Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2026.2: A history of the New Mill Estate, Saltaire

  A 71 page document with notes, photographs and some excerpts from plans and maps all relating to New Mill. part of the Salts Mill complex. The document covers the history of the site fom the seventeenth century to the early twenty first centiury, including: - Dixon Mill, a corn and fulling mill built in 1635, occupied the site where New Mill was later constructed. - As part of the building of the original Salts Mill, a gas works on teh same site was proposed in 1852, serving both the mill and the village. - The Mill was expanded in 1868 by builkding New Mill, with a notable campanile chimney. - The estate experienced significant events such as a major fire in 1881 and a breach in the weir in 1884, causing mill shutdowns. - By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the estate saw further extensions, infrastructure improvements, and the introduction of electric power. - In the mid-1990s, the estate was repurposed for offices and apartments, with remnants of its industrial past still visible today.
• 2024.33: Salt before Saltaire

  A research document from local historian Les Brook on the history of Sir Titus Salt before the move of his business to Saltaire in 1853. In four parts: Part 1: The investigation starts with snippets of evidence […in Part 2 onwards, I try to make sense of these] 3 Part 2: The Salts’ Early Years in Bradford 12 Part 3: Titus Salt’s Bradford mills 16 Part 4: A Cartographic Summary of Titus Salt’s Bradford before Saltaire
• 2022.74: Saltaire's Allotments: A history

  A history of the various allotments in Saltaire researched by Les Brook with major contributions from Colin Coates and James Roberts. A detailed history of the provision and use of allotments in Saltaire, including many changes to their extent and location.
• 2026.1: John Ives timeline and notes

  A 78 page document with notes, newspaper exceprts and some excerpts from plans and maps all relating to the life and activities of John Ives. John Ives was a major builder during the mid to late nineteenth century in Bradford and surrounding areas. He built Bradford's new town hall, and many buildings in Saltaire.
• C3b-272a-b: The Land Acquisitions of Titus Salt in Shipley & Baildon

  2 copies of booklet: 'The Land Acquisitions of Titus Salt in Shipley & Baildon' by Ian Watson
• F1b-156: Canal barge full of people (on Shipley section of canal?)

  Canal barge full of people (on Shipley section of canal?)
• 2024.10: Sir James Roberts leaves Saltaire (The land disposals of Sir James Roberts)

  Document describing the land holdings of Sir James Roberts in Saltaire and nearby Milner Field following his sale of the Salts textile business in 1918. The research is based mainly on letters exchanged between Sir James Roberts and his representative in Saltaire, John Baker.
• C2b-102/18/10: Coal barge on canal

  Coal barge on canal. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-102/18/11: Canal barge

  Canal barge. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-102/4/10: Aerial view of mill, river & canal

  Aerial view of mill, river & canal. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• 2025.68.19: Bridge over the canal

  Bridge over the canal
• 2025.68.31: Saltaire monster by the canal

  Saltaire monster by the canal
• 2025.68.41: Boat sculpture by the canal

  Boat sculpture by the canal
• 2025.68.42: Canal towards Shipley

  Canal towards Shipley
• 2025.68.43: Canal towards Saltaire

  Canal towards Saltaire
• 2025.68.101: United Reformed Church view from the canal

  United Reformed Church view from the canal
• 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.
• C3b-312: Leeds & Liverpool Canal leaflet

  Leeds & Liverpool Canal Guide & map (1986)
• F1b-011b: Canal Ironworks Silver Band

  Photocopy of postcard of Canal Ironworks (Shipley) Silver Band 1935
• C4a-015.19: The Leeds & Liverpool Canal

  A4 laminated poster for Saltaire History Club for 9th December 2010. 'The Leeds & Liverpool Canal' by Mike Clarke