Saltaire Collection

Items

• C2b-149: Saltaire village Images (Places)

  Postcard of black and white print of Saltaire Congregational Church drawn by Martin White
• D4-035: Leisure - Religion

  Postcard of a Black and White photograph of the inside of Saltaire Congregational Church
• Almshouses, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  Unlike many of his contemporaries, Titus Salt was determined to ensure a decent quality of life for his workers, even after they left his employ. In addition to the many educational institutions he built to allow workers to better themselves, he also commissioned the almshouses on Victoria Road. The 45 almshouses were built to provide shelter for those who couldn’t support themselves, such as widows and injured workers. Although preference was given to workers in Salts Mill and their families, anyone of ‘good character’ and unable to support themselves was eligible. Although this was unusually generous by the standards of the time, residents were subject to strict rules on their behaviour and the maintenance of the houses. In what is now No. 29, there was originally a small chapel to save residents walking down to the Congregational Church. On opening it, Salt is reported to have said: 'My sole desire is that you should be happy, and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to know that you are so'.
• 2020.6.1: Grange Court-Baildon Lodge History

  A typed article 'Grange Court-Baildon Lodge' relating to the owners and occupiers, including Titus Salt Junior compiled by Roger Clarke, October 2019
• 2025.67.34: Harry and Florrie Easy at a church service

  Harry and Florrie Easy at a church service. Harry Easy was Chair of Shipley Urban District Council.
• H1-012.9: Drawings of Salts Mill and the Congregational Church, and a photo of Mrs Hanson

  Line drawings of Salts Mill and the Congregational Church, and a photo of the wife of Donald Hanson (contemporary manager of Salts Mill).
• 2018.17: Commemorative plate

  4 Commemorative plates from Saltaire Weslyan Church 1901
• 2021.4.4: Abstract of land transfers

  An abstract of title relating to transfers, sales and purchases of land at Hirst wood - 1866 - 1911 - Information in printed text
• 2020.17: Glimpses of 150 years of Methodism at Sataire

  'Glimpses of 150 years of Methodism at Saltaire Methodist Church by Ann Willey (1868-2018)
• C2a-050.2: Saltaire village - Images (People).

  Page 2: Photocopies of Postcards of: 'View from Saltaire Tram Terminus'; Coloured card of Saltaire Methodist Church with tram c.1903; Saltaire Road with Primitive Methodist Church and the Central School c.1903
• C2a-050.24: Saltaire village - Images (People).

  Photograph of the wedding of Malcolm Jefferies Whitaker and June Scott at Saltaire Methodist Church 1954
• C2b-045: Congregational Church Sunday School

  Photograph of Congregational Church Sunday School. Shows the front of the building facing Victoria Road and the south side along Caroline Street.
• C2b-101a: Saltaire Methodist Church with tram

  Photograph of Saltaire Methodist Chapel with tram
• C2b-290b: Laying the Foundation Stone of St. Peter's Church

  Photograph of the laying the Foundation Stone of St. Peter's Church, Moorhead Lane, 1907. IDs Elsie Jefferies and Joe Jefferies
• C2b-380c: Shiply Parish Church

  Photograph takern at the top of Salts Mill chimney - Looking towards Shipley Parish Church
• H2-208.181: Baker Letters - regarding: plans for Victoria Road, Church and fields beyond

  Mentions new plans drawn for Victoria Road, Church and fields beyond. Asks if garden in front of Hirst House has been conveyed to Mr Thomas.
• H2-208.195: Baker Letters - regarding: increase of rents; allotments east of Victoria Road; boundary fences around church. plan needed for land

  Enclosed cheque for £80. How much should the rents be increased to and is it worth it? Should Mr Co be given notice & allotments east of Victoria Road? Challenges the boundary fences around the church. Wants plan for land between Railway and Caroline Street.
• D1-110: The Strangest Battle

  Small advertisement of an event 'The Strangest Battle' . A Tea and Talk by Hattile Townsend and Helen Broadbent on the votes for women. At Saltaire Methodist Church Hall-September 2018
• G2-003: new kitchen and offices for Shipley Church of England School

  1 copy of plan for new kitchen and offices for Shipley Church of England School following conversion (City of Bradford Metroplitan District Council)
• D4-103: Information sheet about Saltaire Congregational Church from Saltaire Education Pack 1853-present day

  Information sheet about Saltaire Congregational Church from Saltaire Education Pack 1853-present day