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C3b-212a,b: House Documents for 1, Fern Place (Saltaire village, Documents (Places)) Original copy of Conveyance of Saltaire Village from Salts (Saltaire) Ltd to Bradford Property Trust (with plan showing the property purchased) (a) + Enlarged Laminated copy of conveyance (b) -
B1-626: Bobbin of light grey yarn A large bobbin of thin, light grey yarn. There is a card core -
B1-624: Bobbin of dark green yarn A large bobbin of thin, dark green yarn. There is a light blue plastic core. -
E1a-083: Porter's lamp A porter's lamp from the Salt School opened in 1868. Rediscvovered by Mr W Smith, the head caretaker in November 1975. The lamp is made of dark metal and has three sides arranged in an equal triangle. It has a glass front and a folding metal handle at the back. A wick is visible inside the lamp. -
B1-625: Bobbin of dark grey yarn A large bobbin of thin, dark grey yarn. There is a double core of brown and grey plastic. -
E1a-072a-d: Original poster for Shipley Education Committee Shipley Education Committee 'Perfect Attendance' poster -
Edward VII, King Edward was king of the United Kingdom between 1901 and 1910. As the Prince of Wales, he visited Yorkshire in 1882 with his wife Princess Alexandra to preside at the opening of the new Technical College in Bradford. While visiting, the prince and princess stayed at Milner Field, the home of Titus Junior and Catherine Salt. -
Saltaire Club and Institute The Saltaire Club and Institute opened in 1870 and was based in a large new building on Victoria Road, above Salts Mill. The building is now referred to as Victoria Hall. Although not part of the temperance movement, Titus Salt was staunchly opposed to the construction of a public house in his village, having seen many workers in Bradford drink their wages away as soon as they were paid and fail to provide for their families. Residents were free to drink at home or at pubs outside the village but Salt hoped they would be attracted by the more immediate Social Club and Institute. The founding rules of the Club and Institute stated that its objects were 'to afford to the inhabitants of Saltaire, and its neighbourhood, the means of social intercourse, mutual help, mental and moral improvement and rational recreation, also to afford facilities for holding meetings of Friendly and other Societies'. There was a small quarterly charge for membership, whch was open to men, women and young people over the age of 13. The building housed rooms for billiards, bagatelle, chess and drafts, reading, classrooms, an extensive library, a laboratory and a large hall for lectures and concerts. In the 1880s it housed the Schools of Art and Science before they moved to the purpose-built Exhibition Building. -
Salt, Titus, Junior Fifth son of Sir Titus and Caroline Salt. He became one of the leading directors of the family firm Sir Titus Salt, Bart. and Sons Ltd. -
Dayton Coal and Iron Company Limited Company founded in Dayton, Tennessee, United States owned by the Salts company. The company manufactured iron and stell, based on the large local deposits of iron ore and coal. The Salts made major investements in the company which were partly to blame for the subsequent financial difficulties of the textile business in the UK. The Salts gave up their interest in the Dayton company in 1892 and sold the textile business the following year. Dayton was the site of rich coal and iron deposits. Its original developers obtained a loan from Sir TItus Salt Bart. and Sons Ltd, but they went bankrupt. The directors of the Salts company, including Titus Salt Junior, took over the Dayton firm and made large investments to develope the site. They built: two large blast furnaces with a capacity of 250 tons of iron ore per day, three fire brick kilns and 200 coke ovens were constructed as well as 200 homes, a manager's house (costing $15,000), a company store, a schoolhouse and other social amenities. What had been a small hamlet grew into a sizeable town over a very short period. In 1892 the Salt business partners had to surrender their interests in Dayton due to the collapse of Sir Titus Salt (Bart) Sons and Co. Ltd. The investment the company had made in Dayton was a significant factor in the Salt family’s loss of their business and the estate of Saltaire. -
Hanson, William Head of the engineering department at Salts Mill during the nineteenth century. Great Grandfather of Donald Hanson, the chair and chief executive of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a textiles business in the 1980s.
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