Recounts the interest of Sir Titus Salt and some of his sons in agriculture and farming. Includes Sir TItus's continuing interest in this area; his fourth son Herbert who became a gentleman farmer rather than going into the textile business; and TItus Salt Junior's establshment of a 'model farm' next to his grand new house at Milner Field.
A letter from the Earl of Rosse to Sir James Roberts relating to the completion of the conveyance of the farmhhouse and buildings at Hirst Farm - 26/02/1912
Original Sale catalogue for Milner Field. On the Frontispiece it states 'Milner Field Estate, Saltaire, Yorkshire. Plans, Particulars & Conditions of Sale of the above estate comprising Freehold Residential Mansion and Grounds, farms, woodlands, building site &c containing approximately three hundred acres. Will be offered for sale by Public Auction at the Grate Northern Victoria Hotel, Bridge Street Bradford on Thursday, 12th October 1922 at 3.30pm by A Gadie & Son Auctioneers and Valuers... Bradford. Surveyor: Wm. Illingworth ... Bradford. Solicitor Gaunt Foster & Co ... Bradford. The brochure includes particulars of sale and photographs of the house and grounds (not the farm) with a plan of the house as it was in 1922.