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  • Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
    Newark-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.
  • Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom
    Major city in the North East of England.
  • Newton Abbot, Devon, United Kingdom
    Newton Abbot is a market town in Devon in south west England.
  • Northcliffe, Shipley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Northcliffe is an area on the south side of the Aire Valley near to Saltaire. It was a site of woods, agriculture, coal mining and stone quarrying from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, In 1919 Norman Rae, a local mill owner and MP for Shipley, donated £12,500 to the local council to purchase 114 acres of Northcliffe for use by the public. It is now a park, allotments and playing fields.
  • Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
    Nottingham is a city and the county town of Nottinghamshire
  • Oberammergau, Germany
    Town in Bavaria, Germany. Visited by Isabel Salt during her European travels.
  • Ossett, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Ossett is a market town near to Wakefield in West Yorkshire
  • Oxenhope, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Oxenhope is a rural village near to Haworth and Keighley in West Yorkshire. Sir James Roberts was born in Oxenhope.
  • Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
    Oxford is a cathedral city in Oxfordshire famous for its medieval university.
  • Oxted, Surrey, United Kingdom
    Oxted is a town in Surrey, United Kingdom. It was the location of a home of Isabel Salt in her later life.
  • Paris, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Capital city of France
  • Playing Fields, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    The Playing Fields are a recreational area near the bottom of Victoria Road and near the River Aire on the edge of Saltaire. Salts Sports Association is based here and there are football and cricket grounds and Salts Tennis Club
  • Pudsey, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Pudsey is a market town in West Yorkshire between Bradford and Leeds.
  • Queensbury, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Queensbury is a village in West Yorkshire near Bradford. It is one of the highest parishes in the United Kingdom. It was the location of Black Dyke Mills a textile factory owned by thge company John Foster & Son. The Fosters built many amenities in the villae for the benfit of its residents and their workers.
  • Railway Station, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Saltaire Railway station was part of the Midland Railway and opened in 1856. The nearby railway, along with the canal, was likely an important factor in Titus Salt’s decision to build his model village on this site. The station closed in 1965 as part of the widespread programme of railway closures. The orignal buildings were demolished in the 1970s. A new station was reopened in 1984 and has services to Leeds, Bradford and Skipton.
  • Rapallo, Italy
    Rapallo is a town near Genoa in northern Italy. Rapallo was visited by Isabel Salt in 1913.
  • Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
    A town in Berkshire, United Kingdom.
  • Roberts Park, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    Originally named Saltaire Park, the 14 acre space opened in 1871 and was free for anyone to enjoy. However, there were strict rules enforced in the park. Among other things, political and religious demonstrations were banned, as were wheeled vehicles and unaccompanied children under 8. By the early twentieth century Salts Mill and Saltaire were owned by Sir James Roberts, Roberts retired in 1918 and in 1920 gifted the park to Bradford Corporation for public use. At the same time, the part was renamed Roberts Park in memory of James's deceased son, Bertram Foster Roberts.. The park was originally reached by a bridge from the end of Victoria Road, over the valley to what is now the West entrance, at the lodge. This bridge had to be demolished after World War II, due to damage caused by tanks crossing to use the area for manoeuvres.
  • Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
    Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England about 30 miles from London.
  • Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition site, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
    The main site of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition held in 1887 in Saltaire.

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