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Today Shipley College occupies several buildings in Saltaire

Pace Microtechnology Ltd was a Bradford-based company that originally sold software for early Apple personal computers

Clive Woods gave up his life as a teacher and moved to Saltaire in 1986 to continue his researches on Titus Salt and his model village

Head of the engineering department at Salts Mill during the nineteenth century

Donald Hanson was the chair and chief executive of Illingworth, Morris the last owners of Salts Mill as a textiles business in the 1980s

Denys Salt was the Great-grandson of Sir Titus Salt, Grandson of Titus Salt Junior and Son of Harold Salt

Fowler Calculators was a Manchester company that was founded as the Scientific Publishing Company in 1898 by William Henry Fowler

The main site of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition held in 1887 in Saltaire.

During the 1880s there was an increased demand for school places in Saltaire

Company founded in Dayton, Tennessee, United States owned by the Salts company

The Prince and Princess of Wales (the future Edward VII and his consort Alexandra) visited Saltaire in 1882

A new primary school on Albert Road in Saltaire was opened in 1878, its creation supported by husband and wife Titus Salt Junior and Catherine Salt

The Saltaire Conversazione was an annual social event that occurred between 1878 and 1964 (except for the years around the world wars)

Arthur James Hill was a director of Salts (Saltaire) Limited when it was floated on the stock exchange and became a public company in June 1923.

After Saltaire had been built, additional school places were required

The Sunday School was the last building constructed in Titus Salt’s lifetime, built on the corner of Caroline Street and Victoria Road

The Salt High School opened in 1876

Son of Sir James Roberts

The Saltaire Club and Institute opened in 1870 and was based in a large new building on Victoria Road, above Salts Mill

Saltaire Cricket Club was founded in 1869 and still operates today

Milner Field was a neo-gothic mansion built for Titus Salt Junior and Catherine Salt

The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel that first stood on this site was built in 1868 on land gifted by Titus Salt

Sir Titus Salt’s Hospital was opened in Saltaire in September 1868 and provided crucial medical help many decades before the foundation of the National Health S

Titus Salt built the Bath and Wash houses in 1863 at a cost of £7000 (over £600,000 today)