Items

• A2-055a-b: Mortgage for Milner Field

  One Transfer agreement and a second official duplicate copy of the Agreement for the purchase of Milner Field Estate with the furniture * and Declaration of the interests of the purchasers, dated 20th December 1888. Between Catherine Salt with Messrs Henry Crossley and Gordon Locksley Salt. The document is signed and sealed by both parties.
• A2-057: Contract relating to the Sale of Milner Field Estate

  Preliminary agreement of the sale of Milner Field Estate from Mrs Catherine Salt to James Roberts, this lays out the full agreement of sale and includes a schedule of items not to be included in the sale.
• H2-122: Map of the Milner Field estate

  Plan of the Milner Field, Stubbing House and Trench Estates copied by Horsfall and Williams Surveyors, Halifax. Hand-written text in the centre of the map reads 'reduced plan referred to by this deed'. The Milner Field estate has been coloured green with the exception of one lot which has been coloured red. Sir Titus Salt Esquire is listed as the owner of lands adjacent to Trench Estate and Saltaire is shown on the map.
• H2-123a: Map of Milner Field and Stubbing House estates

  Plan drawn up by Dixon & Hart Surveyors Bradford of the Milner Field and Stubbing House Estates. The map shows the estate in coloured lots of red, green and yellow. There is a reference key at the top of the map which lists land owners and a table to the left which lists the contents (buildings, gardens and land) as well as occupiers on the estates. Sir Titus Salt is listed on the map as the owner of the Trench Estate and as having purchased the lot coloured in yellow from B Whitley and R Mossman
• 2015.1: Dayton tea pot

  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 Slats 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'.
• 2018.42.2: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1870

  2 of 5 volumes of the publication 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. There are no prints in this volume
• 2018.42.3: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1870

  3 of 5 volumes of the publication 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. Contains prints of Bradford, Saltaire etc. This volume contains a history of the principle cities of Yorkshire.
• 2018.42.4: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 1. 1873

  4 of 5 volumes of the publication 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. Containing prints of Rivaulx and Bolton Abbeys and Bradford Wool Exchange. This volume contains the early history of Yorkshire from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 18th century. Includes Daniel Defoes 'Tour of Yorkshire'. Includes the history of the Woollen and Worsted Manufacture of Yorkshire.
• 2018.42.5: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1875

  5 of 5 volumes of the publication 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. This volume contains the history of several boroughs in Yorkshire, details of the Parliamentary divisions of Yorkshire and prints of Halifax and York, Leeds etc.
• 2018.45.2: 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.
• 2018.45.3: 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.
• 2020.2.14: Textile Department note book

  Shipley Technical School - Textile Department note book. With 'Students Name' 'Harold Kendall' 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. In depth notes on: Spinning different wools, yarns and how different breedsof sheep produce different wools. At the end of the book are notes on the personal expenses of Harold Kendall including his expenses on his poultry keeping and his private bank account expenses for April/My 1918.
• 2020.2.9: Useful Tables and Formulae for Technical Students

  This 'Useful Tables and Formulae for Technical Students' book consist of: English weights ad measures; Mathematical formulae, Trigonometry; Temperature conversion charts; Definitions of screw threads and Toothed gearing definitions. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Shipley Technical School 1913-1915, while he was learning Worsted Spinning.
• 2022.10: Bradford A Centenary City

  A collection of essays covering the history of Bradford in text and coloured and black and white photographs
• 2022.12: Good Houses Built of Stone by George Sheeran

  A survey of the houses and people of Leeds/Bradford 1600-1800 in text and photographs
• 2022.16: Bradford Trades Council- 100 years -1872-1972

  Bradford Trades Council- 100 years -1872-1972, by Mary Ashraf
• 2022.17: Retrospect - J. Parkinson and Son

  Retrospect - J. Parkinson and Son by Ernest Parkinson - A history of the Shipley Engineering firm starting in 1893
• 2022.25: Round About Bradford - Volume One - authoured by William Cudworth

  Round About Bradford - A series of sketches (Descriptive and Semi-Historical) of Forty-Two Places Within Six Miles Of Bradford. Short History of Bradford
• 2022.26: Round About Bradford - Volume Two - authoured by William Cudworth

  Round About Bradford - A series of sketches (Descriptive and Semi-Historical) of Forty-Two Places Within Six Miles Of Bradford. Short History of Bradford - includes chapter of Saltaire
• 2022.27: The Journal of Dr. John Simpson of Bradford 1825

  Diary of Day to Day Record - Jan 1st to July 25th 1825 - by Dr John Simpson - Picture of John Simpson on 1st page. Originally published in 1825.