Saltaire is a model village built between 1851 and 1876 by Sir Titus Salt.

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Introduction

Saltaire is a model village built between 1851 and 1876 by Sir Titus Salt. Sir Titus salt was born on 20th September 1803 at the Old Manor house. He was educated at Dame School, Morley and later at Batley Grammar School. In 1820, he left school and started work in the wool stapling business; this involved buying wool from the farmer and selling it to the manufacturer. When his parents moved to Bradford, Titus prospered in the Wool Trade. He attended wool sales all over England.

In order to accommodate his workers Sir Titus Salt built the village saltaire named after the river aire. Sir Titus Salt used a limited number of architects to build saltaire. He was trying to combine the new technology of the nineteenth century to the ordered authority of the pre-industrial world.

The village of saltaire is also closely related to the ideas and principles of sir Titus salt not only in the way he named the streets after his relatives and people he knew but also in his more established principles which arose from his religion, being a non confirmist Sir Titus salt was strongly opposed to drinking. This is why there are no pubs in the village of saltaire.

                                          Sir Titus Salt (1803–1876)

                             

        

               

                                                 MAP OF SALTAIRE

The village

The village comprises 22 streets, 850 houses, 45 Alms Houses and occupies an area of 25 acres. The streets carry the names of his wife, children and other family members. There was a school, a hospital, Congregational and Methodist churches, Sunday school, park, bath, washhouses and railway station and because there were no public houses within the confines of the village, Salt built a Club and Institute for the moral and physical welfare of the community.

Saltaire was the most famous of the Victorian model villages. It still remains a well know and popular dormitory area for Bradford and Shipley, and an important historical research and tourist interest. The reason to why Salt built his village was because of his feelings for those who were less fortunate. Before Salt built Saltaire he gave generously to orphanages, churches, hospitals and Educational institutes.

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Saltaire was built between 1850 and 1875. The whole village emerged in four stages: 1852-53: The factory and the ancillary buildings were built.                                        1854-59:Albert Terrace to Titus Street, part of Victoria road with shops, church, and dining room.                                                                                       ...

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