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• Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Town in West Yorkshire about 3 miles west of Bradford. Became heavily industrialised and expanded rapidly during the nineteenth century. Saltaire was built about 1 mile to the West of the town centre. Saltaire has always been part of Shipley for local government purposes.
• Skegness, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

  Skegness is a coastal town in Lincolnshire. In the nineteenth century Skegness bercame a popular seaside holiday destination for people from West Yorkshire.
• Stafford, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

  Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire in the English midlands.
• Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom

  Stoke-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire in the English midlands. During the Industrial Revolution it became a centre for the pottery production.
• Stroud, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

  Stroud is a market town in Gloucestershire in the south west of England.
• Tiverton, Devon, United Kingdom

  Tiverton is a town in Devon in the south west of England.
• 2022.18: Share certificate of the Bradford Cemetery Company

  Share certificate for the Bradford Cemetery Company in the name of Titus Salt of Crow Nest (Halifax). Face value of three pounds and sixpence. Dated May 1852.
• Glasgow, United Kingdom

  A major city in the West of Scotland.
• 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.
• Pudsey, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Pudsey is a market town in West Yorkshire between Bradford and Leeds.
• Thorp Arch, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Thorp Arch is a village near Weherby and Leeds in West Yorkshire. It is the site of a home rented by Catherine Salt.
• Ilkley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Ilkley is a market town north of Saltaire, Shipley and Baildon in North Yorkshire. Ilkley was the location of Denton Hall, a large house in its own grounds that was the home of Catherine and Isabel Salt after they moved from Milner Field in Bingley in the early twentieth century.
• Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Harrogate is a large spa town in North Yorkshire. Harrogate was the location of a home of Catherine Salt and also of the 'Roberts' Memorial Home for Invalid and Cripple Children' gifted by Sir James Roberts to the Barnardo's organisation.
• 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.
• 2019.53.1: Staff Register

  Staff register from Salt School (girls). 1 of 2 school registers rescued from a skip.
• 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.
• 2022.28: Bradford City Hall - A History and Guide

  Coloured paperback book - Map of Bradford on 1st page. Coloured and black and white photographs inside