Items · Saltaire Collection

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

H2-208.210: Baker Letters - regarding: Higher Hirst Mill; Milner Fields as a Picture Palace; Glyn Thomas sale; allotment rents; value of Hirst Farm

Mr Foster hasnâ??t been in touch about Higher Hirst Mill. Milner Fields as a Picture Palace will have an effect on morals of area. Glyn Thomas sale still not final and New Hirst Mill wanted by someone else. Allotments - council pay £20 a year but if they raise the rents, they will earn £100 a year. Hirst Farm - Stephenson land and buildings worth a lot.

2018.49: 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.

2021.18: Reminiscences of a Bradford Mill Girl

Reminiscences of a Bradford Mill Girl by Maggie Newbery. The story of an East Riding girl who comes to work in a Bradford Mill

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

2019.59: Textile Voices: a century of mill life

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

C3a-075a: An account of life in Saltaire: 1894 onwards

An account of life in Saltaire 1894 onwards by Clara Barraclough [nee Knott]. Associated with a photograph of the Yorkshire Amateur Swimming Association in 1961 [C3a-075c], Shipley Swimming Team [C3a-075] and a note about Martha Knott.

E1a-027b: Salts School cap

Laminated copy of Telegraph & Argus items on Barry Tinker finding a Salts School cap

2020.20: Timeline for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - Uddingston

Timeline for Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - Uddingston, Scotland factory

A2-008a: Milner Field, For Sale

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.

A2-028: Salt Family - Residences

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.

A2-030: Milner Field for Sale

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.

B1-333e: Titus Salts Bath & Washouses

Copy of the front cover of booklet 'Titus Salts Bath & Washouses'

B1-355-18: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Harden Mills, Bingley (Folder from Central Land Board relating to Harden Mills)

Morley to Central Land Board Re the Salts claim for loss of development value

B1-355-58: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)

Postcard from Bingley UDC to Salts re. the receiving of the application forms

B1-355-62: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)

Morley to Salts re. letter of 24/6/1960. Stating that one plan had been accepted and one rejected

B1-355-63: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)

Salts to Morley re. acknowledging the letter of 27/6/1960

B1-355-64: Messrs Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. Land at Gilstead (Milner Field)

Salts to Morley re. reference to letter of 28/6/1960