Titus Salt Junior went by horse-drawn carriage along his private drive from MilnerField, then crossed the River Aire to work for his dad in the massive mill on Victoria Road, Saltaire.
The derelict mansion was dynamited in the 19050s, the bridge was demolished in 1967.
Walked over that bridge many times.
Sir James Roberts of MilnerField & Saltaire married Elizabeth Foster of Harden on 14 May 1873 in Bingley Church. Their seven children were dogged by tragedy and scandal. Despite a failed appeal to the House of Lords, younger daughter Alice was finally divorced in 1938 from the insane killer with whom she had eloped. She then married a local government officer and lived a quiet life on the Isle of Man. Alice was mourned by her six children when she died aged 101 in 1982.
On this day 1915, James Henry Brown of Kirkgate, Shipley received his World War 1 call-up papers and duly reported to Bridge Street Bradford. A Corporal and still alive three years later, he recorded his movements in France in his service diary.
A day in Keighley, home to the Arts & Crafts 1904 very first Carnegie Library; St Anne’s A W N Pugin Grade II Listed Church; and one of only seven telephone kiosks in Newsholme Dean, also listed.
Then on to Haworth via tiny Damens Station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.
Saltaire featured on the first episode of new Channel 5 TV documentary on 6th January 2022. Expert historian and tour guide Maria showed Bradford journalist and presenter Christa Ackroyd around the village describing what it was like to there and work at Salts Mill. You can catch up here, the Saltaire feature begins at 14:47 …[Click Here To Read More]
Part 2 of our video tour of Saltaire Why did Saltaire come about? Why move into and out of Bradford? Historian Maria Glot explains with the help of special guest Mrs Ellin Dooley who worked for Titus Salt. Part 2 : Titus Salt Factory Owner Moves From Bradford To Saltaire < Video Tour Part 1
Part one of our video tour of Saltaire. Titus Salt founded the mill and model village at Saltaire, now a world heritage site. Titus is often considered a great entrepreneur but did luck have a part to play? Historian Maria Glot delves into how it all started in part 1 of this series of short …[Click Here To Read More]
Not able to visit Saltaire? Be sure to check out our series of short videos, to be informed and entertained until visits resume to Saltaire World Heritage Site. Beginning with this trailer. Tap into a taster of things to come. Video Tour Part 1 >
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Click to watch the 3 minute highlights – Saltaire again features on TV – This time in the first episode of a brand new series, Britain By Barge – Then & Now, Bill Oddie and Pete Waterman embark on an epic journey on the Leeds Liverpool Canal through Saltaire where they encounter our very own …[Click Here To Read More]
Lost memorial found and rescued. Titus had a black Labrador, Puck, of whom he was very fond. Puck lived at Crow Nest mansion, Lightcliffe, where he enjoyed family life with the Salts and the run of the extensive grounds.Beloved by Titus, Puck died on 27 September 1876 just three months before his master. As a …[Click Here To Read More]
This Channel 4 programme featuring Saltaire, located on the Leeds Liverpool canal is expected to be broadcast this autumn (2016). UPDATE – Bit earlier than we expected – it was broadcast 31st August 2016 on Channel 4. Link at the bottom of the page. In May Saltaire tour guide and historian Maria Glot was delighted …[Click Here To Read More]
Some of the barges and the boat people that navigated the Leeds Liverpool canal during the time of Titus Salt. 1861 Name of Boat 1. Hoboara – The Industry Of Shipley….. Occupants: Joseph Illingworth, married aged 34 years – master of canal barge, born in Holbeck, Leeds Thomas Mason, unmarried aged 35 – mate on canal barge, …[Click Here To Read More]
Saltaire’s favourite historian, Clive Woods, and Maria Glot guided for the first time as “Salts Walks” on 10 April 1996 from Anne and Roger Heald’s Saltaire Gift & Visitor Centre on Victoria Road. This inspired venture later became Saltaire’s first networked tourist information centre and ran until 2006. That first guided walk on that Sunday …[Click Here To Read More]
