Items

• 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
• C3b-305a-e: Apollo canal leisure cruises

  'Apollo Day and Evening Canal Cruises' (5 separate leaflets)
• F1b-007: Locks on Bradford Canal

  Photograph of locks on Bradford Canal
• H2-208.129: Baker Letters - regarding: Met Midland engineer; workshop; Hirst Mill and cottages; sale of stables and fields; sale of land between river and canal

  Met Midland engineer; Mr Normington erected workshop; Glynn Thomas occupies Higher Hirst Mill & cottages & may buy mill; Mr Feather, butcher, wants to buy stables & fields; man who bought Clarkeâ??s greengrocer also wants land between river & canal
• H2-208.169: Baker Letters - regarding: Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co; tender for Hirst Lane; repair of water pipes

  Sent letter from Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co; Tender for Hirst Lane is high so asking Mr Wilks of Shipley Council for recommendations - Mr Obank & sons or Mr Starkey; a gardener wants his water pipes repairing
• H2-208.175: Baker Letters - regarding: wanting reply to Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co request

  Wanting reply to Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co request
• H2-208.176: Baker Letters - regarding: Leeds and Liverpool Canal Co possible lease

  Draw the new plan; Already wrote to Leeds & Liverpool Canal Co asking if they wanted to rent
• 2021.4.4: Abstract of land transfers

  An abstract of title relating to transfers, sales and purchases of land at Hirst wood - 1866 - 1911 - Information in printed text
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• C4a-017.3: Tourist information leaflets about Saltaire Village

  Leaflet for Apollo Canal Cruises on Leeds-Liverpool Canal containing list of prices
• 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
• 2021.4.8.4: Photocopy of 2021.4.8.3

  The original handwritten conveyance, dated 5th January 1921, is an original deed, transferring Hirst Mills and Hirst House, and land behind the house between the river and the canal, to Glyn Thomas. Registered at the West Riding Registry of Deeds 17th January 1921. The conveyance includes a coloured plan of the land referenced in the deed
• 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