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Exhibition Building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom The Exhibition Building opened in 1887, built by Titus Salt Junior, Sir Titus’s youngest son, in memory of his father. The building costs were supposed to be covered by the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee held in Saltaire in 1887, but this failed to raise the required sum. The Exhibition Building was built to house the School of Art and Science. This quickly became Shipley Technical School (incorporating the School of Art). These schools eventually went on to become Shipley College, a further education college and important institution in Saltaire today which occupies several of the original buildings. The Saltaire Collection is housed inside the Exhibition Building and can be visited by appointment. -
Boathouse, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom The original boathouse was built in 1871. It was eventually converted to a pub. By the turn of the twenty first century the building was derelict. It was taken over, renovated and reopened as the Boathouse Inn. Unlike many buildings in Saltaire, the boathouse is unlisted due to extensive refurbishment and changes to the structure of the building. Nevertheless, it remains an important location in the village for recreation and tourism. -
Salt High School building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom The Salt School building on Victoria Road opened in 1868 as the location for the Factory School associated with Salts Mill. Before this, the Factory School was housed in the Dining Hall further down the road. There were both day scholars and half-timers, who would work at the mill for half a day and attend school for the other half. Boys entered on the right and girls on the left and the school was designed to cater for 750 children initially. In 1874, there were 806 half-timers and 454 day scholars, with an average attendance of 665. The schools were constructed with state-of-the-art technology: hot water central heating, gas lighting, and tip-up lavatories. In 1878, the school moved to the newly-built Albert Road Board School (today Saltaire Primary School). The Victoria Road building became the Salt High School catering for both girls and boys. The High School eventually moved to a new site on the far side of Roberts Park. Today the original building, along with the Exhibition Building, Dining Hall and the Jonathan Silver building, forms Shipley College, a further education institution. Outside the building there are two lions and two more on the opposite side of the road. Their names can just be made out, inscribed on their pedestals: Peace, War, Vigilance and Determination. Local legend has it that these were originally constructed for Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square. This is, unfortunately, almost certainly a myth. -
Sir Titus Salt's Hospital building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Titus Salt built an infirmary in Saltaire to care for the village residents. It had enough wards and beds for 27 patients, a dispensary and a surgery for treating workers injured in Salts Mill. The hospital was taken over by the NHS in 1948. It was sold in 1974 and became a private nursing home. It has since been converted to private residences. -
Salts Mill, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom The first building to be constructed in Saltaire, Salts Mill was designed to manufacture textiles on a truly industrial scale. Titus Salt’s intention was to incorporate all elements of the manufacturing process under one roof, rather than each taking place at a separate location as his previous mills in Bradford required.Employing around 4000 workers, the Mill was the very heart of Saltaire. Part of Salt’s motivation to build Saltaire was his concern over the pollution and living conditions in Bradford. To prevent Saltaire suffering the same issues, each of the chimneys was fitted with an early device to remove pollutants from smoke. The Mill changed hands many times over the years. Following the collapse of the textile industry in West Yorkshire, processes were gradually moved out of the Salts Mill building. In 1985, the last processes were relocated, and the empty mill put up for sale. In 1987, Jonathan Silver purchased the Mill and refurbished it into the building we see today. Rather than a single manufacturing centre, the Mill is both the site of multiple new businesses and a cultural hub with shops, an art gallery and restaurant. -
Harden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Village near Bradford in West Yorkshire -
Damems, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Village in West Yorkshire on the outskirts of Keighley. Site of a mill owned by Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. -
Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Crow Nest was a large house in its own grounds originally buitl in 1775 by the prominent Walker family. It bercame a favourite home of Sir Titus Salt. He first rented it between 1844 and 1858 (during the time Saltaire was starting to be built). Salt eventually bought it from the Walkers in 1867 and live there until his death in 1876. -
Methley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom A viilage near Leeds in West Yorkshire. Titus Salt rented Methley Park as his main home between 1858 and 1867. -
Morley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom A village near Leeds in West Yorkshire. Titus Salt was born here in 1803. The Salt family lived at the The Manor House. -
Cross Roads, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Cross Roads was originally a small village situated between Keighley and Haworth. It was the site of a textile mill operated by Salts (Saltaire) Limited. -
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 Salts 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'. -
Hirst Wood, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Hirst Wood was a large estate of land on the westernmost edge of Shipley, adjacent to Saltaire.
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