding building the new Baths and Fire Station
A small printed paper booklet, 16 pages. It is contained in the back of a book of newspaper cuttings compiled for James Roberts.
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Page 1 (front cover)
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Pages 2-3
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Pages 4-5
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Pages 6-7
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Pages 8-9
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Pages 10-11
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Pages 12-13
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Pages 14-15
Home Notes Literary Supplement: Page 16 (back cover)
Pages 19-20 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Sept 6 1906 Garden Party at Milner Field. Sept 7 1906 Mr and Mrs Roberts at a Bradford Dinner. Sept 7 1906 Garden Party at Milner Field (1). Sept 7 1906 Milner Field (2). Sept 7 1906 Two hundred old folk at Milner Field (1). Sept 7 1906 Loose cutting on Councillors Midgley and Moody (1). re.The building of the Shipley Baths
Pages 21-22 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Sept 7 1906 Two hundred old folk at Milner Field (2). Sept 14 1906 Rosse Street Baptist Garden Party at The Knoll. Sept 21 1906 James Roberts claim to vote in Bradford election (1)
Pages 23-24 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Sept 21 1906 Bradford vote continued (2). Sept 26-28 1906 adverts. Sept 25-27 1906 adverts. Sept 26 1906 James Roberts claim to vote in Bradford election. Nov 2 1906 Floral Exhibition at Windhill. Nov 2 1906 Shipley Lady's Charitable Bequest
Pages 25-26 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Oct 5 1906 Fiftieth Anniversery of Salts Mill. Oct 10-12 1906 adverts. Oct 13 1906 adverts. Oct 31 - Nov 1 1906 adverts. Oct 19 1906 Rosse Street Brotherhood inaugural meeting. Oct 19 1906 Shipley School of Art exhibition and address by Mr Rothenstein.
Pages 27-28 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Nov 9 1906 Councillor Roberts at the Shipley Ambulance Centre. Nov 9 1906 Theft from Salts Mill (1). Nov 9 1906 Theft from Salts Mill (2). Nov 22-24 1906 adverts. Dec 5-6 1906 adverts. Dec 7-10 1906 adverts. Dec 17-22 1906 adverts. Dec 20 1906 Machinery depreciation (1).
Pages 29-30 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Dec 20 1906 Machinery depreciation continued (2). Jan 4 1907 Councillor Roberts sails for South Africa. Jan 23 1907 Joke on Salts 'Bar(h)t' sons. Jan 23-26 1907 advert for mill extenstion contracts. Jan 23-26 1907 advert for mill extenstion contracts. Feb 14 1907 'Accidents Act 1906'. Feb 25-27 1907 adverts. Mar 14-16 1907 adverts. Mar 21-23 1907 adverts.
Pages 31-32 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Feb 23 1907 West Riding County Council nominations. April 16 1907 James Roberts in South Africa (1). April 16 1907 South Africa continued from April 16th (2). May 10-11 1907 adverts. June 28 1907 Roberts donation to Bradford Infirmary. Aug 7-10 1907 adverts.
Pages 33-34 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Aug 16 1907 Accident at Salts Mill. Sept 12 -07 Bradford's Incorporation of Shipley debate. Sept 12-18 -07 adverts. Sept 13 1907 Roberts at Shipley Golf Club. Nov 7-9 1907 adverts. Dec 13 1907 Theft from Saltaire Mills. Jan 2-4 -1908 adverts. April 3-6 -08 adverts. March 21-24 1908 adverts. Oct 21 1908 Fatal accident at Saltaire Mill.
Page 1 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Pages 35-36 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Oct 21 1908 The affairs of a Yarn Merchant (B.H. Gosling). Nov 18 1908 Roberts on W.H. Mitchell and Tariff Reform (1). Nov 19 1908 Letter on Mr James Roberts and Free Trade.
Pages 37-38 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Nov 20 1908 Mr Roberts on Free Trade. Nov 26 1908 Hill Roberts and Whitehead takeover Bradford newspapers. Nov 24-26 1908 adverts. Dec 29 1908 American Tariffs. Dec 29 1908 Roberts on Ethics of Proctection (1)
Pages 39-40 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Feb 25-27 1909 adverts. May 17 1909 Roberts' letter on The Fiscal Question - tariff reform. May 22 1909 Yorkshire Liberal Federation Conference.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Pages 41-42 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
June 30 to Nov 29 1909 adverts. Nov 9 1909 - Roberts' Baronetcy. Feb 14-16 1910 adverts. Feb 25-26 -10 adverts. Aug 6 -10 Sir James Roberts and Strathallan Castle. 1910 New Motor Licences.
Pages 43-44 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Aug 12-15 1910 Typed notice for sale of a greenhouse by Salts Mill. Sept 1-3 - 1910 Typed notice for sale of a greenhouse by Salts Mill. Oct 1-4 1910 adverts. Oct 1910 adverts. Nov 12-15 1910 adverts. Dec 5-10 1910 adverts. Dec 19-24 -10 adverts. Dec 31 -10 advert. April 24-26 1910 advert. June 23 1911 James Roberts' letter on the Woolcombers Strike.
Pages 45-46 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
June 26 1911 Letter from Sir James on the Woolcombers' Strike. Sept 23 1911 Sir James looses his Shipley vote. Sept 29 1911 Sir James looses his Shipley vote. Due to him no longer occupying the stable block. in Victoria road. Sep 29 1911 Sir James Roberts resigns from Shipley District Council.
Pages 47-48 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Sept 29 1911 'An angry baronet'. Report on letter from Sir James Roberts to Shipley Council.Oct 17-19 1911 advert. Oct 21 1911 Sir James and the National Insurance Bill. Oct 28 1911 Fish Poisoning in the Aire and Wharfe. Nov 2 1910 advert. Nov 1 1911 The Bishop of Ripon and Salts Mill (1)
H2-210.27: Pages 49-50 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Pages 49-50 from a book of James Roberts' newspaper cuttings 1905-1918
Nov 29 1911 Shipley and its water supply. Nov 30 -11 Bradford and Shipley and its water supply. Dec 11 1911 advert for Hirst Mill. Death of Bertram Foster Roberts. Jan 12 1912 Wool Trade under Protection