Places
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- Places
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Lightcliffe, West Yorkshire, United KingdomVillage near Halifax, West Yorkshire. Location of Crow Nest, a large house in its own grounds and the favourite home of Sir Titus Salt.
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Liverpool, United KingdomLiverpool is a major city on the north western coast of England. Liverpool is an important port, rising in prominence during the Industrial Revolution. Many raw materials and finished goods for the Salt textile business were routed through Liverpool. The Leeds-Liverpool canal was built during the late eighteenth century and siting Saltaire next to the canal was an important point for Titus Salt when deciding the location of his new mill and village.
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Llanfairfechan, Clwyd, United KingdomLlanfairfechan is coastal town and seaside resort on the north coast of Wales. Students from the Salts Grammar School visited Llanfairfechan in 1954.
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London, United KingdomThe capital city of the United Kingdom.
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Longport, Staffordshire, United KingdomAn area of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. Site of noted pottery works.
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Longton, Staffordshire, United KingdomA town in Staffordshire near to Stoke-on-Trent. Site of noted potteries.
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Los Angeles, United States of AmericaCity in California, United States of America
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Manchester, United KingdomA major city in the North West of England. During the Industrial Revolution it became the main centre of cotton textile production in the United Kingdom.
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Marki, PolandA town in Poland built as a model village to house workers for a textile factory.
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Melbourne, AustraliaMelbourne is an Australian city and the capital of the state of Victoria.
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Methley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom A viilage near Leeds in West Yorkshire. Titus Salt rented Methley Park as his main home between 1858 and 1867. -
Methodist Church building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel that first stood on this site was built in 1868 on land gifted by Titus Salt. The original church was demolished in 1970 due to its deteriorating condition. The current Methodist Church was built in 1971 and was subsequently modified to be more in keeping with the surrounding village. Saltaire has survived into the 21st century remarkably unscathed. With the Bath and Wash Houses and the Congregational Sunday School, the Wesleyan Methodist Church is one of the few buildings to have been lost. -
Milner Field, Bingley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Milner Field was a neo-gothic mansion built for Titus Salt Junior and Catherine Salt. They purchased Milner Field Estate on the ourskirts of Bingley in 1869. An existing manor house and farm were demolished and replaced with a new house, completed in 1871, and a new model farm. At Milner Field, the Salts hosted the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1882 when they were visting Bradord. In 1887 Princess Beatrice and her husband also stayed at the house while visting to open the new School of Art and Science in Saltaire. -
Montefalcione, ItalyCity in California, United States of America
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Morley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom A village near Leeds in West Yorkshire. Titus Salt was born here in 1803. The Salt family lived at the The Manor House. -
Moscow, RussiaCapital city of Russia
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New Lanark, Lanarkshire, United KingdomNew Lanark was founded in 1785 as the site of a new cotton mill and housing for its workers. Under the later progressie ownership of Robert Owen the site became famous. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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New York, United States of AmericaNew York is a major city in the north east of the United States of America.
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Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, United KingdomNewark-on-Trent is a market town in Nottinghmashire in the English midlands. Lawrence Salt, a son of Titus Salt Junior and Catherine Salt, had a home at Barnby Manor near Newark.
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