Items

• B1-300: Salts Mill - General

  Photograph showing canal barges unloading coal on the Leeds and LIverpool canal
• Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Liverpool is a major city on the north western coast of England. Liverpool is an important port, rising in prominence during the Industrial Revolution. Many raw materials and finished goods for the Salt textile business were routed through Liverpool. The Leeds-Liverpool canal was built during the late eighteenth century and siting Saltaire next to the canal was an important point for Titus Salt when deciding the location of his new mill and village.
• 2022.72: Photographic postcards of Saltaire and Shipley from the early twentieth centuries

  Black and white photographic postcards of various scenes in and near Saltaire and Shipley. Includes: a view of Salts Mill from the United Reformed Church; the bandstand and the status of Sir Titus Salt in Roberts Park; the canal lock near Hirst Wood (about a mile from Saltaire); Market Place in Shipley; the Otley Road bridge over the river AIre in Shipley.
• C4a-017.3: Tourist information leaflets about Saltaire Village

  Leaflet for Apollo Canal Cruises on Leeds-Liverpool Canal containing list of prices
• 2024.34: 1872: When samurai came to Saltaire

  A research document from local historian Les Brook on the visit in 1872 of the Japanese Iwakura Embassy visit to Saltaire. The Iwakura Embassy was a high-level governmental group from Japan who toured the world to investigate the latest developments in industry and technology. They visited Saltaire to view the renowned Salts Mill and the model village of Saltaire. Contents include: What was the Iwakura Embassy? The Embassy’s historical backstory The members of the Embassy The Embassy in the USA Four months in Britain The visit to Bradford and Saltaire DAY 1: Thursday 24 October 1872 DAY 2: Friday 25 October 1872 DAY 3: Saturday 26 October 1872 DAY 4: Sunday 27 October 1872 DAY 5: Monday 28 October 1872 From Yorkshire to London The Embassy in continental Europe, and beyond
• H2-208.167: Baker Letters - request for stone from quarry

  Letter from the Leeds & Liverpool Canal company wanting a few boat loads of stone from quarry near Hirst Wood
• 2019.22.1: A Walk From The Towpath -Saltaire

  A guide to walking the canal at Saltaire
• 2019.23: Illustrated map of Bingley Five Rise Locks

  A guide to walking the canal at Bingley Five Rise Locks
• 2021.4.8.3: Conveyance of Hirst Mills

  The handwritten conveyance, dated 5th January 1921, is an original deed, transferring Hirst Mills and Hirst House, and land behind the house between the river and the canal, to Glyn Thomas. Registered at the West Riding Registry of Deeds 17th January 1921. The conveyance includes a coloured plan of the land referenced in the deed
• B1-032/5/14: Salts Mill :Volume Five : Collections of photographs of Saltaire Mill

  Canal barges by the New Mill (1)
• B1-268: New Mill

  Photograph of New Mill from the canal bridge
• B1-342: Salts Mill: Saltaire Maps and Plans Case

  Copy of plan of Saltaire Mill between the railway and the canal
• B1-343: Salts Mill: Saltaire Maps and Plans Case

  Copy of outline plan of original building of Saltaire Mill between the railway and the canal (DEGW)
• B1-576: Salts Mill. A collection of photographs purchased from Burrows, Dorothy by the Salts Trust (mounted on board).

  Barge on canal by Salts Mill
• C2b-180: Saltaire village Images (Places)

  Photocopy of a sheet containing multiple images of Saltaire: canal, railway station etc.
• C3b-059: View of Saltaire

  Ink drawing of a view of Saltaire from Hirst Lock on the Leeds to Liverpool canal.
• F1b-015: Workers on holiday at Butlin's holiday camp

  Photograph of men from The Canal Iron Works (of J. Parkinson and Son Ltd.), Shipley at Skegness 1938. Inlcudes Charles Pitts. Taken at Butlin's Holiday Camp, Skegness
• Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  A large city in West Yorkshire, about 15 miles from Saltaire and connected to it by canal, rail and road. Leeds became a major centre for woollen textile production during the nineteenth century.
• Hirst Wood, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Hirst Wood was a large estate of land on the westernmost edge of Shipley, adjacent to Saltaire.
• H2-208.174: Baker Letters - Wanting a reply for letter dated 10th April

  Wanting a reply for letter dated 10th April