Collection donated by Denys Salt who was the great-great grandson of Sir Titus Salt. The collection is different to the Isabel Salt collection as it a family archive of items passed to Denys. It includes orginal documents and plates from the family dinner services used during the Royal visits.
2018.3.17: The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition, Saltaire 1887, Programme of the Proceedings on the opening of the Exhibition Programme by the Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice in the Queens Name and by her Majesties command.
2018.3.20: Birth Certificate of Titus Salt Jr.
2018.3.21: Marriage Certificate of Titus Salt Jr. & Catherine Crossley
2018.3.22: Death Certificate of Titus Salt Junior
2018.3.23: Certificate of Registry of Death
2018.3.28: Probate papers for the estate of Grace Salt
2018.3.29: Probate of the Will of Grace Salt
2018.3.30: Annual Conversazione and Ball at Saltaire
2018.3.16.2: Inside a building of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee exhibition 1887
Inside a building of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee exhibition 1887
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Coat of arms
Portrait photograph of inside one of the exhibition buildings, the room is open to the ceiling with windows reminiscent of the top floor of Salts Mill. The exhibit includes a clock and ceramics. This was part of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in 1887, which was opened by Princess Beatrice.
Technical and Art School: Prospectus for 1927-1928
Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition: Welcome arch on Victoria Road
Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition site, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Early plan of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition main grounds
Cheque book with a plain cover numbered 4684/4713 containing unused cheques for The Bradford Bank Company Limited Bradford. There are also 5 loose blank cheques, which all appear to have been taken from this book. The cheques are headed Milner Field with the Salts crest to the left of the check. The book is in the name of Titus Salt Junior. As Titus Salt Junior died in 1887 and this book has never been used by him, its likely that it was issued to him in the 1880's just before he died.
Milner Field, Bingley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Probate papers for the estate of Grace Salt
Probate papers for the estate of Grace Salt. Grace Salt was married to Daniel Salt and was Sir Titus Salts Mother.
Copy of the Probate of the Grace Salt's Will. Grace Salt was married to Daniel Salt and was Sir Titus Salts Mum.
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
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
6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Plan of Saltaire
1 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
Major textile industrialist, businessman and philanthropist in nineteenth century Bradford. Commisioned the building of Salts Mill and Saltaire.
Sir Titus Salt's Hospital: C2b-190: Sir Titus Salt's Hospital with two storeys (late nineteenth century)
2021.12: Salt & Silver - A Story of Hope
C3b-533: Toasting Sir Titus with Victorian Ale
2022.2: Saltaire And Its Founder by Abraham Holroyd
E2b-085: Education - Shipley College : Images
2019.36: Sir Titus Salt. Baronet: His Life and its Lessons.
2019.31.1: Saltaire: The origins of a model industrial community
A1-011a: Sir Titus Salt's subscription for seats on opening of Royal Albert Hall
A1-080: The Late Sir Titus Salt Bart, Founder of Saltaire
A1-124: Summary of the Will of Sir Titus Salt & codicils
A2-082: Salt family Residences - Crow Nest
2022.14: Bradford Fifty Years Ago 1847-1897
A1-007: Letter from the Church to Titus Salt
2018.9.7.3: Education: Intellectual, Moral and Physical
2022.18: Share certificate of the Bradford Cemetery Company
C2b-102/7/1: Portrait of Titus Salt (136)
C2b-102/7/10: Portrait of Titus Salt with quote
C2b-102/7/2: Portrait of Titus Salt (138)
C2b-102/7/5: Portrait of Titus Salt (43)
C2b-102/7/6: Portrait of Titus Salt (38)
C2b-102/7/8: Portrait of Titus Salt (110)
C2b-102/7/9: Portrait of Titus Salt (109)
H2-125a-c: Milner Field mortgage document
C3b-343a: Saltaire village, Documents (Places)
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
2022.65: Will & Codicils of the late Sir Titus Salt Bart
2022.39: Saltaire and its Founder, Sir Titus Salt Bart. by Abraham Holroyd
2022.42: 'Saltaire - the origins of a model industrial community'
2022.30: The Great Paternalist - Titus Salt, The Growth of Ninteenth-Century Bradford by Jack Reynolds
2022.40: 'Sir Titus Salt - George Moore' by James Burnley
H2-123a: Map of Milner Field and Stubbing House estates
2021.8: Salt & Saltaire by W.E. Alderson
2022.35: Textile History 1968-70 - volume 1. Edited by K.G. Ponting
2021.11.1: Salts Mill- The Owners and Managers 1853-1986
C3b-272a-b: The Land Acquisitions of Titus Salt in Shipley & Baildon
2021.6: Salt & Saltaire by Dr. Gary Firth
2018.42.2: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1870
2018.42.3: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1870
A4-003: Mortgage loan by Titus and Edward Salt
C2b-102/7/15: Sir Titus Salt statue outside Bradford Town Hall in late nineteenth century
2017.2: Sir Titus Salt and sons: A farming legacy
A1-041: Research resources about Sir Titus Salt
C2b-102/11/12: Titus Salt's statue in Saltaire Park
C2b-102/12/18: Lifeboat station Stromness. Sir Titus Salt donated money for the provision of a lifeboat at Stromness in the Orkney islands.
C3a-009: Inscription plaque for 'Saltaire' lifeboat
E2-075: Subscription for a memorial for Sir Titus Salt for the Science & Art School
2022.76: Bradford Charity and the Public Purse: A history of Bradford hospitals from 1780
2021.15: Balgarnie's Salt - with commentary and additions by Barlow & Shaw
2022.81: Sir Titus Salt Bart 1874 coin token
C2b-102/15/19: Titus Salt plaque Crofton
C2b-102/7/14: Salts head on Wool Exchange
C2b-102/7/16: Salt statue in Lister Park (41)
C2b-102/7/17: Salt statue in Lister Park (42)
C2b-102/7/20: Titus Salt's childhood drawing
2021.11.2: Salts Mill- The Owners and Managers 1853-1986
A1-085: Sir Titus Salt and the Orphans of Hull
2024.15: Titus Salt - and how he built Saltaire by Emily Parkin
2024.32: Sir Titus Salt: The founder of Saltaire and its Mills
A1-117: 'The Lifeboat 'Saltaire' in Stornoway
C5-010: Saltaire village, Documents (Places), - Miscellaneous Adverts etc.
C3b-022: Sir Titus Salt and George Moore
F1a-191: 'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia
2022.93: Bradford Antiquary Third Series No.1 1985
2022.99: Bradford Antiquary Third Series No.9 2005
2024.38: British Wool Textile Industry 1770-1914
2024.39: Salt and Silver - a story of hope
2024.40: Salt and Silver: a story of hope
2024.45: Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old Bradford
2024.47: Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution in Britain
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
2024.64: Sir Titus Salt and George Moore
2024.70: Illustrated history from Hipperholme to Tong by James Parker, Great Horton
2024.74: The Story of Saltaire written, produced and directed by David Weber
2024.75: From Mill to Microchip, Bradford in the Making by Bradford Heritage Recording Unit
2024.77: The History of Brighouse, Rastrick and Hipperholme by J Horsfall Turner
C4a-015.1: Saltaire History Club poster September 2006
2024.134: Frontal view of Crow Nest house
2025.12: British entrepreneurship in Poland
2018.71: Sir Titus Salt 1876: Centenary events in the village of Saltaire, November 1976
2018.74: Saltaire: History & Regeneration
2018.77.1: Saltaire: History & Regeneration
D1-071.2: Article discussing the relocation of the TItus Salt status to Saltaire
2024.152: The Great Paternalist: Titus Salt and the growth of nineteenth-century Bradford
A1-193: Plaque recording presentation of model of 'Saltaire' liefeboat
C2b-386.5: 'Saltaire history - building a village'
C4a-015.21: Sir Titus Salt and the orphans of Hull, and The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition of 1887
Salt, Titus, Sir: Portrait photograph of Titus Salt in later life
Teapot, taken to Dayton as a wedding gift for Percival and Eva (nee Hanson) Johnson. Percy was involved in the financial management of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company set up by the directors of Sir Titus Salt (Bart), Sons and Co Ltd. Eva was the youngest daughter of William Hanson, the head of the engineering department at Salts Mill. The Saltaire historians Dave Shaw and David King visitied Dayton to research its history and were given the teapot to to give to Eva's great-nephew Donald Hanson, who had been the chair of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a working textiles business. Donald donated the teapot to the collection, as he considered it 'a known 19th century artefact that binds the communities of Saltaire & Dayton'.
Dayton Coal and Iron Company Limited - Blast furnace
Dayton, Tennessee, United States of America
No copyright restrictions. Please acknowledge the work's author (if known) and the item's source
To view the full story please contact the Saltaire Collection
In the 1860s, William Hanson moved to Saltaire to work as a fitter at Salts Mill. Sir Titus Salt valued William's engineering skills highly and eventually promoted him to head of the Engineering department for the Mill. William Hanson’s youngest daughter Eva became a school teacher in Saltaire. She was engaged to Percy Johnson, a senior book-keeper at Salts Mill. Around 1884 Percy travelled to Dayton, Tennessee with Titus Salt Junior and Charles Stead to oversee the finances of the Dayton Coal and Iron company that they had founded in 1883. Eva travelled to Dayton to marry Percy Johnson in 1885 and among the wedding gifts that went with her was a teapot. Percy and Eva remained in the United States and eventually settled in Canada. Back in Britain, Eva's grand-nephew Donald Hanson rose through the ranks of the textiles giant Illingworth, Morris that purchased the Salt business in 1958. Donald eventually became chair and joint chief executive for Illingworth, Morris in 1981. In May 2012 Saltaire Historians Dave Shaw and David King were invited to visit Dayton, and Donald requested that they enquire about his great aunt and uncle to find out more about their time in Dayton. Donald had many fond memories of Aunt Eva’s visits back to Yorkshire with gifts of American toys that could not be found here. In Dayton, Shaw and King contacted Pat Guffey, County Historian for Rhea County, and he had an immediate answer ‘Percival knew my great grandparents and presented them with a teapot brought from England, when he finally left Dayton’ – asking ‘would you like to have it, to give to Mr. Hanson’. The teapot was brought back to Saltaire where it was presented to Donald, who then donated it to the Saltaire Collection. The Saltaire Collection is very grateful to Dave Shaw and David King, for this wonderful item and its story.
A booklet on the history of the Derwent Valley Textile Mills. Produced from original in: Industrial Archaeology Review Vol. XVI, Number 1, Autumn 1993
The Auction house described the salver as a ' George III Silver presentation Salver by David Bell [small DB silver mark], London [sheild silver mark] 1761 [F silver mark] of circular form with a gadrooned and shell border, raised on three scroll feet, later presentation inscription and floral engraved field diameter 30 cm, weight 27oz.
Silver salver for Samuel Wilson: Detail view
Silver salver for Samuel Wilson: Full view
Hand-drawn copy of a plan of Saltaire village and mill, based on late 19th century drawing. Undated.
2018.13: Aerial photograph of Saltaire village
Research copy of an Aerial photograph of Saltaire village. The photograph is taken from the the junction in Shipley, where the tram depot (now the Hop) was located and looking towards the Mill in the distance.
2018.16: Mr G Armstrong, Long Service Certificate
Mr G Armstrong, Long Service Certificate
'Coronation Year The Yorkshire Observer Roll of Honour' Long Service Certificate awarded to Mr G Armstrong, for employment at Salts (Saltaire) Ltd, from 1907 to Coronation Day, 1953.
Plate with transfer print of Saltaire United Reformed Church (previously Saltaire Congregational Church) in centre.
United Reformed Church building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
2 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
3 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
4 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
5 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
6 of 6 China plates from a Minton China Service which was made for the Opening of Salts Mill in 1853.
2018.4: 1993 Salts Clothing Co. pin badge
An enamelled pin badge, produced by Fattorini of Bradford. The badge has the a white alpaca on a black background standing above the words 'Established 1993' with a scroll underneath stating 'Salts Clothing Co'. This badge was made after Salts Mill had shut and the business had moved elsewhere. Drummonds owned the Trademarks and order books in 1985.
Photograph of Titus Salt Junior looking to the left. He was the fourth son of Sir Titus Salt who took over the running of the Salts Mill after his father died. He is the husband of Catherine (nee Crossley, in a decorated frame.
Coloured print of Saltaire with the Mill in the forground and the village behind. Mills by Warren & Lizars.
2018.41.3: A 19th Century view of Saltaire Mills
Bradford Industrial Museum Print volunteers
Framed black and White print of Salts Mill and the village of Saltaire. Taken from a wood engraving and pinted on traditional letterpress machinery [in the Print room, by volunteers] at Bradford Industrial Museum. Framed in a plain frame with a cream mount.
2018.41.3.1: A 19th Century view of Saltaire Mills
2018.41.4: Saltaire Mills from the North West
Framed brown and green toned print of 'Saltaire Mills from the North West. The image shows very few houses but the Mill is complete along with the church and Victoria Hall. Victoria Hall was completed in 1869 so this image must be from the 1870's before the building of the village was complete.
Black and white photograph of Salts Mill in 1890 viewed from Green Lane before houses were built. A few houses in the village are visibie, and the Congregatational Church is on the right. Skyline has many trees. Geese are visible in the foreground.
2018.45.1: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, student book, Spinning
Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, student book, Spinning
The book is a student work book, which has been beautifully written in Copper plate writing. It has been used to record the lesson on Spinning, detailing the process with images, that the student learnt at Shipley Technical School, which later became Shipley College. Many students at the college went to work in the Mill and then attended classes in the evening.
Exhibition Building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
2018.49: The History of the Mill Hill School Foundation 1807-2007
The History of the Mill Hill School Foundation 1807-2007
The History of the Mill Hill School Foundation 1807-2007 by Roderick Braithwaite. Titus Salt Junior attended this school for two years up to 1855. His brothers William Henry, George, Edward and Herbert also attended. The School was an independent school in London set up to provide education to the dissenting (non-Church of England) familes and so was suitable for the Congregtationalist Salt family. This book is a history of the school written by the school's archivist.
2018.6: Photograph of nurses on a Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. lorry
Photograph of nurses on a Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. lorry
Photograph of nurses riding on the back of a Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. lorry, with a lady in a hat in the cab and a man standing by the lorry holding a child.
Plain white mug, with the Salts Alpaca logo on both sides. Possibly an advertising or representative's give-away mug.
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.
Roberts Park, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Roberts Park, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom: Promenade with bandstand
Silver Trowel presented to Mrs Catherine Salt (wife of Titus Salt junior) after the laying a ceremonial stone for the extension of Sir Titus Salts Hospital in 1925.
Sir Titus Salt's Hospital building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Silver Trowel: Detail of the foundations stone
Silver Trowel: Photograph of the foundation stone for the Saltaire Hospital extension
1887 Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition Souvenir cup decorated with a view of Salts Mill.
1887 Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition Souvenir hinged wooden box, decorated with an image of Salts Mill on the lid.
Souvenir wooden box: view of lid and inside of box
1887 Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition Souvenir letter opener with image of Salts High School
Salt High School building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Souvenir letter opener: salt school detail
Saltaire: The origins of a model industrial community
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Timeline Herbert Hey (1881-1942) Salts Mill Director (1929-1942)
Timeline for Moss Samuel Myers (1864-1944) Salts Mill Director (1923-1944)
2019.35: Arthur Reminton Hollins (1878-1929
Timeline for Arthur Reminton Hollins Salts Mill Director (1925-1929)
Sir Titus Salt. Baronet: His Life and its Lessons.
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Biography of Sir Titus Salt written by his friend and associate Reverend Robert Balgarnie who was Minister of South Cliff Church, Scarborough. The book has 20 chapters and includes 4 illustrations, including one of Crow's Nest Lightcliffe and of the Manor House in Morley where Sir Titus was born.
'Guiding Principles for the Redevelopment of the Former Royal Cafe (Mill Building)
Dining Hall building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Small product tag. The label states Registered trademarks. Brown with certification.
Small green product tag with a green alpaca tag. The label states Registered trademarks.
Burling Iron used in the Burling and Mending Department to remove knots or lumps in woven cloth
A burling iron used in the Burling and Mending Department to remove knots or lumps in woven cloth
Small cream keyring with the words Saltaire fabric on it. Possibly given out by the Sales or Marketing Representatives at trade shows or to clients.
Small product tag. The label states Registered trademark, Super Pelecia Pepper Lee; green, black and red certification.
Small red keyring with the words Saltaire fabric on it. Possibly given out by the Sales or Marketing Representatives at trade shows or to clients.
Small product tag. The label states Registered trademarks. Black with certification.
Newspaper cuttings containing advertisements for Salts Mill Plush Coats sold in the United States. See also 2020.4 for an example of such a coat
Saltaire Overlookers Part 1-Part 5 1853-1959
Biography of Edwin Ellis a Salts Mill manager
2019.45.19: Timeline for George William Slatter 1852-1935
Timeline for George William Slatter 1852-1935
Timeline for George William Slatter - Salts School Science Master and Salts mill Chemist
2019.59: Textile Voices: a century of mill life
Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage
A book by Tim Smith and Olive Howarth of Bradford Heritage Recording Unit. Contains reminiscences of textiles workers about working in mills around Bradford, as recorded by the Unit. Illustrated with photographs of mills, workers and the streets of Bradford and nearby towns
Textile Voices: a century of mill life: Front cover
2019.6.3: Wooden wall / table cloth measure
Shuttle used in the textile manufacture.
Fire hose nozzle, marked Titus Salt Esqr.
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.
Autobiography of the life of Fred Greswell. He owned Bradford Property Trust which bought the village of Saltaire from Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. in 1933. Fred Gresswell 1890-1985 startred work in the grocery trade, then moved into Insurance and then property management
2020.2.10: The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook
F. King and Sons Ltd. Technical School Outfitters
This copy of 'The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook'. shows calculations, rules and tables useful for a worsted overlooker. It has details about Warping, Spinning, Yarns and Weft. Handwritten inscription inside front cover: 'William Gale, Burnside MIll (Swan Hotel), Addingham. Nov. 8th 1905'. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
This copy of the 'Handy Reckoner' Contains 'Tables of Interest, Income and wages calculations. Percentage tables for profits and discount. Tables of Interest, comparative weights of materials. Tables to calculate wages based on hours worked. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
2020.2.13: Notebook used for technical details
Small paper notebook. Used to make notes regarding textile technical details. Probably copied from a published technical book. Aslo probably used as an aide-memoir diary for some of his work. References to: twists, pulley, cylinders, Knob Yarn, Loop Yarn, Spiral Yarn, Flake Yarn. Changing wheel dimensions etc.
2020.2.16: School exercise book for Textile department for 1912-1913 session
School exercise book for Textile department for 1912-1913 session
Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1912-1913' 'Subject: 3rd Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Textile Fabrics, Mineral Fibres, Sketches of rollers, physical properties of wool and other materials, Sketches of machines to clean and wash wool. How different countries climates etc. produce different wools. The quality and use of wools. Sketch maps of the different sheep in different countries, and the different yarns from sheep. Trade terms and names, wool values. 'Gret details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production.'
2020.2.17: School exercise book for Textile department for 1913-1914 session
School exercise book for Textile department for 1913-1914 session
Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1913-1914' 'Subject: 4th Year Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Woollen and Worsted Threads, Carding, Diagrams of spindles and cards in machines, Worsted carding engine details, How to prepare machines to put wool in, How to wash and clean machines, Types of combs to use in machines, Sketch drawings of different textile equipment. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
2020.2.18: School exercise book for Textile department 1914-15 session
School exercise book for Textile department 1914-15 session
Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 'Session 1914-1915' 'Subject: Woollen and Worsted Spinning' handwritten in ink. This exercise book was used by Harold Kendall while a student at the Technical School, now Shipley College. The book includes notes from his 'Woollen, Worsted and Spinning' classes. The exercise book icludes notes on: Drawing, afirst operation after Combing, Extensive notes and drawings of textile machines and parts, Details of production of fine mohair, alpaca and camel hair, and cashmire yarns. 'Great details for anyone studying the history of wool textile production'.
2020.20: Timeline for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - Uddingston
Timeline for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - Uddingston
Timeline for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - Uddingston, Scotland factory
Uddingston, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom: Uddingston factory
The book is in Polish and relates the story of the model town of Marki in Poland. Edward Briggs of Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, built his spinning mill and accommodation in the town in the mid-1880s. It is said that the principle of his model village was taken from the model village of Saltaire in Shipley in the West Riding of Yorkshire. There is one short section in English, which appears to be the script of a play about the Briggs family and the founding of the mill.
Seal Plush Coat acquired from California. Produced by the 'Sir Titus Salt & Co, Saltaire's 'Seal Plush' process. The label inside reads: 'This garment is made of Sir Titus Salt's celebrated Seal Plush, and is specially recommended to the wearer by Sir Titus Salt's Co, Saltaire, Eng'. See also 2018.43 for newspaper advertisements for Seal Plush coats.
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
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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
2020.7: The Dayton Coal & Iron Company Limited (Rhea Co; Tenn; U.S.A.) Certificate of Shares
The Dayton Coal & Iron Company Limited (Rhea Co; Tenn; U.S.A.) Certificate of Shares
Charles Stead's original share certificate in the Dayton Coal & Iron Company Ltd purchased in 1884. The certificate is sealed with a large red seal decorated with a castle. The certificate includes Salts Alpaca logo within the decoration on the left-hand side. Charles Stead was the Senior Manager for Salts and he accompanied Titus Salt Junior on a trip to Dayton on behalf of Sir Titus. After Sir Titus' death Charles Stead worked with Titus Salt Junior on the development of Dayton.
2020.9.1: A Report on the Condition of the Roof Structure to the Mill Building, Victoria road
A Report on the Condition of the Roof Structure to the Mill Building, Victoria road
A Report on the Condition of the Roof Structure to the Mill Building, Victoria Road,Saltaire for Shipley College. Includes original photographs pasted into the booklet. Produced by Robinson Consulting Engineers
2020.9.2.1: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Proposals
Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Proposals
J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.2: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
10 copies of plan DRG.No. 97517-4 - A plan of the cross-sections of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.2.1: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
Laminated copy of plan DRG.No. 7517-4 - A plan of the cross-sections of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.3: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
A copy of plan DRG.No. 97517-5 - A plan of the ground floor of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.4: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
A copy of plan DRG.No. 97517-6 - A plan of the First floor and the Mezzanine level of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.5: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
A copy of plan DRG.No. 97517-7 - A plan of the Ground floor of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.6: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
A copy of plan DRG.No. 97517-8 - A plan of the First floor of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.7: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
A copy of plan DRG.No. 97517-9 - A plan of the Existing plan and the Proposed plan of the Lower Ground Floor of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.8: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
A copy of plan DRG.No. 97517-10 - A plan of Rooms SB01 and SB02 of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
2020.9.2.9: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Plans
A copy of plan DRG.No. 97517-11 - A view of the Art and Design area of the building from: Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
Salts Mill- The Owners and Managers 1853-1986
Salts Mill- The Owners and Managers 1853-1986 by Maggie Smith and Colin Coates. With a black and white photograph of Sir Titus Salt on the front cover.
Salts Mill- The Owners and Managers 1853-1986: Front cover
Salt & Silver - A Story of Hope by Jim Greenhalf. Containing the story of Titus Salt and Jonathan Silver and their relationship tSaltaire Mill
2021.17: Textile Voices - Mill Life This Century
Textile Voices - Mill Life This Century - edited by Olive Howarth. Containing photographs and memories of textile workers
2021.18: Reminiscences of a Bradford Mill Girl
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council Library Division
Reminiscences of a Bradford Mill Girl by Maggie Newbery. The story of an East Riding girl who comes to work in a Bradford Mill
Saltaire: A Picture Story Book by Brian Palmer - Poems and paintings of Saltaire by Brian Palmer
Saltaire Tales by Eddie Lawler - Poems by Eddie Lawler with watercoloured pictures by Deborah M. Lawson
2021.3: Direktoratet for patent - og Varemoerkevoesenet
Direktoratet for patent - og Varemoerkevoesenet
Record of registration of Belwarp name and logo at the international Patents Bureau, Copenhagen in Denmark in 1906 under the name of Sit Titus Salt, Bart, Sons & Company Ltd and records any subsequent updates up to 1926. Document headed : 'Rongeriget Danmark' with 'Belwarp' image pasted onto the page. Reverse side includes typed numbered list including: 1. registree's name and address: 'Sir Titus Salt Baronet, Sons and Company Limited, Fabrikanter, Saltaireved Bradford,England. 2. the overseas registrar's name and address 3. date of original registration in the ledger: 2 January 1906 4. description of the trademark 5. the types of business for which the trademark is registered 6. further remarks The trademark was registered in Lodon on 11 February 1897.The Danish registration was in January 1906 and was renewed in 1912. The company name was changed to Salts (Saltaire) Ltd recorded on 12 January 1926.
Direktoratet for patent - og Varemoerkevoesenet: Front
Direktoratet for patent - og Varemoerkevoesenet: Rear
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
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
An abstract of title relating to transfers, sales and purchases of land at Hirst wood - 1866 - 1911 - Information in printed text
Digital media credit: Saltaire Collection
1911 Abstract of the Title --------- of ----------- The Present Earl of Rosse AS TENANT FOR THE LIFE UNDER A SETTLEMENT EXECUTED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM LATE EARL AND COUNTESS OF ROSSE AND UNDERA RE-SETTLEMENT EXECUTED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LAWRENCE LATE EARL OF ROSSE AND THE SAID PRESENT EARL TO CERTAIN ESTATES SITUATE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF HEATON SHIPLEY AND MANNINGHAM IN THE PARISH OF BRADFORD IN THE WEST RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK 1866 September 25th Indenture of this date made between THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Stamp WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE AND MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE his £1.15.0 wife of the first part THE HONOURABLE LAWRENCE PARSONS of 9 followers of 10/- each Uplands near Fareham in the County of Hants of the second part 4 followers of £1 each and the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING of 1 followers of £2.10.1 Ballylin in Kings County Ireland Esquire of the third part Reciting that by and Indenture of Release and Settlement dated the 6th day of June 1837 made between the said EARL OF ROSSE and MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE his wife then and therein respectively called LORD OXMANTOWN and MARY LADY OXMANTOWN his wife of the first part the HONOURABLE ARTHUR DUNCOME and DELIA his wife of the second part and the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and HARDRESS LLOYD Esquire then since deceased of the third part and WILLIAM EDWARD POWELL and ROBERT WHARTON Esquires of the fourth part and being duly acknowledged by the said Countess as appeared by a Memorandum of Acknowledgement thereupon endorsed and by an Official Copy of the Certificate of Acknowledgement. The one undivided moiety then of the said Countess of and in (amongst other hereditaments) the manors messages farms lands and other hereditaments at Heaton and Shipley and Manningham in the Parish of Bradford in the County of York comprised or particularly mentioned or referred to in the schedule thereunder written or thereunto annexed (but exclusive of such small parcel thereof as had then since been purchased as thereinafter was mentioned) with the appurtenances was duly conveyed limited and assured (subject to one moiety of the therein mentioned mortgage debt which had then since been discharge and subject also to one moiety of the therein mentioned jointure rent charge of £700 payable to ISABELLA HELENA FIELD Widow during her life but which had not been then previously charged upon any of the said hereditaments and has then since determined by the decease of the said ISABELLA HELENA FIELD in the year 1842) To the use of such person or persons for such Estate and Estates interest and interests upon such trusts and to and for such ends intents and purposes and with under and subject to such powers provisions limitations declarations and agreements as the said Earl and Countess during their joint lives by the deed or deeds instrument or instruments in writing with or without power of revocation to be by them sealed and delivered in the presence of and attested by the two or more credible witnesses should jointly direct limit and appoint and in the meantime and until and also in default of such direction limitation or appointment To the use of the [1] said WILLIAM EDWARD POWELL and ROBERT WHARTON their executors administrators and assigns for the term of 99 years without impeachment of waste upon the trusts thereinafter declared concerning the same (and which were trusts for raising or securing an annuity or yearly sun of £500 for the said Countess during the joint lives of herself and the said Earl by way of pin money) with remainder To the use of the said Earl and his assigns during his life without impeachment of waste with remainder To the use of the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and HARDESS LLOYD and their heirs during the life of the said Earl upon the usual trust to preserve contingent remainders with remainder To the use of the said Countess and her assigns during her life without impeachment of waste with remainder To the use of the last named Trustees and their heirs during her life upon the usual trust to preserve contingent remainders with remainder To the use of such Son of the said Countess by the said Earl for such estates or interest or with such limitations over in favour of any other of such son or sons as they the said Earl and Countess in manner therein mentioned should jointly appoint and in default of and subject to any such appointment then to the use of the first and other sons of the said Countess by the said Earl or any future husband severally and successively according to seniority in tail general with remainder To the use of all daughters of the said Countess by the said Earl or any future husband as tenants in common in tail with cross reminder in tail between them if more than one with divers remainders over with an ultimate remainder To the use of the said Countess her heirs and assigns for ever And by the Indenture then in recital it was amongst other things provided that it should be lawful for the said Earl and Countess and the survivor of them in manner therein mentioned to charge all or any part of the said undivided moiety with any sums for portions for any of their children other than an eldest or only son for the time being entitled to the said moiety for an estate tail in possession or in remainder immediately expectant on the decease of the survivor of the said Earl and Countess not exceeding in the whole if but one such child the sum of £20,000 and if two such children the sum of £30,000 and if three or more such children the sum of £40,000 as therein more fully expressed And it thereby also by the said Indenture then in recital provided that it should be lawful for the said Countess after the decease of the said Earl if she should happen to survive him to borrow at interest any sum not exceeding the whole £10,000 on the security of all or any part of the said undivided moiety for her own use and benefit or for the benefit of any other persons as therein also more fully expressed And Reciting that it appeared from the Indenture next thereinafter recited that since the date and execution of the said Indenture of Settlement it had been discovered that a small portion that was to say 7 acres 2 roods 5 perches of land or thereabouts part of the lands in Heaton aforesaid numbered 88, 124, 259, and 260 in the said schedule thereto and therein particularly described and which was by the said Indenture of Settlement considered and treated as freehold was in fact of leasehold tenure and held for the residue of the term th granted by an Indenture dated the 7 of November 1654 whereof 317 years were unexpired at the date of the said Indenture of Settlement subject to the payment of a yearly rent of £2 and that a cottage or tenement and garden in Heaton aforesaid containing 1 rood 17 perches or thereabouts formerly in the occupation of JOHN FIRTH or JOHN CRAVEN his undertenant was also of leasehold tenure and was held for the unexpired residue of a term of 999 years granted th thereof by a certain Indenture dated the 11 of November 1686 at the nominal rent of a red rose [2] th And Reciting that by an Indenture of appointment and Release dared the 12 day of May 1840 duly grounded as a Release on the therein mentioned Bargain and Sale or Lease for a year and made between the said Earl and Countess then and therein called LORD OXMANTON and MARY LADY OXMANTON his wife of the first part the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and HARDESS LLOYD of the second part the said ARTHUR DUNCOMBE and DELIA his wife of the third part THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM LORD FAVERSHAM then and therein called THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM DUNCOMBE and SIR THOMAS DIGBY LEGARD Baronet of the fourth part and CHARLES EVANS Gentleman of the fifth part amongst other hereditaments the entirety of the freehold manors messuages farms lands and other hereditaments comprised or mentioned in the said Schedule thereto save and except the coal and other mines and minerals and veins and seams of coal and ironstone and other minerals except stone under such of the same hereditaments as were situate at Heaton and Shipley aforesaid and exclusive also of such small parcel thereof as had then since been purchased as thereinafter mentioned with the appurtenances was duly appointed granted and otherwise assured To the several uses therein mentioned that was to say subject as to certain parts thereof a term of years thereby limited for raising or securing a moiety of the said jointure rent charge of £700 per annum which had then since determined as aforesaid To such uses upon and for such trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such power of appointment by the said Earl and Countess and other powers provisoes limitations and agreements as were in and by the thereinbefore recited Indenture of Settlement of the 6th day of June 1387 limited declared or expressed of and concerning the undivided moiety thereby granted and released of and in the freehold hereditaments therein and in the said Schedule thereto mentioned And by the Indenture then in recital all the said leasehold cottage or tenement lands gardens and premises thereinbefore mentioned as comprised in and demised by the said several th th Indentures of Demise or Lease dated respectively the 7 day of November 1654 and the 11 day of November 1686 with the appurtenances were appointed assigned and otherwise assured unto the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and HARDRESS LLOYD their executors administrators and assigns for all the respective residues of the several terms of years for which the same respectively were held under the several Indentures of Lease by which the same respectively were granted nevertheless under and subject to the payment of the rents and the observances and performance of the several covenants and agreements reserved and contained in and by the several Indentures of Lease under which the same respectively were held but in trust for such person or persons as should from time to time by virtue of the limitations thereinbefore and in the said thereinbefore recited Indenture of Settlement contained or referred to be entitled in possession to the said freehold hereditaments and premises in Heaton aforesaid and other the freehold hereditaments mentioned and described in the said Schedule thereto and for such or the like Estates or Interest Estates or Interests as such person or persons should then have or be entitled to in the same freehold hereditaments and under and subject to such or the like powers of appointment and other powers provioses declarations and agreements as were thereinbefore declared or referred to of and concerning the same freehold hereditaments. And Reciting that by an Indenture endorsed upon the therein last recited Indenture and which endorsed Indenture is dated 23rd of June 1840 and made between the said ARTHUR DUNCOMBE and DELIA his wife of the first part the said EARL and COUNTESS of the second part and the said [3] LAWRENCE PARSONS and HARDRESS LLOYD of the third part all the mines beds veins and seams of coal and other minerals which (as thereinbefore mentioned) were by the said therein last recited Indenture excepted out of the appointment and assurance thereby made were appointed and otherwise assured to such uses upon and for such trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such power of appointment by the said Earl and Countess and other powers provisoes limitations declarations and agreements as were in and by the said Indenture of Settlement of the 6th day of June 1837 limited declared or expressed of and concerning the undivided moiety thereby granted and released of and in such of the freehold hereditaments therein mentioned as were comprised in the said Schedule thereto And Reciting that the said HARDESS LLOYD died in and about the month of And Reciting that certain Freehold Estates which were comprised in the thereinbefore th recited Indenture of the 12 day of May 1840 and thereby settled as thereinbefore mentioned but which were not mentioned in the said Schedule thereto had then since been sold and disposed of by the said Ear and Countess And Reciting that the reversion in fee of that small portion of the hereditaments mentioned in the said Schedule thereto which was comprised in the thereinbefore mentioned Ancient Lease of the 7th day of November 1654 was some years then since purchased by the said Earl and the same portion and also the said Leasehold interest therein were thereupon with the concurrence of the said Earl and Countess conveyed so as to merge the said Leasehold interest therein and so freed therefrom to the uses of the said Indenture of th Settlement of the 6 day of June 1837 And Reciting that another small portion or parcel of the said hereditaments mentioned in the said Schedule thereto consisting of the Ox-close and Strip of Woodland adjoining the same in Shipley aforesaid was then lately purchased by the said Earl and by his direction conveyed to (in effect) the then subsisting uses of the said last mentioned Indenture of Settlement. And Reciting that the said Earl and Countess then had issue four children only and no more namely their eldest son THE HONORABLE LAWRENCE PARSONS commonly and thereinafter called LORD OXMANTOWN and THE HONORABLE RANDALL PARSONS THE HONORABLE RICHARD CLERE PARSONS and THE HONORABLE CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS of whom the said LORD OXMANTOWN had attained full age but the other three were then still under age And Reciting that the said Earl and Countess considered it advisable that the said manors messuages farms lands and hereditaments comprised in the said Schedule thereto and all other hereditaments if any in the County of York then subject to the uses or trusts of the same hereditaments should then be resettled in manner thereinafter mentioned and that the said LAWRENCE PARSONS party thereto and JOHN GILBERT KING had consented to become Trustees for the purpose of such Re-Settlement. At is by now abstracting Indenture witnessed that in consideration of the premises and pursuant to and virtue and in exercise of the powers or authorities to the said Earl and Countess for th the that purpose given or limited by the thereinbefore recited Indentures of the 6 day of June 1837 th rd and the 12 day of May 1840 and the 23 day of June 1840 or any of them and of all other powers and authorities (if any) [4] Enabling them or either of them in that behalf they the said WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE and MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE his wife Did and each of then Did by now abstracting Deed or Instrument in writing sealed and delivered by them in the presence of and attested by the two credible persons whose names were intended to be endorsed thereupon as witnesses in that behalf jointly and irrevocably direct limit and appoint That All and singular the manors and freehold messuages farms lands and other hereditaments comprised or particularly mentioned or referred to in the Schedule thereunder written or thereunto annexed and all which freehold farms and lands and also the leasehold premises comprised in the same Schedule were or were intended to be delineated and shewn in a plan draw upon or annexed to now abstracting Indenture And generally all other if any freehold hereditaments in the County of York which whether by original settlement or by partition purchase exchange allotment or otherwise howsoever were then subject either at law or in equiry to the then subsisting uses or trusts of the freehold hereditaments comprised in the said Schedule thereto. Together with all and singular houses outhouses buildings yards gardens ways paths passages waters watercourses lands meadows pastures feedings woods underwoods commons common of pasture mines minerals rights profits privileges advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the manors messuages farms lands and other hereditaments thereinbefore appointed or intended so to be or any of them or any part thereof respectively belonging or in anywise appertaining or to and with the same or any part thereof then or theretofore demised used occupied or enjoyed And the reversion and reversions remainder and remainders yearly and other rents issues and profits of all and singular the aforesaid hereditaments Should thenceforth go remain and be and the several thereinbefore recited Indentures should so far as respected the same premises operate and enure to the uses upon and for the trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to the powers provisos and declarations thereinafter declared and contained of and concerning the same hereditaments that was to say To such uses upon and for such trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such powers provisos and declarations as the said WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE and MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE his wife by any deed or deeds writing or writings with or without power of revocation to be by them sealed and delivered in the presence of a witness or witnesses should from time to time jointly direct limit or appoint and in the meantime and until and also in default of any such direction limitation or appointment and so far as no such direction limitation or appointment should extend then [5] To such uses upon and for such trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such powers privisoes and declarations as the survivor of them the said WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE and MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE his wife should at any time or times after the decease of the other of them by any deeds or deeds writing or writings with or without power of revocation and new appointment to be by him or her sealed and delivered in the presence of a witness or witnesses direct limit or appoint and in the meantime and until and also in default of any such direction limitation and appointment as last mentioned and so far as no such direction limitation or appointment should extend then To the use of the said LAWRENCE PARSONS ANS JOHN GILBERT KING their executors administrators and assigns for the term of 99 years to be computed from the day of the date of now abstracting Indenture and thenceforth next ensuing and fully to be complete and ended without impeachment of waste but upon and for the trusts and purposes and with under and subject to the powers and privisoes thereinafter declared and contained concerning the same Remainder To the use of the said WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE and his assigns during his life without impeachment of waste Remainder To the use of the said MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE and his assigns during her life without impeachment of waste Remainder To the use of the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERYT KING their executors administrators and assigns for a term of 500 years to commence and be computed from the day of the decease of the survivor of the said Earl and Countess and fully to be complete and ended without impeachment of waste But upon and for the trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to the powers and provisoes thereinafter declared and contained of and concerning the same Remainder To the use of the said LAWRENCE LORD OXMANTOWN and his assigns during his life without impeachment of waste Remainder To the use of the first and every other Son of the said LAWRENCE LORD OXMANTOWN severally and successively in remainder one after another according to their respective seniorities and the heirs male of their respective bodies with like remainders over for the benefit of the said RANDALL PARSONS RICHARD CLERE PARSONS and CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS respectively and the heirs male of their respective bodies With divers remainder over and an ultimate remainder To the use of the said MARY COUNTESS of ROSSE her heirs and assigns for ever [6] Declaration of Trusts of the terms of 99 years and 500 years respectively Proviso and Declaration that it should be lawful for the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING and the survivor of them and the executors or administratiors of such survivor at any time or times during the life of the said WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE LAWRENCE LORD OXMANTOWN RANDALL PARSONS RICHARD CLERE PARSONS and CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS or the survivors or survivor of them or within 21 years next after the decease of such survivor at such request or with such consent or at such discretion as thereinafter mentioned to dispose of all or any part of the said manors messuages farms lands and other hereditaments thereby assured or intended so to be and the fee simple and inheritance thereof either by absolute sale for such price or prices in money or in exchange for any such manors messuages lands or hereditaments of equal or greater value held for an estate of inheritance in fee simple in possession and to be situate somewhere in England or Wales as to them the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING or the survivor of them or the executors or administrations of such survivor should seem reasonable and particularly to dispose as aforesaid of any lands forming part of the hereditaments and the mines and minerals under the same either together or separately and in such order as they or he should think fit and also to dispose as aforesaid of the freehold and inheritance of any copyhold hereditaments parcel or held of any manor for the time being subject to the uses of the now abstracting Indenture in order to the enfranchisement of the same hereditaments and to accept a sufficient part of any copyhold hereditaments for or on account of the consideration for the enfranchisement of the residue thereof And for the purpose of completing any such Sale or Exchange or enfranchisement as aforesaid by any deed or deeds writing or writings to be sealed and delivered by them or him in the presence of and attested by two or more witnesses absolutely to revoke the uses which under or by virtue of the now abstracting Indenture should be then subsisting in the estates which should be so sold or given in Exchange or agreed to be enfranchised and to declare such new or other use or uses of the same as the person or persons by whom the same should be respectively purchased or taken in Exchange or agreed to be enfranchised should direct And that upon any such Exchange as aforesaid it should be lawful for the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING and the survivor of them and the executors or administrators of such survivor to give or take any money by way of equality of Exchange and to raise any money to be by them or him so given for the same out of and charge the same upon all any part or parts of the hereditaments to be taken in Exchange and any other hereditaments which under or by virtue of the now abstracting Indenture should stand and be limited to the uses which pursuant to the now abstracting Indenture should be limited in the hereditaments so taken in Exchange And also that upon payment of any moneys to arise by sale or enfranchisement or to be received for equality upon an Exchange of all or any of the said hereditaments thereby assured or intended so to be it should be lawful for the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING the survivor or them and the executors or administrators of such survivor to give receipts in writing for the same And that such receipts should be sufficient discharges to the person or person making such payments respectively so that he or they or his or their heirs or assigns should not afterwards be answerable or accountable for any loss misapplication or nonapplication or be concerned to see to the application of the money thereby acknowledged to be received Declaration that it should not be lawful to make any such sale or enfranchisement or exchange as thereinbefore was authorised of any of the said manors messuages farms lands and other hereditaments without the consent in writing or the person or persons for the time being entitled under the now abstracting Indenture to the freehold and to the possession or enjoyment of the rents and profits of the estate or hereditaments proposed to be sold [7] Enfranchised or given in Exchange as aforesaid under the powers of the now abstracting Indenture if such person or persons should be of full age and not under any mental incapacity or if he she or they should be under the age of 21 years or under any mental incapacity then not without the consent and approbation of his her or their guardian or guardians appointed by Testament or by the High Court of Chancery or the direction or sanction of a Court of Equity or the Lord High Chancellor save that Sales to any Public Companies or other persons who might be authorised and enabled by Act of Parliament to purchase any of the said hereditaments and also any Exchange of small pieces of land for obtaining regular boundary lines or for other purposes of minor improvements or convenience might be made at the discretion of the persons or person for the time being entrusted with the said powers of Sale and Exchange without any such consent or consents as aforesaid if there should not be any person or persons competent to give the same And it is by the now abstracting Indenture also witnessed that in consideration of the premises of the said WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE and MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE in exercise of the powers for the purpose given by the thereinbefore recited Indentures of the 6th day June 1837 and th the 12 day of May 1840 or either of them and of all other powers and authorities if any enabling them or either of them in that behalf Did and each of then Did by the now abstracting Deed or Instrument in writing so sealed and delivered by them and so attested as in that behalf thereinbefore mentioned jointly and irrevocably direct limit and appoint and the said LAWRENCE PARSONS by the direction etc. testified etc. Did thereby assign and set over unto the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING their executors and administrators ALL and Singular the said leasehold cottage or tenement garden and premises thereinbefore particularly mentioned as comprised in and demised th by the said Indenture of Demise or Lease of the 11 day of November 1686 and all other if any the Leasehold hereditaments in the County of York which whether by original settlement or by partition purchase exchange allotment or otherwise howsoever then were subject to the then subsisting trusts of the said last mentioned premises Together with all and singular ways etc. And all the Estate etc. To have and to hold the same unto the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING their executors administrators and assigns for all the respective residues then to come and unexpired of the several terms of years for which the same respectively were held under the several Indentures of Lease by which the same respectively were granted nevertheless at under and subject to the payment of the rents and observance and performance of the several covenants and agreements reserved and contained in and by the same Indentures of Lease respectively Declaration that the said Leasehold hereditaments should be held upon and for such and the like trusts intents and purposes and with under and subject to such and the like powers privisoes and declarations as were thereinbefore declared of and concerning the same freehold hereditaments so far as the different natures and tenures of the said Estates and hereditaments and the Rules of Law and Equity would admit of and allow [8] Covenants by the said WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE with the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING that notwithstanding the Acts of himself and the Countess or any person th claiming under them the power by the said Indenture of the 12 day of May 1840 given or limited to them as foresaid was well and effectually created and was then in full force and that said hereditaments as well as leasehold as freehold should thereafter go and remain to upon with and subject to the uses etc. thereinbefore declared For quiet enjoyment Free from incumbrances and for further assurance Covenant by the said LAWRENCE PARSONS as to said Leasehold hereditaments that he had done so act to incumber Proviso and Declaration that if the trustees for the time being for any of the several purposes of the now abstracting Indenture thereby appointed or any of them should die or go to reside beyond the seas or should be desirous of being discharged from or decline or become incapable to act in the trusts or powers thereby in them reposed or in them given respectively as aforesaid the said trusts or powers should be fully executed or at an end then and in every such case as often as the same should happen it should be lawful for the said WILLIAM EARL OF ROSSE and MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE his wife jointly during their lives and after the decease of either of them for the survivor of them during his or her life and after the decease of such survivor then for the person if any who under or by virtue of the now abstracting Indenture or any appointment thereby authorised should for the time being be tenant for life in possession of the freehold estates of inheritance for the time being comprised in or subject to the uses of the now abstracting Indenture by any writing or writings under their his or her hands and seals or hand and seal executed in the presence of a witness or witnesses from time to time to substitute or appoint any one or more person or persons to be a trustee or trustees in the place of any and every trustee so dying going to reside beyond the seas desiring to be discharged or declining or becoming incapable to act as aforesaid or any one person in the vacant places of the several trustees who should have been put in the place of one trustee yet so only that by substituting two or more persons in the place of one trustee the whole body of trustees for one purpose should not at any time be made to exceed four in number And that when and so often as any new trustee or trustees should be appointed as aforesaid all the estate moneys and premises if any which should then be subsisting and held upon or subject to the trusts for the performance whereof such new trustees or trustee should be appointed should be conveyed assigned surrender and transferred respectively in such manner that the same should be vested in the persons or person who after such appointment should be the trustees or trustee thereof respectively upon and for such sand so many of the trusts thereinbefore declared or authorised of and concerning the same estates moneys and premises as should or might be then subsisting or capable or taking effect And that every such new trustee should and might at any time after his appointment whether the trust premises should or should not have been vested as last mentioned in all things act and assist in the management and execution of the trusts or powers to or for the purposes of which he should be appointed as effectually and should have all the same powers authorities and discretions as if had been thereby nominated a trustee Executed by all partied (except the said JOHN GILBERT KING and duly attested (as to the execution by the said Earl and Countess by two witnesses) Registered at Wakefield the 15th November 1866 Book ZL. Page 255 No.290 [9] The Schedule referred to in the above abstracted Indenture comprises (inter alia) Township of Shipley Parish of Bradford Hirst Farm Hirst ??? (inter alia) Description Tenant’s Name A R P Contents 125 House Barn Stable Yard & Samuel Mortimer late John - 1 10 Croft Ratcliffe 123 Round Hill & Near Ing --“----- 3 2 10 124 Pasture --“----- 1 1 13 122 Cranless?? --“----- 1 1 20 132 Cinder Hill --“----- 1 0 0 133 ---Ditto--- --“----- - - 34 130 ---Ditto--- --“----- - - 14 129 New Hirst Mill and Wm Rookes Crompton 31 3 35 Cottages Stansfield Esq 126 Part of Hirst Wood In Hand 131 Cinder Hill ----“_---- 2 4 127 - Holme - Samuel Mortimer late John 2 2 19 Ratcliffe 128 Small wood between In Hand 2 0 4 Canal and River 45 0 3 th 20 August 1870 Indenture of this date made between the said MARY COUNTESS OF Stamp £1.15.0 ROSSE widow of RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM the then late EARL OF ROSSE 3 followers of 10/- each then deceased of the first part the RIGHT HONOURABLE LAWRENCE the then present EARL OF ROSSE of the second part and the said LAWRENCE PARSONS therein described as of Beenham House near Reading in the county of Berks and JOHN GILBERT KING of the third part Reciting the last abstracted Indenture And Reciting that the said then late Earl died in the month of October 1867 And Reciting that the said Countess had issue then living be the said late Earl four children only and no more viz. the said then present EARL and the HONORABLE RANDALL PARSONS the HONORABLE RICHARD CLERE PARSONS and the HONORABLE CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS And Reciting that a Marriage has been agreed upon and was intended to be then shortly had and solemnised between the said present Earl and the HONORABLE FRANCS CASSANDRA HARVEY HAWKE And Reciting that it had been arranged between the said Countess and the said present Earl that she should in exercise of the thereinbefore recited paramount general power then vested in her under the said Indenture of Settlement of Appointment over the hereditaments remaining subject to the uses thereof reserve or limit to herself such power as thereinafter mentioned of charging the said settled hereditaments with moneys for the benefit of her children and their issue as thereinafter mentioned other than himself and his issue and that subject as aforesaid she should release the said paramount general power of appointment in manner thereinafter appearing and subject to the provision thereinafter contained As it Witnessed that in the pursuance of the said arrangement in that behalf and in exercise of the said paramount general power by the said Indenture of Settlement then vested in the said Countess of Appointment over the hereditaments then subject to the uses or trusts of the said Settlement and of all other powers and authorities (if any) enabling her in that behalf She the said MARY COUNTESS OF ROSSE did by that deed or writing by her sealed and delivered in the presence of the person or persons whose name or names were or was intended to be endorsed thereon as a witness or as witnesses in that behalf direct and appoint as followed that was to say That from and after the solemnisation of the said then intended Marriage in case the same should be solemnised within six calendar months from the day of the date of now abstracting Indenture [10] All and every the hereditaments moneys premises comprised in or subject or to become subject to the uses or trusts of the said Indenture of Settlement Should remain and be To the use that she the said Countess might from time to time and at any time thereafter and whether covert or sole exercise such powers as it was thereinafter declared it should lawful for her to exercise And subject thereto To the uses upon the trusts subject to the powers and in the manner to upon subject to and in which the same hereditaments moneys and premises would stand limited and settled in case the paramount general power of Appointment had been omitted from the said Indenture of Settlement Agreement and Declaration that it should be lawful for the said Countess at any time or times thereafter and whether covert or sole and notwithstanding any coverture she might be under by any deed or deeds writing or writings with or without power of revocation and new appointment to be by her sealed and delivered in the presence of a witness or witnesses or by her last Will or any Testament instrument in writing to be executed by her in the presence or two or more subscribing witnesses to subject and charge all or any of the hereditaments comprised in and then subject to the uses or trusts of the said Indenture of Settlement or which thereafter should become subject to the uses or trusts thereof to and with the payment of any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of £20,000 sterling to all or such one or more exclusively of the other or others of the children then living of the said Countess by the said late Earl and the issue to be born in her lifetime or within 21 years next after her decease of all or any of such children other than and except the said present Earl and his issue together with interest at any rate not exceeding £4 for every £100 by the year for the sum or sums so to be charge with such interest to be computed from the time when such charge should actually take effect as thereinafter mentioned or any subsequent time or times and the same sum or sums to be an interest vested or interests vested in and to be paid and payable to or shared and divided between or among all and every or any one or more exclusively of the other or others of the persons objects of that power at such age day or time or respective ages days or times and if more than one in such shares and proportions and with such provisions for the maintenance and education advancement or preferment of any such person either at the discretion of any Trustee or Trustees to be appointed in that behalf or otherwise with such annual sum or sums of money and limitations over (such annual sum or sums of money and limitations over to be for the benefit of one or more of the persons objects of this now abstracting power) and in such manner as the said Countess should deem meet and also for providing for the raising of such sum or sums and interest for the same respectively to direct or appoint all or any part of the hereditaments so to be charged as thereinbefore was mentioned with their appurtenances to any person or persons whomsoever for any term or terms of years with or without impeachment of waste to take effect as thereinafter mentioned and with such provisions as she might think fit for the appointment of new Trustees thereof from time to time upon any usual or reasonable trusts to raise by mortgage sale or otherwise the money so to be charged and the interest thereof so that the estate or estates so to be limited or appointed should be made to cease (subject and without prejudice to any disposition or dispositions which might be made under the trusts to be [11] declared thereof as aforesaid) or be made redeemable on full payment by the person or persons for the time being entitled to the same hereditaments in reversion expectant upon the determination of the term or terms so to be created as aforesaid of the sum or sums of money so to be charge and the interest thereof and the costs charges and expenses (if any) to be incurred in or about the execution of the trusts Declaration that the powers thereinbefore limited to the said Countess as aforesaid should be read and construed in the same manner as nearly as might be as if the same powers had been originally inserted in the said Indenture of Settlement and further that any provision which the said Countess should under the said power to charge thereinbefore limited to her make for any of her children or other issue objects of the same power should in default of and subject to any direction by her to the contrary be in addition to and not in substitution for any other provisions which such children or issue respectively might under the said Indenture of Settlement or otherwise be entitled to Further Declaration and the said Countess in exercise of her said paramount general power did thereby appoint that the powers which were thereinbefore reserved and expressed to be given to the said Countess over the aforesaid hereditaments in order or with a view to sell for building purposes to advantage should also with such consent or at such discretion as was by the said Indenture of Settlement required for the exercise of the powers of sale and exchange therein contained be exercisable from time to time by the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the same powers And also that the same Trustees or Trustee might with such consent or at such discretion as last aforesaid from time to time apply out of any trust moneys which should come to their or his hands any sum or sums which they or he might think fit in making roads upon any parts of the said hereditaments laid out for building purposes or sewers or drains in or under or to or from the same Proviso and Declaration that inasmuch as the said Countess had already either by herself or her Agents entered into several contracts in writing for sales to divers parties of parties of parts of the said settled hereditaments the particulars of which contracts were briefly set forth in the Schedule thereto and such contracts or some of them had not then yet been completed it should be lawful for the said Countess under her said paramount general power of appointment to carry out the same contracts or any of them and to deal with and for her own absolute benefit dispose of all or any of the purchase or other moneys received or receivable under the same contracts or any of them in the same manner to all intents and purposes as she might have done if the now abstracting Indenture had never been made or executed The Schedule therein referred to Date of Contract Property Purchaser’s Name Amount of Purchase Money £ s d th 18 June 1869 853 yards Road to Keighley Jabez Copley £170 0s 0d th 28 April 1870 895 yards Rosse Street West Riding Justices £447 0s 0d 3rd June 1870 1250 yards Kirkgate W. Barrett £312 10s 0d Do. 2470 yards Barrett Street and Do. £432 5s 0d Alexandra Road Do. 5990 yards Albert Road Do. £1013 5s 0d Barrett Street and Alexandra Road th 25 June 1870 1410 yards Abraham Hainsworth £282 0s 0d £2657 0s 0d [12] Executed by the said COUNTESS OF ROSSE and LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and LAWRENCE PARSONS in the presence of and attested by two Witnesses Registered at Wakefield the 10th July 1872 Book 675 Page 481 No. 539 ------------------ th N.B. – LORD ROSSE (Lawrence 4 Earl of Rosse) and THE HONORABLE MISS HAWKE were married on st the 1 September 1870 at Womersley Church Pontefract THE DOWAGER COUNTESS OF ROSSE died 22nd July 1885 and was buried at Parsontown King’s County Ireland She died without having exercised the power of charging with £20,000 THE HONORABLE LAWRENCE PARSONS died on the 22nd November 1894 at Winkfield Place Winkfield Windsor (he was brother to William Parsons 3rd Earl of Rosse) ------------------ 1895 May 29th Indenture of this date made between the said RIGHT HONOURABLE Stamp £1 LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE of the first part the said JOHN GILBERT KING of the second part THE HONOURABLE AND REVERED RANDAL PARSONS of Sandhurst Rectory Wokingham in the County of Berks Clerk in Holy Orders and THE HONOURABLE CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS of Holeyn Hall Wylam-on-Tyne in the County of Northumberland of the third part Reciting the hereinbefore abstracted Indenture dates 25th September 1866 And Reciting the death of the said then late EARL and that all his said children had attained the age of 21 years And Reciting certain deeds and other matters not material for the purposes of this Abstract And Reciting the death of the said COUNTESS OF ROSSE And Reciting the death of the said LAWRENCE PARSONS And Reciting that he said JOHN GILBERT KING was desirous of being th discharged from the trusts of the principal Indenture of the 25 September 1866 and the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE was desirous of appointing the said RANDAL PARSONS and CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS to be Trustees thereof in the place of the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING and the said RANDAL PARSONS and CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS had consented to become such Trustees It is Witnessed that in exercise of the power for that purpose under the principal Indenture vested in the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and of every or any other power enabling him in that behalf he the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE Did thereby appoint the said RANDAL PARSONS and CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS to be Trustees in the place of the said LAWRENCE PARSONS and JOHN GILBERT KING of and for all purposes of the principal Indenture or such of them as might be then subsisting and capable of taking effect Declaration by the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE that all such of the hereditaments (whether of freehold or leasehold tenure) comprised in the principal Indenture as remained unsold and all other lands and hereditaments (if any) which by any means whatsoever had become or were the comprised in or subject to the uses or trusts of the principal Indenture should forthwith vest in the said RANDAL PARSONS and CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively (according to the nature of the property) as joint tenants for all such estates and interests as the said JOHN GILBERT KING had therein immediately before the execution of the now abstracting Indenture and upon the trusts and subject to the powers and provisions applicable thereto respectively by virtue of the principal Indenture [13] Executed by all the said parties and attested Registered at Wakefield the 19th day of July 1895 in Vol. 23 Page 1001 No. 494 ------------------ 1898 June 23rd Indenture of this date made between the said RIGHT HONOURABLE Stamp 10/- LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE of the first part THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM EDWARD PARSONS commonly and thereinafter called LORD OXMANTOWN of the second part and RICHARD BETTON FOSTER of 2 Gray’s Inn Square in the County of Middlesex Esquire of the third part After Reciting (inter alia) the hereinbefore abstracted Indenture dated 25th September 1866 and the death of the said late Earl without having joined with the late Countess in exercising either of the joint powers of appointment reserved to them by the said Indenture of Settlement as thereinbefore recited And Reciting that there were seven children and no more of the marriage of the said late Earl and Countess (that was to say) the said LAWRENCE present EARL OF ROSSE THE HONOURABLE RANDALL PARSONS THE HONOURABLE RICHARD CLERE PARSONS and THE HONOURABLE CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS all of whom attained the age of twenty-one years and three others who died in infancy th And Reciting the hereinbefore abstracted Indenture dates 29 August 1870 And Reciting the death of the said MARY LATE COUNTESS OF ROSSE on the 22nd July 1885 without having exercised any of the powers of appointment vested in her th under the said Indenture of Settlement and the said Indenture of the 29 August 1870 further or otherwise than as thereinbefore recited And Reciting the death of the said LAWRENCE PARSONS on the 22nd November 1894 th And Reciting the hereinbefore abstracted Indenture dated 29 May 1895 And Reciting that the said LORD OXMANTOWN was the first son of the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and attained the age of twenty-one years on the 14th June 1894 And Reciting that the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and LORD OXMANTOWN were desirous of barring the estate in tail male and all other estates in tail of the said LORD OXMANTOWN in the said hereditaments monies and premises and all estates interests and powers to take effect after the determination or in defeazance thereof and of assuring and limiting the same in manner thereinafter expressed It was witnessed that in pursuance of such desire and in consideration of the premises the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and the said LORD OXMANTOWN with the consent of the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE as Protector of the settlement according to their respective estates and interests in the premises Did respectively thereby grant unto the said RICHARD BETTON FOSTER [14] All and singular the manors and freehold messuages farms lands and hereditaments situate or arising in the County of York comprised in or assured by the said Indenture of Settlement Save and except such part of parts of the said hereditaments and premises as by means of any sale exchange partition enclosure award or otherwise had been disposed of or parted with or become extinguished And Also (by way of conveyance and not of exception) ALL other freehold hereditaments which by means of any conveyance assurance exchange partition enclosure award allotment or otherwise had become subject to the uses or trusts of the said Indenture of Settlement And all other (if any) freehold hereditaments of which the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE was then by any means tenant for life and the said LORD OXMANTOWN was tenant in tail male at law or in equity under or by virtue of the said Indenture of Settlement To hold the same unto the said RICHARD BETTON FOSTER and his heirs Discharged from all estates in tail male or in tail of the said LORD OXMANTOWN at law or in equity and all estates rights interests and powers to take effect after the determination or in defeazance of such estates in tail male or in tail To such uses upon such trusts and subject to such powers and provisions as the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and LORD OXMANTOWN should at any time or times thereafter by any deed or deeds revocable or irrevocable jointly appoint and in default of and subject to any such joint appointment To the uses upon the trusts and subject to the powers and provisions to upon and subject to which under or by virtue of the said Indenture of Settlement the same premises respectively stood limited and settled immediately before the execution of the now abstracting Indenture or such of the same uses trusts powers and provisions as might be subsisting or capable of taking effect and so as to restore and confirm the same use trusts powers and provisions Testatum affecting the personalty Executed by the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and LORD OXMANTOWN and duly attested th Registered at Wakefield 25 June 1898 Vol.28 Page 435 No. 210 [15] Enrolled in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature the 7th July 1898 pursant to the Act of Parliament 3rd and 4th William the th 4 Cap.74 ------------------ 1898 June 24th Indenture of this date made between the said RIGHT HONOURABLE LAWRENCE st Stamp 10/- EARL OF ROSSE of the 1 part and the said HONOURABLE WILLIAM EDWARD PARSONS (commonly and thereinafter called LORD OXMANTOWN) of the second part and the said HONOURABLE AND REVEREND RANDAL PARSONS and the said HONOURABLE CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS of the third part After Reciting (inter alia) that by virtue of the abstracted Indenture of Settlement th rd dated the 25 September 1866 and the abstracted Indenture of the 23 June 1898 and of divers other deeds and assurances recited or referred to in the said Indentures or one of them and by virtue of the exercise of certain powers in the said Indenture of Settlement contained and in the events which had happened the hereditaments of freehold tenure comprised in the first Schedule of the now abstracting Indenture then stood limited To such uses upon such trusts and subject to such powers and provisions as the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and LORD OXMANTOWN should at any time or times thereafter by any deed or deeds revocable or irrevocable jointly appoint and in default of and subject to any such joint appointment To the uses therein expressed or referred to After Reciting that under or by virtue of the said Indenture of Settlement of the th th 25 of September 1866 and the abstracted Indenture of the 29 May 1895 certain leasehold hereditaments therein comprise or referred to or such parts thereof as had not been sold or otherwise disposed of were then vested in the said RANDAL PARSONS AND CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS for the respective residues then unexpired of the several terms of years for which the same respectively were held under the Lease or respective Leases by which the same respectively were granted subject to the rents covenants and conditions reserved by and contained in such Lease or respective Leases In trust for such person or persons as should from time to time by virtue of the limitations contained in the said Indenture of Settlement be entitled in possession to the freehold hereditaments thereby settled and for such of the like estate or interest as such person or persons should the have or be entitled in the same freehold hereditaments and under and subject to such powers and provisions as were therein declared of and concerning the same freehold hereditaments and by virtue of which trust the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE was then tenant for life in possession of the same premises And subject thereto and to the powers thereinafter referred to the said LORD OXMANTOWN was absolutely entitled to the same hereditaments And Reciting that under or by virtue of the said Indenture of Settlement of the 23rd September 1866 certain powers of jointure and charging portions (which had not thitherto been exercised) and other powers were vested in the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE And Reciting that the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE AND LORD OXMANTOWN had agreed to make such resettlement as was thereinafter contained of the said freehold hereditaments described in the said First Schedule thereto and the said leasehold hereditaments and all other if any the hereditaments of whatever tenure in the County of York which were then subject to their joint power of Appointment [16] It was witnessed that in pursuance of the said Agreement and in consideration of the premises they the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and LORD OXMANTOWN as Settlors in exercise of the power vested in them by the said Indenture of the 23rd June 1898 and of every or any other power enabling them or either of them in that behalf did and each of them did thereby direct and appoint that All and singular the manors and freehold messuage farms lands and other hereditaments specified in the said first Schedule thereto (and delineated on the plan annexed to the now abstracting Indenture) And all other (if any) the hereditaments of freehold tenure in the County of York which were subject to the joint power of appointment vested in the said LAWRENCE EARLOF ROSSE and LORD OXMANTOWN as aforesaid Should thenceforth go and remain To the Uses following (that was to say) To such uses upon such trusts and with and subject to such powers and provisions as the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and LORD OXMANTOWN should from time to time by any deed or deeds revocable or irrevocable jointly appoint and in default of and subject to any such appointment To the use that the said LORD OXMANTOWN should during the joint lives of himself and the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE receive the yearly rent charge of £300 to commence from the 24th June 1898 and to be charged upon and issuing out of all the hereditaments thereby settled and to be considered as accruing from day to day but to be payable quarterly as therein mentioned And subject and charged as aforesaid To the use of the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and his assigns during his life without impeachment of waste in restoration and by way of confirmation of the life estate of the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE limited to him by the th said Indenture of Settlement of the 25 September 1866 and of the powers annexed to such life estate Remainder To the use of the said LORD OXMANTOWN and his assigns during his life without impeachment of waste Remainder To the uses therein mentioned Agreement that it should not be necessary for any person intending to exercise any powers conferred by the Settled Land Acts of 1882 to 1890 in relation to any hereditaments for the time being subject to the uses or trusts of the now abstracting Indenture to give any notice of such intention to the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the same Indenture or to their or his Solicitors [17] And further that such dispensation from the necessity of giving such Notice should be applicable in the case of any exercise of any such powers by the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE as tenant for life th under the said Indenture of Settlement on the 25 September 1866 Proviso and Agreement extending the powers of the Settled Land Acts 1882 to 1890 as to leasing sale and other matters including a power to appropriate and lay out or to authorise the Lessee or Lessees or Grantee or Grantees in any Lease or Grant in fee made under any of the powers of the now abstracting Indenture or of the said Acts to appropriate and lay out any part of the hereditaments and premises thereby settled as sites for and to erect build and make thereon at the cost of the trust estate or to authorise any such Lessee or Lessees or Grantee or Grantees as aforesaid to erect build and make thereon any churches chapels schools houses or other buildings parks squares gardens or other open spaces roads paths sewers drains water-courses waterworks water pipes gas works gas pipes electric lights works or any other works which might tend to the adaptation and improvement or development of the hereditaments thereby settled or any part or parts thereof as a building estate and either to dedicate the same to the public or to convey or demise the same in fee simple or for any term of years to any Corporation or public body or Authority for any purposes for which they were or might be authorised to accept the same or to any person or Trustees upon the trust to be declared concerning the same for the public or for the residents on or Lessees of the hereditaments or premises thereby settled or any part or parts thereof or the residents or owners of any adjoining property or to demise the same to any such Lessee or lessees as aforesaid and so that any such Convenance or demise might be made either gratuitously or for such consideration in money either in gross to be received by the said Trustees or Trustee and applied as if the same had arisen from a sale of the said premises or by way of rent to be received by the person or persons for the time being entitled to the rents and profits of the said premises or in land easements rights or hereditaments to be conveyed or assured to the uses or upon the trusts of the now abstracting Indenture as if the same had been purchased with monies arising from a sale of the said premises or otherwise to be annexed in enjoyment to the hereditaments for the time being settled to the uses of the now abstracting Indenture or some part or parts thereof or partly for one or partly for any other of such consideration and with such reservations and restrictions and generally on such terms as the person or persons exercising that power shall think fit And it was also witnessed that in further pursuance of the said Agreement and in consideration of the premises The said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE and LORD OXMANTOWN as Settlors Did and each of them Did thereby according to their respective estates and interest in the premises direct and declare that the said RANDAL PARSONS and CHARLES AGERNON PARSONS their Executors administrators and assign should stand possessed of All and singular the leasehold hereditaments and premises thereinbefore referred to And all other (if any) the leasehold hereditaments in the County of York which whether by original settlement or by partition exchange allotment or otherwise howsoever than were subject to the trusts of the said Indenture of Settlement on the 25th September 1866 for the several residues remaining unexpired of the respective terms or estates for which the same were respectively held and subject to the rents covenants and conditions reserved by and contained in the said respective leases [18] Upon Trust that he said RANDAL PARSONS AND CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS or the survivor of them should by and out of the rents and profits of the said respective leasehold premiss pay the rents (if any) and perform and observe the covenants (if any) by the several Lessees and conditions (if any) by and in the said several Leases reserved and contained and subject thereto Upon such Trusts and subject to such powers and provisions as should correspond with the uses trusts powers and provisions thereinbefore declared and contained concerning the freehold hereditaments thereby settled or as near thereto as the nature of the premises would permit but not so as to increase or multiply charges or powers of charging and so that the said leasehold premises should not vest absolutely in any person thereby made tenant in tail male or in tail by purchase unless he or she should attain the age of 21 years but on his or her death under that age should devolve in the same manner as if the same had formed part of the freeholds inheritance thereby settled Proviso and Agreement that nothing therein contained should in anywise prejudice or affect the powers of jointuring and charging portions and other powers annexed to the life estate of the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE or the powers exercisable by the respective Trustees or Trustee with the consent of the said LAWRENCE EARL OF ROSSE contained in the said Indenture of Settlement of the th 25 day of September 1866 or the statutory powers incident to the said life estate or which would have been incident thereto but for the now abstracting presents or any of the such respective powers and that the uses estates and powers limited or created by the now abstracting presents or by any exercise of the powers therein contained should from time to time be over-reached by the exercise of the said powers contained in the said Indenture of Settlement or the said statutory powers in the same manner as if the estates uses and powers limited or created by the now abstracting presents had th been limited or created by the said Indenture of Settlement on the 25 day of September 1866 Agreement that he said RANDAL PARSONS and CHARLES ALGERNON PARSONS and the survivor of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of those presents should be and they were thereby appointed Trustees of the now abstracting Indenture and of any compound settlement consisting of the now abstracting Indenture and any other instrument or instruments for the purposes of the Settled Land Acts 1882 to 1890 and of any powers by the now abstracting Indenture or thereby conferred by reference to or by way of extension or enlargement of the powers of the said Acts And that a sole Trustee for the time being of the now abstracting Indenture should be competent to act for all purposes of the said Acts or such powers as aforesaid including the receipt of capital money and notices thereunder Proviso that any and every reference therein contained to the Settled Land Acts 1882 to 1890 or any of such Act should be deemed to extend to and include any Act or Acts from time to time in force extending amending or re-enacting the same but not so as to abridge or restrict any of the powers thereby conferred by reference thereto [19]
Abstract of land transfers: Transcription of indenture
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
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 Shipley Urban District Council to Wade, Bilbrough and Tetley & Co. relating to Hirst farmhouse and new Hirst mill. Dated 26/01/1912
A 10 year lease between Sir Titus Salt (Bart) sons and co. ltd. and Glyn Thomas and co. for use of the weir, goit, dams, sluices, turbines, watergate mill wheels and machinery at £200 per year - 15/02/1915
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.
Card-backed book: Salt & Saltaire by Dr. Gary Firth. Contains text and photographs on the history of Saltaire
Book - Salt & Saltaire by William Edward Alderson containing text and mainly modern coloured photographs of Saltaire. Information on Dr Alderson in the Foreward.
Saltaire And Its Founder by Abraham Holroyd
An account of Titus Salt and the founding of Saltaire
Saltaire And Its Founder by Abraham Holroyd: Front cover
Sir Titus Salt's subscription for seats on opening of Royal Albert Hall
Documents relating to Sir Titus Salt's subscription for seats on opening of Royal Albert Hall 29th March 1871. The seats were 'to be endowed for the use of his firm and persons employed at Saltaire when they came to London'. Information from the Royal Albert Hall.
Facsimile copy of 'Household Words' (Nov. 27th 1852) with an article entitled 'The Great Yorkshire Llama'. Household Words was a weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens. The article tells a story of how Titus Salt allegedley discovered surplus alpaca wool in 1836 and started experimenting with it to produce cloth. This led to a very successful textile business and, as the article was being written, the construction of a large new mill in what was to become Saltaire. See also https://www.djo.org.uk/household-words/volume-vi/page-250.html
Only viewable in the Saltaire Collection
This imprint, copyright Falcon Books 1999
1 of 5 copies of a reprint of 'The Great Yorkshire Llama' by Charles Dickens. The reprint is from Household Words Voume 6, o 140 published on Saturday November 27th 1952. The article tells a story of how Titus Salt allegedley discovered surplus alpaca wool in 1836 and started experimenting with it to produce cloth. This led to a very successful textile business and, as the article was being written, the construction of a large new mill in what was to become Saltaire.
Enlarged photograph of the present Salt 'clan' on the occasion of the bi-centennial of the birth of Sir Titus Salt and the anniversary of the opening of Salts Mill: 20th September 2003
Copyright David Weber. Licensed for use by Saltaire Collection
Small photograph of the present Salt 'clan' Taken at the 150th aniversary of the opening of Salts Mill. 20th September 2003
Small black and whitephotograph of the present Salt 'clan' Taken at the 150th aniversary of the opening of Salts Mill. 20th September 2003 : with IDs of the Salt family
A1-083: Saltaire - A Jubilee Sketch History
A booklet called 'Saltaire, A Jubilee Sketch History', with brief descriptions of its Origin and Developments. This is a Jubilee Souvenir booklet to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Salts Mill. On the front cover is the French honours given to Salts, including the Croix de la Legion d'Honneur.
A1-121: Notebook with notes on Salts family
Small notebook 'Garment Workers Wages Book' containing notes on the Salts family + others
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.
A1-126a: The Dayton Coal & Iron Company Limited (Rhea Co; Tenn; U.S.A.) Certificate of Shares
Titus Salts Jnr. Share certificate in The Dayton Coal & Iron Company Ltd purchased in 1884. The certificate is sealed with a large red seal decorated with a castle. The certificate includes Salts Alpaca logo within the decoration on the left hand side.
Copy of 'Memorandum & Suggestions for Sir Titus Salt Bart Sons & Co September 1883. The original document (and more details) are available as item 2024.65.
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
A2-047: Salt Family Redidences: Milner Field
Laminated photograph of Salts family dish with coat of arms
Laminated copy of two photos of Crownest & Salts Mill print
A2-085a-b: Salt Family Residences: Great Tows House
Salt Family Residences: Great Tows House
2 Photocopy photographs of 'Great Tows House' A farm belonging to Caroline Salts' father
A3-020: King George VI & Queen Elizabeth tour Saltaire Mills
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth tour Saltaire Mills
Laminated page showing a of set of six photographs labelled 'King George VI & Queen Elizabeth tour Saltaire Mills'
A3-100: Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
Photograph of the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills - October 1937
A3-101a-b: George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
Photograph of the visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills - October 1937
A3-102: George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
Photocopy of a photograph of the visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills - October 1937
A3-103: Visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
Visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
Photocopy of photos of the visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills - October 1937
A3-104a-b: Visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
A3-105a-b: Visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
A3-106a-b: Visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
2 photographs of the visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills - October 1937
A3-107: Visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
2 photos of the visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills - October 1937
Photocopy of a photograph of the visit of Princess Royal / Countess of Harewood ?? visit to Saltaire Mills c.1930s
Laminated Photocopy of photos of dresses worn by Catherine Salt
A3-134: Visit of George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Saltaire Mills
2 photos of the visit to Salts of King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (1937)
3 gold hand decorated menu holders with hand written menus
A4-004: Deed of transfer of the Salts company
Part of a deed of transfer of the Salts company from the Salts family to the Sir Titus Salt Bart Co. Ltd
A4-005: Dayton - The other town that the Salts built
Dayton - The other town that the Salts built
Booklet giving brief history of the developments in Dayton, Tennessee where the Salt family built a large mining and processing enterprise, and an accompanying town for the workers that had similarities to Saltaire.
A4-007: Salt family Property Interests: Dayton Tennessee
Salt family Property Interests: Dayton Tennessee
Leaflet for 'Tennessee State Parks - Laurel-Snow Natural Area'. The leaflet includes information on the Salts involvment with the Town. The Salt family owned land and Titus Salt Junior took on the project to develop the town of Dayton, Tennessee. The project was not finished before his death in 1887.
B1-032/4/1: Aerial photographs of Saltaire Mill
Salts Saltaire Ltd giving address, telex and telephone number and registered trademark. Bottom half is an aerial photograph of Saltaire and Salts Mill.
Close up of a carding machine. A retouched photograph dated August 23rd 1919 produced by WN Sharpe Ltd
Photograph of a room of carding machines. A smaller machine is to the left of the photograph with rollers. A basket of fleece is to the right with a lamp hanging above it. The photograph has been retouched by WH Sharpe Ltd and is dated August 23rd 1919 and is mounted on board. On the back of the board is 'one of the carding rooms' and ' carding machinery ' written in red.
Photograph shows a closeup of a noble comb at work. The image also shows a man to the left, a young girl in the centre and a woman to the right.
Photograph shows a room containing 5 circular noble combing machines in combing shed producing wool tops. Small machine in foreground shows a punch preparing ball tops.
Photograph shows a number of nip combing machines driven by overhead belts in combing shed.
Photograph shows interior of a combing shed. Three women are standing among machines. Gill boxes in foreground. The back of the photograph says ' A section of a combing shed'
Close up of drawing room machinery. Photograph shows cone roving flyer spinners made by Prince Smith & Sons of Keighley
Photograph shows eleven men standing in front of windows woolsorting. One man is standing by a wicker basket. There are a number of wicker baskets containing fleece.
Photograph shows a spinning room. A man whose image is blurred stands on the left with two women on the right. Three baskets are visible in the front left.
Photograph shows the full length of the spinning room with spinning machinery
Photograph shows spinning room with spinning machinery down the right hand side of the room. The backs of two women are visible with two others facing front at the rear of the photograph.
Photograph shows a section of a warping room with 7 people working at the machinery
Photograph shows warping machinery. 5 people can be seen in the photograph - 3 male and 2 female. 3 wicker baskets are visible to the left of the photograph
Photograph of warping machinery on card. This is a retouched photo by WN Sharpe Ltd
Photograph shows part of a weaving shed with lots of lampshades hanging above the machinery
Photograph shows a weaving room full of weaving machinery. 2 weaving machines are visible at the front of the photograph. A very small wicker basket can be seen between the two machines
Photograph shows weaving shed from above. A lampshade is visible in the centre front of the photograph with a line of others behind it. Some bobbins full of thread are to the left of the lampshades
Photograph shows a weaving shed covered in bunting. To the right of the picture are some coat hooks. On the back of the photograph are the words ' 'Telegraph' photograph copyright'
Close up of a weaving machine with dark coloured cloth and dark coloured yarn on bobbins on the right hand side of the machine
Photograph shows close ups of four workers standing among machines. There are 6 cupboards containing yarn. The cupboard in the foreground is piled with bobbins. There are 4 baskets to the right of the picture. The back of the photograph says ' A corner of a meeting room'
Photograph shows finishing machinery. On the left hand side a man stands behind a small machine with a group of four men behind him. To the right stands a manwith his left arm behind his back.
Photograph shows a number of burling and mending tables with a large pile of grey pieces (unfinished cloth) in the foreground. The room is decorated with bunting and decorations
Photograph shows New Mill. Three men are holding a piece of cloth to the right of a wheeled truck. In the background workers stand in front of dyeing machinery. There are two piles of cloth in the foreground - the left is piled with white cloth, the right with darker cloth.
The photograph shows a male worker standing to the left of the picture behind a table piled with two different types of coloured cloth. A piece of cloth is suspended over his head. A group of men are in the background
Photograph shows the finishing room with two men holding a length of white cloth. There is another pile of white cloth to the left of the photograph. To the right is a truck containing coloured cloth with a step ladder behind it
Photograph shows a number of men packing yarn. There is a man in the centre of the photograph with his foot on a wheeled trolley with two bales of yarn in front. Behind him are two men leaning on a crate. To the left of the photo is a suited man watching the proceedings. He is standing beneath a clock.
Photograph shows piles of cloth both packed and unpacked. There are six packages to the left of the photograph with six piles of unwrapped cloth in the middle. A man stands to the left of some hats and coats with 3 dark suited men behind him and another man behind a table holding some cloth.
Room containing wool scouring machinery. A man is sitting on a small step ladder at the front of the photograph. To the rear are three men standing in front of machinery.
Photograph shows a room filled with wool washing machinery. A chain hangs down on the left hand side of the image. Some fleece has been added to the machine with a basket positioned below.
A close up of a yarn scouring machine, with seven rollers at the top.
Hopper Feed on right of photo full of scoured wool going into the carding engine
photograph shows the doffing end of worsted carding engine. A smaller machine is visible to the left.
Room containing 3 carding machines in combing shed. Doffing (delivery end) of card.
B1-032/5/1: Salts Mill offices from the steps
Photograph shows the steps in the foreground with a lamp on the top of the steps. Trees are behind the steps. Salts Mill offices are to the right of the photograph
B1-032/5/10: Workers walking up Victoria Road (c 1920s) (1)
Workers walking up Victoria Road (c 1920s) (1)
A number of children can be seen in the front of the photograph. Very few of the faces can be clearly seen. A sign to the right says 'Anniversary Rev William Paxton'
B1-032/5/11: Workers walking up Victoria Road (c.1920s)
Workers walking up Victoria Road (c.1920s)
Slightly more distant photograph of workers walking up Victoria Road. Children can be seen in the front left of the picture. A clearer sign saying 'Anniversary Rev William Paxton. Oliver A Thornton' is visible
B1-032/5/12: Salts Mill Dining Room, Victoria Road (1)
Salts Mill Dining Room, Victoria Road (1)
3 laminated copies of the photo of A close up of the entrance to Salts Mill dining room. Two young men are visible in the doorway. A railway motice board is visible to the left with a notice saying 'Earlier holidays'
B1-032/5/14: Salts Mill :Volume Five : Collections of photographs of Saltaire Mill
Salts Mill :Volume Five : Collections of photographs of Saltaire Mill
B1-032/5/15: Canal barge by the New Mill (2)
A photograph of a canal barge moored in the front of the New Mill. Two men can be seen on the barge with three others standing behind the beside it and one man leaning on the railings.
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
Photograph shows a man in a light coloured jacket behind a steam turbine. He has his right arm raised. The room is highly deorated with wooden panelling. A ceiling light hangs to the right of the photograph
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.
B1-032/5/2: The front entrance of Salts mill offices
The front entrance of Salts mill offices
Close up of Salts Mill offices. Part of a tree can be seen in the left foreground and a sign in the window of a room to the right of the picture says 'Enquiry office'
Photograph shows a man wearing a light coloured jacket standing in front of the steam turbine
Photograph shows switchgear down the left handside with a man standing at the rear with his right arm raised. The switchgear is in the turbine house in the centre of the spinning block
Photograph shows the inside of an engineer's shop. 8 men are shown in the background. The foreground shows a pile of wheels on the floor.
Photograph shows the inside of an engineer's shop. There are machines to the left with 3 piles of wheels in the middle. To the right of the picture are 2 wheels leaning against a machine
Photograph shows the inside of an engineer's shop. A man stands in the centre of the photograph facing the camera. A group of men stand to the left working at a bench. To the right are four wheels standing against two cupboards together with two hats and coats
B1-032/5/26: Photograph of a painting of the mill (1)
Photograph of a painting of the mill (1)
Photograph shows a landscape painting of Salts Mill and the surrounding area
B1-032/5/27: Photograph of a painting of the mill (2)
Photograph of a painting of the mill (2)
Photograph shows a landscape painting of Salts Mill and the surrounding area leaning against a window
B1-032/5/3: Salts Mill offices and Mill from the railway bridge (1)
Salts Mill offices and Mill from the railway bridge (1)
The top of a street lamp is visible in the foreground and some railings can be seen in the lower right of the photograph
B1-032/5/4: Salts Mill offices and Mill from the railway bridge (2)
Salts Mill offices and Mill from the railway bridge (2)
Salts Mill can be seen on the right half of the photograph with a partial view of Salts Mill offices. A street lamp can be seen in the centre of the picture
B1-032/5/6: Salts Mill with the railway sidings (1)
Close up of Salts Mill with the railway sidings to the right of the photograph. Railways trucks can be seen. A street lamp on a wall is in the foreground.
B1-032/5/7: Salts Mill with the railway sidings (2)
Close up of the mill chimney with the railway sidings in the foreground
B1-032/5/8: Salts Mill yard entrance (c. 1920s)
Close up of the entrance to Upper Mill yard. Three men can be seen in the photograph, one standing by the gate, the others by the Mill wall
B1-032/5/9: Workers leaving Salts Mill (c 1920s)
A photograph of workers leaving the upper Mill yard. The photograph is blurred in places although the faces of the workerss are clearly visible. A man can be seen holding onto a ladder with his face between the rungs on the lefthand side.
B1-053a: The future of Salts Mill: A Feasibility Study
The future of Salts Mill: A Feasibility Study
Photocopy 'The future of Salts Mill: A Feasibility Study' - Report by KMG Thomson McClintock for City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
A copy of 'Salts Mill Saltaire: An Architectural Feasibility Study' by DEGW Architecture, Planning & Design of London
Postcard of an aerial photograph of Salt's Mill (copy from Bradford Chamber of Commerce Directory)
B1-061/10: Photographs of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. mills
Photographs of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. mills
Pasted photographs of Cross Roads Mill, Damens Mill in Keighley & Uddington Mills, Lanarkshire all owned by Salts (Saltaire) Ltd.
small print of mill from the south west, showing allotments
smal card of registered Salt trademark including an alpaca.
copy of 'Salts Saltaire' advert from Bradford Chamber of Commerce Review.
Hand written notes on various events relating to Salts Mill 1918-1963
Christmas Card 'Cap Spinning' (in envelope)
Print of mill from Baildon Green : small print of mill & print of alpaca attached
copy of newspaper cutting Opening of Saltaire Mill (Illustrated London News)
Newspaper cutting : Illingworth Morris Limited bid for Huddersfield Fine Worsteds
Telegraph & Argus news cutting : picture of C.H.Wood's aerial view of Saltaire
Laminated photograph of Saltaire Mill Nursing Division nurses on the back of a lorry (shows a man holding a child)
Laminated photograph of Saltaire Mill Nursing Division nurses on the back of a lorry (Gas lamp standard in the background)
A photocopy containg two photographs of the Burling and Mending department at work and at leisure
Laminated board 'How Salts(Saltaire) has developed' : Yorkshire Observer
Laminated board 'Pioneer Enterprise known the world over' : Yorkshire Observer
News cutting of Prince George visiting Salts Mill
Mounted photograph, 'Roofs of Salts Mill' (c. 1980's?)
Gold covered brochure for SALTS (SALTAIRE) LIMITED' printed by the 'Wool Record Survey'. The brochure includes many images and text describing the process in Salts Mill, including the quality control and testing of the fabric. It also describes the facilities in the Mill for the staff, such as the medical service.
2 pages from the 'Illustrated London News' October 1st 1853
SALTAIRE MILL AND MUSEUM : A short history and guide'
Mounted coloured photograph of the main mill building
Mounted coloured postcard of 'SALTAIRE' mill
1 loose coloured postcard labelled 'SALTAIRE' MILL
2 card prints of Saltaire and the bridge c.1865
Large print of Saltaire and the bridge c.1865
Copy of postcard of 'Saltaire Mills from the River'
Copy of postcard of the New Mill from the River Aire
Mounted postcard of 'Saltaire Mills Despatch Department'
Copy of photograph of the Drawing Department inside the mill
Copy of photograph of the Warping Department inside the mill
Large photograph of the Combing Department inside the mill
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
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
B1-083a-b: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd publicity booklet
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd' (booklet) 2 copies. Publicity brochure; Shows Mill Directors of 1924
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd publicity booklet: Front cover
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd publicity booklet: Page 1
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd publicity booklet: Page 2
B1-084a: Salts Mill and museum: A short history and guide
Salts Mill and museum: A short history and guide
Book by Donald Hanson, Chair of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a textiles business.
B1-085: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd advertising leaflet
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd advertising leaflet
Advertising leaflet. Approximately 60 copies
B1-087.1: Fowler Textile Calculator with Leather case
Fowler Textile Calculator with Leather case
Fowler Textile Calculator, shaped like a pocket watch with a leather case. The calculator was a type of circular slide rule.
Fowler Textile Calculator with Leather case: Front face of calculator
Fowler Textile Calculator with Leather case: Back face of the calculator
Fowler Textile Calculator with Leather case: Calculator case front view
Fowler Textile Calculator with Leather case: Calculator case back view
Fowler Textile Calculator with Leather case: Handwritten instructions found in case
B1-087.2: Fowler Textile Calculator instruction book
Fowler Textile Calculator instruction book
Instruction manual for a Fowler Textile Calculator (see B1-087.1).
Fowler Textile Calculator instruction book: Front page
B1-087.3: Fowler Textile Calculator instructions
Instructions for the use of the Fowler Textile Calculator' (photograph-copied booklet).
Gold covered brochure for SALTS (SALTAIRE) LIMITED' printed by the 'Wool Record Survey'. The brochure includes many images and text describing the processes in Salts Mill, including quality control and testing of fabric. It also describes the facilities in the Mill for the staff, such as the medical service.
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd' (Office Folder containing 3 Salts (Saltaire) envelopes with airmail stamp, and card with 'Yorkshire Rhyme')
B1-093a-d: Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry
A typewritten booklet produced by Salts (Saltaire) Limited to describe each stage of turning raw wool into finished cloth. Each stage is accompanied by a sample of the wool as it would appear at that stage.
Copyright Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. and successors
SALTS (SALTAIRE) LIMITED MAIN PROCESSES IN THE WORSTED TEXTILE SPINNING AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY - 1 - SORTING After being bought at Australian Wool Auctions, the raw wool is made into bales of 30 to 35 fleeces weighing in total about 300 lbs. each bale. Raw wool may contain up to 50% dirt and natural grease and there are 3 or 4 differing qualities of wool on each fleece the finest is on the shoulders, where it gets more sun and is subject to least movement and wear, while the wool on the haunches receives considerable wear. The manufacturer of differing fabrics requires wool of a particular quality, and when the bales arrive at Saltaire it is the sorters' highly skilled and important task to divide the fleeces, and grade the various parts by length and fineness of fibre. Each quality is given a number broadly between 20 and 100, e.g. 60's (meaning 1 lb. of wool will spin a continuous thread equal to 60 hanks of yarn, 1 hank being 560 yards) 64's to spin 64 x 560 yards etc. The higher numbers denote the finest qualities and are regarded as worsteds, the lower numbers being shorter and coarser fibres as wool. - 2 - SCOURING Each quality in turn is passed through a "washing set" consisting of a series of tanks or "bowls" containing progressively weaker solutions of soap and alkali, then through rinsing bowls of hot water and finally through squeeze rollers. This process removes a large part of the natural grease from the wool and also marking fluids used to identify the owners of the sheep, together with general dirt and impurities. By-products of this stage are potash and lanolin, which after refining is used pharmaceutically in the manufacture of ointments, plasters and disinfectants, and as the basis of many cosmetics. Less refined grades are widely used in the preparation of polishes, inks, vetinary preparations and soaps. Further outlets are as a base for rust preventatives, a softening agent for leather and the manufacture of special greases for high temperature lubrication. - 3- CARBONISING The prickly seeds or burrs of clover and other plants which become entangled in wool cannot be removed by scouring, and sometimes are present in too high a proportion to be dealt with by mechanical deburring machinery during the carding operation. The wool is therefore immersed in a dilute solution of sulphuric acid and then baked at high temperature (carbonisation). The charred and brittle vegetable matter can then be removed by crushing and shaking. CARDING The carding machine comprises a number of rollers entirely covered with pins. These succeed in removing any remaining foreign matter, at the same time dis-entangling the wool and producing a continuous sliver or untwisted ribbon of fibres. The wool is then passed through a "Backwash" where the slivers are rewashed and dried to remove any impurities picked up during carding. Three gilling machines are employed in turn to straighten out the fibres, preparing boxes then laying the fibres parallel within the sliver. - 4- COMBING A "combed sliver" is then produced, the fibres over 3" in length being separated from the shorter fibres and other vegetable matter. These short fibres (termed noil) are of no further use to the worsted industry and are sold to the woollen industry. The long fibres go through two more gilling operations before being wound into a ball to form a "top" made to a standard length of 255 yards and weighing about 9 lbs. The top may be dyed at this stage for use in "yarn- dyed" or patterned fabrics, or left in its natural creamy white colour to continue through the remaining processes, being dyed after the cloth is woven to produce a "piece- dyed" or plain material. Additional tops may be purchased from Commission Topmakers and introduced at this time. - 5- DRAWING In order to make a fine, even thread the tops are blended and are then drawn out to more than 300 times their own length. This is normally done in seven or eight operations. The first three blending the material and the remainder drawing out the sliver to a fine "roving". Highspeed modern machines with automatic and electronic controls can now complete this process in three operations, the number of personnel needed to run these machines being one third of the original requirement. -6- SPINNING The roving is now spun into yarn of varying thicknesses and strengths as needed for different types of cloth. Each completed package of yarn can have up to ten thousand yards completely free from knots. TWISTING To give added strength, two threads can be twisted together to form a twofold yarn, or more than two threads to make a multifold yarn. Two different coloured threads may also be twisted together and used to give special effects in the design of the cloth. - 7 – WINDING For ease of handling the yarn is then wound on cones or cheeses for use when making the warp or on small bobbins or "pirns" which are inserted into the shuttle and are used to supply the weft or cross thread during weaving. WARPING A number of cones or cheeses are then placed in a large open frame, the threads being wound simultaneously onto a beam in sections to form a "warp". The beam is equivalent in width to the piece of cloth to be woven, each warp varying in length from a few yards to over 1,000 yards. - 8 – WEAVING After the beam has been placed in the loom, the shuttle is passed under and over the warp threads from one side to the other binding the threads together and forming the cloth. Patterns and designs are obtained by alternately lifting different warp threads by means of healds before the weft is passed through, the weft then being beat into the cloth by means of a reed. One piece can be woven in approximately 8 16 hours dependant on the type of loom. -- On the latest looms the method of taking the weft across is much faster and uses a different technique, as the weft is passed directly through the warp from the cone without the need for a shuttle. Weaving time on these looms is about one half that of automatic looms. Faults caused in the weaving or earlier processes are then rectified in the Burling and Mending Department, where girls carefully examine the cloth, lifting any knots and replacing faulty threads by hand. -9- DYEING AND FINISHING The cloth is scoured to remove any dirt and impurities which it may have gathered during its previous processing. The piece-dyed cloth is then dyed to a required shade, and rinsed. Excess water is removed from the piece by means of hydro-extraction, and the cloth dried in a hot air machine which "sets" the cloth to the required width. The face of the cloth is then cleaned of any excess fibre by the cropping (Cutting) machine. If required the cloth can be London Shrunk to prevent later shrinking; in this process the cloth is folded into blankets which are soaked in water, and allowed to stand over-night. The cloth is then hung up to dry for a day. After it is taken down, it is relaxed and has its own natural water content. The cloth is then pressed and is ready to be sent to the Warehouse where all pieces are finally examined for any faults, measured, weighed, and packed for despatch to the customer.
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Front cover
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 1 - Sorting
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 2 - Scouring
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 3 - Carbonising and Carding
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 4 - Combing
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 5 - Drawing and Roving
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 6 - Spining and Twisting
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 7 - Winding and Warping
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 8 - Weaving
Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry: Page 9 - Dyeing and Finishing
B1-094: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931: Front cover
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931: Page 1
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931: Pages 2-3
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931: Pages 4-5
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931: Pages 6-7
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1931: Back cover
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1932
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1934
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1935
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Directors Report and Statement of Accounts : 31st March 1967
Salts (Saltaire)Ltd : Notice of Company General Meeting for 28th March 1933
Salts (Saltaire)Ltd : Report of Company Annual General Meeting for 21st May 1931 (2 copies)
Illingworth, Morris : Annual Report and Accounts 30th September 1962
Illingworth, Morris : Annual Report and Accounts 13th September 1968
Salts (Saltaire)Ltd. Preliminary Survey of Operations : December 1968
Illingworth, Morris : A Look at 1968' (Booklet)
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Report on Cost Accounting : June 1953
Notice to Salts managers of a meeting with Trade Union officals
Notice to Salts staff regarding the visit of Princess Anne : 22nd June 1977. This was part of the Siver Jubilee celbrations of Queen Euzabeth II.
Menu for the Salts (Saltaire) Dance Buffet 25th September 1981
Five blank sheets of 'Salts Saltaire' headed notepaper
Packet of 'Saltaire Mills' 'With the Complements of Salts (Saltaire) Limited slips
Two sheets of paper with small prints of Alpaca designs. One of the sheets has a hanwdriting suggesting some type of selection procecess. See also B1-547 which are the actual stamps used to make the imprints.
B1-113: Dinner & Dance and Christmas Dance invitations
Dinner & Dance and Christmas Dance invitations
Envelope containing 19 Salts staff Dinner & Dance and Christmas Dance invitations
Envelope containing a large number of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. used cheques
Information sheet 'Speciality hair fibres' (2 copies)
B1-116: Saltaire Mills and the Company Museum
Photocopy of 'Saltaire Mills and the Company Museum'
Typed manuscripts for a guided tour of Saltaire Mills by Bowtell, Albert ? (3 copies)
B1-118: My View of the UK Textile Industry
My View of the UK Textile Industry' article by Alan Lewis. Lewis gained control of the major textiles company Illingworth, Morris and Co. in 1982 following a dispute between the directors and Pamela Mason who controlled most of the shares. Illingworth, Morris had purchased Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. in 1958.
With the Compliments slip Illingworth, Morris-Salts of Saltaire (3 sheets)
DR slips Illingworth, Morris-Salts of Saltaire (2 sheets)
2 typewritten sheets relating to a bonus scheme
The Building of a Wool Textile Empire' from 'Wool Record March 1968
Copy of newscutting on the opening of Saltaire Mill (Ilustrated London News Oct.1853
Set of 7 transfer sheets of reversed images for marking export cloth.
4 photograph prints of the transfer sheets from B1-123
Small coloured mounted card of 'Saltaire Mills 1850'
News cutting item on visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth to the mill in 1937
News cutting item on Margaret Thatcher wearing a coat made by Salts
News cutting item on visit of Lord Lascelles to the mill in 1931
News cuttings article on the architecture of Saltaire by Derek Linstrum
News cutting article on the refurbishment of Salt's Mill by Rod Hackney
News cutting article on the refurbishment of Salt's Mill by Gillian Darley
News cutting article on the preservation of the Mill records
News cutting article on the 'Ghost of Titus Salt'
News cutting on the removal of the top of Salt's Mill chimney
Page of pasted newscuttings on the death of Robert Whyte Guild, who was a managing director of Salts (Saltaire) Ltd.
Page of pasted newscuttings on various items connected with Salt's Mill (1962-1972)
News cuttings of job losses at Saltaire, and evictions from Salts houses in Scotland
News cutting on the condition of Illingworth, Morris
B1-144: Donald Hanson of Illingworth, Morris
News cutting on Donald Hanson, the chair and chief executive of Illingworth, Morris and Company, the last owners of Salts Mill as a working textile business.
B1-145/a-i: Pamela Mason's dispute with Illingworth, Morris and Co Ltd.
Pamela Mason's dispute with Illingworth, Morris and Co Ltd.
News cuttings on Pamela Mason's dispute with Illingworth, Morris and Co Ltd. There are nine items: a. Pamela weaves textiles turmoil; b. Men and matters: shooting star at the Savoy; c. Request from Mrs Mason baffles IM; d. Why Mrs Mason is throwing fireworks; e. Illingworth MOrris staff needs support; f. Star's ex-wife wins family's boardroom row; g. Exit Mrs Mason, enter new doubts; h. Mrs Mason in a new round of hostilities; i. Portland's bill upsets the Illingworth shareholders.
Pamela Mason's dispute with Illingworth, Morris and Co Ltd.: Pamela weaves textile turmoil
Photocopy of magazine article on Morgan Mason, son of Pamela Mason controller of major block of shares in Illingworth, Morris and Company Ltd. which owned Salts Mill from 1958. Pamela appointed Morgan to the board of Illingworth, Morris and both were involved in a dispute with the other directors regarding the future of the business. Morgan went on to become an assistant to US PResident Ronald Reagan, and the article is mainly about this period in his life.
Letter from Donald Hanson to Salts employees over the action by Pamela Mason (controller of the largest shareholding in Illingworth, Morris & Co. - the owners of Salts MIll). Pamela Mason and the company's directors where in dispute over the future of the company. Hanson was the chair of directors.
B1-148: Papers from a Illingworth, Morris stockholders meeting over Mrs Mason's complaints
Papers from a Illingworth, Morris stockholders meeting over Mrs Mason's complaints
Illingworth, Morris stockholders meeting over Mrs Mason's complaints
Papers from a Illingworth, Morris stockholders meeting over Mrs Mason's complaints: Cover page
Illingworth, Morris notice to stockholders
Illingworth, Morris PLC Chairman's statement
News cutting on Illingworth, Morris company results (1963)
News cutting : 'What about the workers' : The future for staff at Salt's mill
News cutting on improvements at Illingworth, Morris
News cutting on the closure of Spinning Dept. at Salt's Mill
News cutting 'End of a 133 year era at Salt's Mill' (closure of the mill)
News cutting ' End of an era for the last men at Salts
Book with samples of Long Service certificates from various firms, produced by Alan Tabour
Set of 5 'Salts Saltaire' note pads + 1 message pad
3 copies of 'How Salt's (Saltaire) Ltd. has developed' (Yorkshire Observer Centenary Supplement : 6th February 1934)
3 copies of large poster of 'The World Famous Wool Textile Firm that created a Town; ( supplement of the Yorkshire Post 19th October 1956
Large 12 by 12 inch sticker sheet of 'Salts Saltaire'
Set of 5 pictures of semi-aerial view of Saltaire Mills from the south (on paper)
3 Christmas cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) showing an early mill print
Christmas cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) showing an early mill print (mounted on Air-Mail envelope)
1 Christmas card from the Directors showing early colour print of the mill
4 Christmas cards from the Directors of Salts (Saltaire) showing a Merino sheep
5 Christmas cards from the Directors of Salts showing the Congregational Church
1 Christmas card from the Directors showing Santa Claus riding on a 'loom shuttle'
Postcard of Princess Anne commemorating her visit to Salts Mill 22nd June 1977 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee celebrations
7 Christmas cards from the Directors of Salts showing old print of mill with bridge
B1-172: Mill with original stone-pillard bridge
52 9.5 by 6.5 inch cards showing old print of mill with bridge
Photograph of Spinning Department -1919 (mounted on board)
Photograph of Spinning Department at Christmas ? with people
B1-175a-b: Salts Mill with cast-iron brdge
Coloured print of Salts mill with cast-iron pillored bridge
Coloured print of Salts mill viewed from Baildon Green
Photocopy of Coloured print of Salts mill viewed from Baildon Green
B1-178a-b: Aerial photograph of Saltaire Mills
2 copies of an aerial photograph of Salts Mills
Photograph of Salts Mill & the village of Saltaire.
4 small postcards showing an early print of the mill
Set of 6 photographs of a museum display in Salts mill
Photograph of a small trunk with a print of Salts Mill mounted inside the lid
Transfer print 'Superfine All Wool' logo with 2 sheep & flags
'Salts Saltaire', with alpaca in the middle of the design
B1-187a-c: Large poster for 'Salts Belwarp'
A large poster advertising 'Salts' Belwarp' cloth. Belwarp was a company based in Argentina and became a subsidiary of Salts.
3 original + 1 Laminated copy of company letter to staff about the sale of Salts weaving to Stroud Riley Drummond : 23rd August 1985
2 laminated copies of a letter asking for volountary redundancies at Salts Mill : 23rd August 1985
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Centenary 1853-1953 badge
3 photocopies of 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Centenary 1853-1953 badge
Salts Mill and Museum A short history and guide'
B1-194a: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool
1 original wallet (with tickets for train and entertainment ) for Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool 26th June 1953
B1-194b: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool
A wallet containing a leaflet, rail ticket (green), passes for the Black Pool Tower, the Pleasure Beach and Olympia Blackpool and information leaflet for the Blackpool Opera House for Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool 26th June 1953.
B1-194c: Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool
2 Photocopy of covers of wallet for Salts mill centenary trip to Blackpool
3 photocopies of Blackpool Opera House programme for 'The Show of Shows'
2 original pattern cards (red and blue design)
2 laminated copies of pattern cards (B1-197)
4 copies of Christmas Lunch menu 18th December 1985
Postcard of workers coming out of Salts Mill with laminated photocopies
Folder containing Photocopy of Saltaire Mill Centenary Service at Saltaire Congregational Church
Newspaper cutting of centenary trip to Blackpool.
2 photocopies of newspaper cutting of centenary trip to Blackpool
2 enlarged photographs of the centenary train taking staff to Blackpool
Enlarged photograph of Salt's employees on Blackpool promenade
B1-207a-b: Workers on railway station platform
4 enlarged photographs of Salt's employees on Blackpool station platform standing as a group next to a steam train. Maximilian and Anna Wagner are identified on the image. This marked the occasion of the 100th aniversary of Salts Mill. The train is decorated to celebrate this. Maximillian worked in the Mill, as a weaver and later a Weaving overlooker after moving from Poland in 1948 until he retired.
B1-208a-b: Long service certificate for Billy Firth
Long service certificate for Billy Firth
Photos of presentation of long service certificate to Billy Firth
Photo of presentation of long service certificate to a woman. Picture also shows Billy Firth
News cutting of presentation of long service certificate to Billy Firth
Photograph of Salt's group including Annie Osbourne & Bertha Price by train
6 mounted photos of Billy Firth and a Salts (Saltaire) waggon and 1 additional laminated photograph
Mounted laminated copy of photos and text of Saltaire Rifle Volunteers including Tom Firth. With information text
A board-mounted - blank Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Long Service Certificate
B1-215a: Long service ceritificate for William Firth
Long service ceritificate for William Firth
Framed Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Long Service Certificate presented to William Firth for 50 years service
Long service ceritificate for William Firth: Front view of framed certificate
Long service ceritificate for William Firth: Certificate only
B1-215b: Long service certificate for Henry Firth
Long service certificate for Henry Firth
Framed Salts (Saltaire) Ltd Long Service Certificate presented to Henry Firth for 50 years service
Bronzed cardboard 'Saltaire' plaque with the Salts Alpaca logo
Photocopy of a reproduction of article 'Celebrations at Salts Mill' by John Mayhall
Booklet: 'Poetry or Bust' a play by Tony Harrison. It tells the story of John Nicholson a sometime woolsorter but published playwrite and poet known as the 'Airedale Poet'. Despite some success, Nicholson moved to Bradford and found work with Titus Salt as a woolsorter. He died while trying to cross the River Aire in 1943 in what became Saltaire about 10 years later. Tony Harrison's play tells the story of Nicholson's life and was first performed in Salts Mill in 1993, 150 years after his death and only 100 metres or so from where he tried to cross the river.
Copy of 'The Return' a poem by Madge Townend
B1-220a-m: On the Construction of Fire-proof Warehouses
On the Construction of Fire-proof Warehouses
Fairbairn, William: Courtesy of Royal Society via WikiCommons
Extract from 'On the Construction of Fire-proof Warehouses' by William Fairbairn. Fairbairn was the chief engineer employed by Titus Salt when designing Salts Mill.
Packet of assorted 'Alpaca 'Saltaire' ' cards
Set of 16 Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. 'Staff Dinner and Dance' invitations
B1-223: Salts Mill and Museum : A short history and guide
Salts Mill and Museum : A short history and guide
Contains a brief history and black and white photographs
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.
2 copies of: 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd booklet c.1950s
Folder of mock-up sample pages for a book 'About Salts of Saltaire' by Percy Lund,Humphries
Photocopy of booklets for 'Bilbille & Co' sample book of cloth swatches
Photocopy of booklet for 'Societe Des Nouveautes Textiles' sample book of cloth swatches
Photocopy of 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd' booklet
Wool Record Survey booklet on 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd'
38 enlarged copies of 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd'
Bound Photocopy of booklet 'Sir Titus Salt Bart, Sons and Co. Ltd'
Photograph of Salts Mill managers c.1920's
Photograph of employees leaving Salts Mill c.1950's
2 copies of photograph of employees leaving Salts Mill c.1930s
Photograph of Salts Mill (named) office staff 1933
Mounted card with 2 photos of staff in Burling and Mending dept, in mill and at Blackpool
Folder of press cuttings and photograph on a television programme about Salts Mill
Photograph of a 'Pirn Winding' machine with operative
Photomontage of various photographs of Salt's processes
Enlarged photograph of notices on a Salts Mill notice board
Enlarged photograph of Salts Mill Spinning Dept
Enlarged photograph of Salts Mill empty Weaving shed
Enlarged photograph of Salts Mill from Caroline Street.
Coloured photograph of Salts Mill medical department
2 copies of photograph of the dismantling of a weaving loom
B1-250a: Burling and Mending Department at Salts Mill 1936.
Burling and Mending Department at Salts Mill 1936.
Photograph of the Burling and Mending Department in Salts Mill. Christmas 1936. There are several women standing at their working positions, with a larger number standing behind them and to the right. Two men, one dressed in a white coat, are stood on the left. Everyone is looking at the camera. There are Christmas decorations hung from the ceiling.
Photograph of the Burling and Mending Dept. Christmas 1937
Enlarged photograph of the sample packing dept.
Enlarged photograph of the Spinning dept.
2 sets of mounte cards showing mill processes
Photograph of Steam Barge towing fly boats at Salts Mill 1936
Photograph of West view of Salts Mill showing office block in centre and New Mill on the left
Photograph of New Mill from the canal bridge
A coloured postcard featuring a view of Salts Mill with 'Saltaire' in large red lettering underneath.
Print of Salts Mill (with location details added)
Print of Salts Mill - black and white copy of an old print
Copy of the Deed of arrangement for the reconstruction of Salts Mill 1893
2 copies of a printed letter from: Wade,Bilbrough, Booth & Co. re. the Reconsruction plans 1893
Statement and Scheme for the Reconstruction of the management of Salts Mill 1892
Copy of Deed of Conveyance of Saltaire village to the Bradford Property Trust
B1-285a-d: Long Service Certificate for Arthur Gresswell
Long Service Certificate for Arthur Gresswell
A Long Service Certificate for Arthur Gresswell from Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. 4 copies
B1-285e: Long Service Certificate for Arthur Greswell
Long Service Certificate for Arthur Greswell
1 framed/copy of a Long Service Certificate for Arthur Greswell
B1-286a-d: Presentation of long service certificate
Presentation of long service certificate
4 Photographs of Emily Tennant and others receiving a long service certificate from Mr Guild
Copy of a long service certificate for Emily Tennant from Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - 7th October 1951
2 letters from Salts management concerning the retirement of Tennant, Emily
'Centenary of Saltaire Mills 1853 to 1953' Order of Service booklet for Saltaire Congregational Church 20/9/1953
11 photographs of the Salts Mill Centenary trip to Blackpool 1953
Poem, 'Tale of the Works Trip', by Lawler, Eddie (with note by Roger Clarke)
B1-290: Employees in Blackpool Pleasure Ground 1953
Employees in Blackpool Pleasure Ground 1953
Enlarged photograph of Salts Mill employees in Blackpool Pleasure Ground 1953
2 photographs of a box marked 'The Property of Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Ltd.'
Photograph of the cover of Salts Mill Weigh book
Copy of a plan of Salts Mill by Lockwood and Mawson
Enlarged laminated copy of a print of a drawing of Titus Salt
A project file of information relating to the sale of Salts Mill in 1986. The file is compiled of 11 original documents either created by Illingworth, Morris Co Ltd, the owners of the Mill, or Eddisons the Estate Agents supervising the sale. The last document is a brief biography by John Collins of Pamela Mason (the Hollywood actress and author), executor for the Ostrer family who were the principal shareholders of Illingworth Morris. The information donated was courtesy of Hartley Property Trust Ltd, who alowed John access to their archives.
Display panel on a Telegraph & Argus article on the closure of Salts Mill
A packet of 6 original photos, relating to the closure of Salts Mill.
Photograph showing canal barges unloading coal on the Leeds and LIverpool canal
B1-301: ALPACAS Frequently asked questions
Information sheet : 'ALPACAS Frequently asked questions
B1-302a-d: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ' Worsted Manufacture
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ' Worsted Manufacture
Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. ' Worsted Manufacture - A Brief Summary '
Original of Salts Mill reference for Mr K. Drozczenko' employment at the mill
Original of Salts Mill 'Compliments slip' for Mr K. Drozczenko'
2 copies of Salts Mill 'BELWARP' advertisement
B1-305: Letter regarding widow's pension
Copy of a letter from Salts Trust Govenors to Mrs M Giles relating to her entitlement to her late husbands pension
1 large, 1 small copy of a print of the mill 'Opening Celebration Luncheon'
2 photographs of a steam train passing Saltaire Mill
Photograph of scaffolding on mill and chimney for sandblasting
Saltaire Mill 'Long Service Certificate' presented to Arthur Greswell September 1937
3 board mounted coloured cards of Saltaire Mill
Large drawing of the Saltaire mill complex, published in 'The Graphic' Nov.28th 1896
Photograph of a 'Salts Mill trip to Wembley'. Shows people in a charabanc in the 1920s
Photograph of Salts Mill and weir on the river Aire
A collection of 10 photographs showing Salts mill workers in their departments
B1-315a-e: King George VI visits Saltaire
A collection of 5 photographs showing King George VI and the Duke of Kent visiting Salts Mill in October 1937
Photograph of Salts Mill railway sidings taken in 1924
Photograph of Salts mill staff going on the centenary train to Blackpool + 1 laminated copy
Photograph of Salts Mill Silver Band 1930s
Photograph of parts of Salts Mill the new railway bridge on Victoria Road, Saltaire
B1-321: James Roberts speaking to workers
Photograph of James Roberts addressing a group of workers at Salts Mill c.1900s
Reprint from the Yorkshire Observer on the history of Salts Mill : 1934
Large Christmas card from 'Jonathan and Alan at Salts Mill'. Likely that 'Jonathan' is Jonathan Silver, the entrepreneur who purchased Salts Mill in the 1980s and developed it into a business and leisure eneterprise.
Bill for 'Thick ends' from 'Sir Titus Salt Bart, Sons & Co' March 6th 1900
Bill for yarn from 'Sir Titus Salt Bart, Sons & Co' July 23rd 1900
Book for 'Salts (Saltaire) Limited Staff Superannuation Scheme
Booklet, with tickets, for the mill Centenary trip to Blackpool 26th June 1953 for Miss A.Booker