Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SALTAIRE

SALTAIRE, a town in Bradford parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Aire, adjacent to the North Midland railway, 2 miles S E of Bingley, and 4 N W of Bradford. It was founded about 1852, by Titus Salt, Esq.; consists of well-planned streets; is generally regarded as a modeltown; underwent great enlargement in 1866-8; contains a great factory built in 1853, and another built in 1865; and has a railway station, good shops, a public news-room and library, gas-works, wash-houses, schools, and Independent and Wesleyan chapels, and 40 alms-houses. The factory built in 1853 is in the Italian style; covers an area of about 12 acres; is 550 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 72 feet high in six stories; and is used in the production of alpaca fabrics. The Independent chapel was builtabout 1854, at a cost of £11,000; and is in the Grecianstyle. The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1867. Pop.in 1868, about 5,000.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Bradford AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Saltaire

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