Saltaire Coursework

1a)  Sir Titus Salt’s choice of Street names involved a range of people who they were named after, regardless of age, gender, etc. Some streets were named after his family, including his children. Caroline Street and Titus Street were named after himself and his wife. Victoria Road named after the Queen, and Albert Road after her husband. Even his maids were involved.

1b)  Seeing as Salt named so many of his streets after member of his family, we presume he thought a lot of, and valued, family relationships. Also, he probably looked up to, and respected the Queen and Royal family because of streets Victoria and Albert.

1c)  Victoria and Albert roads surround Saltaire. However, Victoria Road is much larger and has more important buildings on it, e.g. – the Congregational Church, the Almshouses, the hospital, etc. This would suggest Salt believed, or at least appreciated, social hierarchy. Although many different sizes and types of housing, of families of different classes, were mixed amongst each other. Albert Road also has the largest house in the village.

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  1.   No, there isn’t enough evidence for in Saltaire for us to conclude that its residents were happy. For example, we cannot speak to them now! However, the evidence we do have would suggest they were very well. If we look at the most solid evidence, some of the buildings in Saltaire, we can see he provided his workers and their families with good homes, which all had running water and gas supply. Their health was looked after with the Hospital, and the Almshouses where the elderly could be cared for and were supplied a pension. Although people ...

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