Items

• A1-035: Title of land in Manningham

  Abstract of Title of purchase of land in Manningham, Bradford by Titus Salt and Henry Forbes
• A1-037b,c,e: The Great Yorshire Llama

  1 of 5 copies of a reprint of 'The Great Yorkshire Llama' by Charles Dickens. The reprint is from Household Words Voume 6, o 140 published on Saturday November 27th 1952. The article tells a story of how Titus Salt allegedley discovered surplus alpaca wool in 1836 and started experimenting with it to produce cloth. This led to a very successful textile business and, as the article was being written, the construction of a large new mill in what was to become Saltaire.
• A1-040: Article on Sir Titus Salt

  Article on the life of Titus Salt by Adrian G. Stewart
• A1-041: Research resources about Sir Titus Salt

  'Book, Map,photograph list on the subject of Sir Titus Salt, Baronet'. Compiled by Philip Barlow
• A1-042: Key dates of Sir Titus Salt

  'Key Dates surrounding the life and times of Sir Titus Salt, Baronet'. Compiled by Philip Barlow
• A1-043a-c: Titus Salt's tombstone

  3 copies of photograph of Titus Salt's tombstone in Saltaire Church (1876)
• A1-046: Mortgage document

  Photocopy of Abstract of Title and Mortgage of James Marchant of Bowling to Titus Salt (11 sheets)
• A1-053: The life of Sir Titus Salt

  Extract from a journal of the life of 'Sir Titus Salt' by R. Bretton for Halifax Antiquarian Society
• A1-054: The life of Sir Titus Salt

  Extract from a journal of the life of 'Sir Titus Salt' by R. Bretton for Halifax Antiquarian Society
• A1-055a-d: Dreams at Sea song sheet

  Cover of a song sheet 'Dreams At Sea', dedicated to Titus Salt, for the Sailor's Orphan Institute
• A1-056: Letter from Sir Titus Salt

  Photocopy of a letter from Titus Salt at Crow Nest 23rd May 1870
• A1-058: Letter seal of Sir Titus Salt

  An original personal letter-seal of Sir Titus Salt
• A1-059: Photograph of Sit Titus Salt

  Engraving from a studio photographic portrait of Sit TItus Salt in about 1870.
• A1-060: Statue of Sir Titus Salt

  Hand coloured print of the statue of Titus Salt outside Bradford Town Hall
• B1-322: Sir Titus Salt

  Enlarged photograph of Sir Titus Salt
• C2b-080: Titus Salt's statue

  Original drawing by 'DM' of an impression of the result of moving Sir Titus Salt's statue from Lister Park, Bradford to Victoria Road, Saltaire
• C3b-048: Saltaire and its Founder

  Original page from 'The Graphic' 'Saltaire and its Founder'. An assessment of Sir Titus Salt shortly after his death in December 1876.
• C3b-065: Saltaire and its Founder

  'Saltaire and its Founder' (reprint of book by Abraham Holroyd
• C3b-067a-b: Saltaire and its founder

  2 photocopies of 'Saltaire and its founder' (article in The Graphic Jan.13th 1877)
• F1a-039: York Castle

  A book about the history of York Castle by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. In his biography of Titus Salt, the Reverend Balgarnie quotes his subject as saying ' “I am in for a carriage or a castle'. Balgarnie explains: 'What he meant by the remark was that in the event of failure in his new enterprise [Salts Mill], he might, perhaps, be compelled to take up his abode in York Castle'.