1 Amelia Street

No. 1 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was occupied by David Oliver, a weaving overlooker aged 30 from Mytholmroyd, his wife Ellen, and their nine year old son James who was a factory boy.

In 1871 the house was home to Edwin Haley, a wool sorter aged 28 from Bowling, his wife Eliza and four children aged from 1 to 8. Also living with them was Edwin’s widow mother, Elizabeth Haley, aged 61.

In 1881 head of the house was Joseph Whitehead, a cotton twiner, aged 44 from Wakefield. Living with him was his wife, Alice aged 44, and three children aged from 4 to 17.

In 1891 the house was home to Lily Sophia Overend a reeler aged 29 from Leeds, her uncle, William, Tolson, aged 60, his wife Anne aged 58 and their children Mary Ann, a silk twister aged 21, and Arthur aged 9.

In October 1899 Arthur Simpson of 47 Thompson Street, Shipley, and his younger brother Joseph, of 67 George Street, Saltaire, where found guilty of assaulting Henry Jude, a youth living at 1 Amelia Street.

In 1901 the occupants were John Monaghan, a mill labourer aged 63 from Ireland, his wife Isabella aged 55 and their daughter Mary Ann, who was a weaver aged 30.

In 1911 the house was lived in by Herbert Bray, a stonemason’s labourer, aged 27 from Tanfield, his wife Emily aged 29, and their daughter Irene aged 2.

In the 1939 Register 75 year old widow Mary Hodgson was living alone in the house.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 – Herbert Bray
1915 – Joseph Bell
1918 to 1939 – Mary Hodgson
1946 to 1960 – Albert Swift & Joyce Swift

 

No. 2 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was occupied by Joshua Thomas, a reed maker aged 40 from Huddersfield, his wife Elizabeth, aged 37, and six children aged from 3 to 15. Three of the children were mill workers.

In 1871 the house was home to Hannah Robinson, a widow aged 74 from Swaledale, and her spinster daughter, Mary, a twister aged 27. Boarding with them was Hannah’s widowed daughter, Hannah Graham aged 42, and her children, William a spinner aged 16 and James, a spinner, aged 9.

The Graham family remained in the house until after 1911.

In 1881 head of the house was Hannah Graham. Living with her was her two sons, William and James, and her spinster sister Mary Robinson.

Hannah Graham died 21 August 1890 in the house.

In 1891 her two sons, William, a mechanic, and James, a mill hand, lived in the house with their aunt, Mary Robinson.

In 1901 William Graham was living in the house with his wife Mary Ann (nee Brown), and his niece, Ann B. Graham, aged 12.

Mary Ann was from Seacroft, Leeds, she married William 16 May 1891 at St. Wilfrid’s, Calverley. She died 21 July 1907 aged 50. She was buried in Windhill Cemetery.

In 1911 widower William, a machine fitter was living in the house with his brother, James, a wool comber, and his wife Martha Ann.

Wallace Lancaster, an iron moulder aged 23 of 2 Amelia Street, married Ann Wherley, aged 20, of 2 Beechwood Grove, Shipley, 15 March 1913 at St. Peter’s, Shipley.

Jane Lancaster died in the house 24 February 1929.

Report in the Shipley Times 2 March: -

SALTAIRE WIDOW’S DEATH

A verdict of “Death from natural causes,” was recorded at an inquest held by the District Coroner (Mr. E. W. Norris), Victoria Hall, Saltaire, on Tuesday (26 February) of Mrs. Jane Lancaster (64), 2 Amelia Street, Saltaire.

Evidence was given by Ida Lancaster (daughter) that her mother had been in failing health for four or five years but had not been attended by a doctor.

She had been in bed for the past few months, and early on Sunday (24 February) morning, Mrs. Lancaster consented to see a doctor.

When Dr. Sharpe arrived about 1 a.m., her mother had been dead for some minutes.

Dr. Sharpe said that death was due to acute bronchitis, following chronic bronchitis.

Later in 1929 Ida Lancaster married Joseph Sharp. Ida died in the house in 1935.

In the 1939 Register the house was home to Herbert Simpson, and his wife Agnes.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1929 – the Lancaster family
1930 to 1935 – Joseph & Ida Sharp
1936 – Joseph Sharp
1938 to 1939 – George Edward & Kathleen Marion Crossley
1945 to 1960 – Herbert & Agnes Simpson

 

No. 3 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census heads of the house was widow Elizabeth Haley (nee Shacklock) aged 51 from Birstall. She had married Timothy Haley 18 November 1833 in Birstall. Timothy died in 1853. Elizabeth had three sons living with her – John a wool sorter aged 20, Edwin a weaver aged 18, and Milard a spinner aged 10. Also living with them was John’s wife, Sarah (nee France) aged 24, and their daughter, Jesse, aged one.

In 1871 the house was home to Mary Whitaker, aged 47 from Guiseley, and her three children – Annie, a weaver aged 19, Joseph, a weaver aged 17, and Louisa, a spinner aged 13.

In 1881 the occupants were Joseph Keighley, a wool weaver aged 27 from Idle, his wife Maria, and children Arthur Willie, aged three, and Edith, aged one. Sadly Arthur Willie Keighley died in 1916 serving his country in WW1. Maria died in the house in 1885. She was buried 12 March at St. Paul’s, Shipley.

In 1891 the house was home to Ramsbottom Rhodes, a carter aged 24, his wife Emily (nee Beaver) aged 24, and their daughter Lilley aged five.

Report in the Shipley Times 24 September 1898: -

Disgraceful Conduct of a Married Man

Edmund Kipling, a married man, hawker, of Ingleby Road, Bradford, was summoned by Florence Brook, a girl now only 15 years of age, to show cause why he should not contribute to her illegitimate child, born on 15 July 1898 at the house of Mrs. Dayton, 3 Amelia Street, Saltaire. The circumstances of the case were of the most disgraceful character

The Bench made an order for defendant to contribute 3s. a week until the child is 16 years of age.

From before 1901 to after 1959 the house was home to the Donnett family. George Donnett was born c1847 in Scotland. He worked as a joiner & carpenter in a mill. He married Ann Hellewell in 1882 in Bradford district. They had two children – Richard, a wool sorter, born 1 July 1885 and Isabella, a warper, born 12 March 1887. Ann died in 1907. George died in 1927. Isabella married George Dunhill, aged 24 a warehouseman from Bingley, 21 December 1912 at St. Peter’s, Shipley. Richard Donnett married Mary Hannah Padgett in 1913. They lived in the house for the rest of their lives. Richard died in 1950, Mary in 1959. Florence Padgett, spinster sister of Mary Hannah, died in the house 24 March 1965.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1959 – the Donnett family
1959 – Alan, Annie & Ivy Armitage
1960 – Florence Padgett

 

No. 4 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to William Siddle, a cordwainer aged 36 from Wakefield, his wife Hannah, a weaver aged 35, and three children.

In 1871 the house was occupied by John Baldwin, a weaver aged 42 from Colne, Lancashire, his wife Elizabeth (nee Harker) aged 39, and their two young children. Also living with them was Mary Ann Harker, Elizabeth’s daughter, who was a weaver aged 21, John Harker, a weaver aged 34, and Joseph Dawson, a yarn weigher aged 19. John Baldwin died 10 May 1877 at 54 George Street, Saltaire.

In 1881 the occupants were four siblings named Glendow. William aged 26, was a labourer, John aged 22, was a groom, Charles aged 21, a spinning overlooker, and Annie aged 19, a reeler.

In 1891 the house was home to George W. Wilson, a dyer aged 30, his wife Martha Hannah, aged 32, and their seven-month-old daughter Bertha.

Clifford Peel, born 20 July 1892, died in the house 14 March 1894. He was the son of John Thomas Peel.

From 1895 to around 1948 the house was home to the Ogden family. In 1901 head of the house was Rachel Ogden a widow aged 60. Living with her were four of her children – William Henry, a yarn skip weighter aged 34, Edmund, a brass founder aged 22, Annie a spinner aged 20, and Walter a spinner aged 18. (it is unclear as to when Rachel died. She is not in the 1911 Census.) William Henry Ogden, a yarn stockkeeper, married Catherine Davies, of Manningham, 12 July 1903 at St Paul’s, Shipley. She was six years younger than William. In 1911 they were living in the house with sons Edward Ogden (born 10 November 1903), and Henry Ogden (born 16 December 1905). William & Catherine Ogden lived in the house until around 1927.

From then it was to home to their sons, Edward and Henry, until around 1948. Henry married Evelyn Smith in 1930. In the 1939 Register Henry was a wool warehouseman and an A.R.P. warden, and Edward was a weaving overlooker.

Car For Sale Advert in the Bradford Observer 27 June 1949: -

AUSTIN 8, late 1939, taxed to December; any trial; bargain; nearest £225;
4 Amelia Street, Saltaire.

In July 1955 planning permission was granted for a W.C.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1948 – the Ogden family
1949 to 1956 – Rene & Wilfred Harry Haigh
1957 – George H Bagnall
1958 to 1960 – Florence Hardaker.

Florence Hardaker (nee Ingram) died in the house 3 June 1976 aged 76. In her will she left £5,974.

 

No. 5 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to Thomas Williams, an overlooker aged 25 from Skipton, his wife Phoebe aged 26, and their children – Emma aged three and John James aged one.

In 1871 the head of the house was widower Isaac Ellis. He was a wool washer aged 52 born in Bradford. Living with him was his daughter. Mary, a spinner., aged 14.

Death Notice in the Shipley Times 28 December 1878: -

Stirk – On 24 December, aged 13 months, Walter, son of William Stirk, 5 Amelia Street, Saltaire.

In 1881 & 1891 the house was occupied by was widow Mary Ann Page (nee Bostock), born c1836 in Horsforth. In 1881 three children were living with her – Louisa, a spinner aged 13, Alfred a spinner aged 11, and John aged 10. In 1891 she just had the two boys – Alfred a wool sorter and John a weaver.

In 1901 the house was home to Thomas Sadler Storey, a nursery gardener aged 44 from Northallerton, his wife Sarah aged 41, and five children aged from 3 to 20.

In 1911 Edward Milner was head of the house. He was a house painter aged 32. Living with him was his wife, Kezia aged 30, and four boys aged from two to nine. Edward served in WW1. In June 1915 Kezia Milner won a competition run by Butland’s jewellers of Shipley. She had to solve a riddle that was published in the Shipley Times. She beat 334 entrants to win the prize which was a gift to the value of four shillings.

In the 1939 Register, Jack Ramsden was living in the house with his wife Lily. Jack served in WW2. They remained in the house until after 1960.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1915 – Kezia & Edward Milner
1918 to 1925 – Maria & Samuel Sidebottom
1926 to 1935 – Vera Annie & Harvey Bullock
1936 to 1938 – Elizabeth & James Patrick Morris
1939 to 1960 – Lily & Jack Ramsden

 

No. 6 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to John Jackson, a shoemaker aged 35 from Silsden, his wife Agnes aged 43, and two daughters, Margaret Ann aged 8, and Christiana aged 7. They had living with them John’s widowed mother, Mary Jackson aged 82.

In 1871 & 1881 the house was occupied by the Bower family. Jonas Bower was born in 1843 in Bradford. He worked as a cotton dyer. He married Paulina Sharp, 21 February 1863, at St. Wilfrid’s, Calverley. She was born in 1844 in Keighley. They had three children – John born 1868, Moses born 1872, and Amelia born 1876. In May 1880, John Bower was one of two boys found guilty of stealing articles from a premises in Westgate, Shipley. As it was his first offence and he was of “good character,” he was “discharged with a caution.”

In 1891 the house was lived in by William Stirk, a weaver aged 43 from Baildon, his wife, Sarah aged 44, and their daughter Martha Elizabeth aged 3.

In June 1897 Hilda Mortimer, of 6 Amelia Street, gave evidence at an inquest into the suicide of Harry Newton. They had been together for seven years until they broke up at Easter 1897. After visiting Hilda at 6 Amelia Street, Harry threw himself in front of a train at Saltaire Railway Station.

In 1901 the house was home to three sisters – widow Emma Tennant aged 68 from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, widow Theresa Thornton aged 63 from Kidderminster, and spinster Martha Noble aged 61 from Bowling. Theresa and Martha worked as labourers in a mill. In 1911 Emma and Theresa remained in the house. They had living with them Emma’s married daughter, Ellen Bower (nee Tennant). She performed household duties for the sisters. Her husband was not living with her. Emma Tennant died in the house 17 June 1912 aged 79. She was buried in St Paul’s Lower Churchyard, Shipley.

Jack Tottle, a mill worker aged 27, married Sarah Nixon Hodgson, aged 21, 15 April 1933 at St. Peter’s, Shipley. They were both living at 6 Amelia Street.

Spinster Florrie Tottle died in the house in August 1936 aged 45. She was buried 10 August at St. Paul’s, Shipley. Her mother, Sarah Ann Tottle died in the house in 1937. She was buried 6 February at St. Paul’s, Shipley.

In the 1939 Register the house was occupied by George Hull, a spinning overlooker aged 28 and his wife, Matilda aged 26. George served in the R.A.F. in WW2. He was killed in action 22 June 1943. His widow, Matilda married Arturo Stefanuti in 1946. He was born c1919 in Sheffield. Matilda died in the house in 1985. Arturo was living in the house until after 2003.

From the Electoral Register 1915 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1915 – Hiram Lamb
1918 to 1936 – the Tottle family
1938 to 1943 – George & Matilda Hull
1944 to 1945 – Matilda Hull
1946 to 1960 – Matilda & Arturo Stefanuti

 

No. 7 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to Jonathan Holdsworth, a warp dresser aged 31 from Clayton, his wife, Sarah aged 32, and three sons aged from seven months to eleven years. Also living with them was Jonathon’s sister Zillah, who was a weaver aged 25.

In 1871 the occupants were George W. Thornton, a labourer aged 25 from Idle, his wife Ann, aged 24, and their son William aged 1. Also living with them Ann’s sister, Sarah Wood aged 33, and her brother, Edward Wood, a weaver aged 18.

From before 1881 to after 1901 the house was home to the Jowett family. Herbert Jowett was a wool sorter born in 1839 in Wilsden. He married Caroline Corley in 1874. She was born c1846 in Norfolk. They had two sons – Albert born in 1876 and Arthur in 1877. Arthur died 21 December 1890 aged just 13.

In 1911 the occupants were John William Halliday, a mechanic’s labourer aged 34, his wife Jessie, aged 32, and their son Jack Halliday aged one. They also had living with them two sons from Jessie’s first marriage – George Albert Ingham aged 11 and Harry Ingham aged 9.

Report in the Shipley Times 12 September 1924: -

MOTOR CAR MISHAP

While Flora Owen (12), of 7 Amelia Street, Saltaire, was going along Commercial Street, Shipley, on Saturday (6 September) morning, she stepped off the footpath on to the road and ran in front of a motor car driven by William Grantham, motor driver, Bradford Road, Idle, and owned by the Windhill Cooperative Society, Ltd.

The girl was caught by the near side front mudguard and was knocked down. The driver pulled up immediately and conveyed the girl to her home, where it was found she had sustained slight bruises on the left hand, and her upper lip was slightly cut.

In the 1939 Register the occupants were James Patrick Morris, an overlooker aged 31 and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Brown) aged 29.

Report in the Shipley Times 18 November 1942: -

J. Morris, husband Mrs. E. Morris, of 7 Amelia Street. Saltaire, is serving with the R.A.F. Before volunteering he was employed as a drawing overlooker at Messrs. C. F. Taylor Co.. Ltd., Shipley.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1924 – William Emsley
1924 to 1938 – the Owen family
1939 to 1948 – Elizabeth & James Patrick Morris
1949 – Mary & George Kirton
1950 – Raynor & Vera Parker
1951 to 1960 – James & Eva Leach

James & Eva Leach had five children. They moved out the house in 1960 as it was too small for the seven of them.

 

No. 8 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to James Wood, an overlooker aged 29, from Horton, Bradford, his wife, Elizabeth aged 25, and three children.

In 1871 the occupants were James Ramsden, a warp dresser aged 43 from Manningham, his wife, Mary, aged 42, and three children aged from 6 to 17. Sarah, the eldest child, worked as a cotton winder.

In 1881 the house was occupied by Seth Shuttleworth, a house painter aged 25 from Bradford, his wife, Margaret, aged 25, and three children, aged one, three & five.

In 1891 John Driver, a seal batter aged 22 from Windhill, and his wife, Rose Ann, a weaver aged 22 from Baildon.

Jane Elizabeth Whittington, aged 21, of 8 Amelia Street, married Herbert Shepherd, a mechanic aged 21 from Windhill, 24 September 1898, at St. Paul’s, Shipley.

In 1901 the house was home to Keziah Barker, a widow aged 60, her spinster daughter, Emily, a worsted spinner aged 35, and her son, Joseph, a “passer of cloth,” aged 22.

From before 1911 to 1947 the house was the home of the Gott family. John Thomas Gott was born in 1879 in Baildon. He married Martha Elizabeth Halliday, 2 February 1901, at St. Pauls Shipley. They had four children: - Harold born 1903, Clarence born 1906, Winifred born 1910, and Jack, born 1913. John was a cloth finisher. He served in WW1 and died 16 October 1919 in Bradford Royal Infirmary. John and Martha's son, Harold Gott, a cloth finisher, married Martha Wilkinson, a weaver of 8 Carlton Avenue 25 June 1927 at St. Peter’s, Shipley. Harold served in WW2. John’s widow, Martha, died in the house in 11 December 1931. In the 1939 Register, their son, Jack, a comb jobber was living in the house with his wife Alice, a comb minder. Jack served in WW2. Jack survived the war he remained in the house until 1947.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1947 – The Gott Family
1948 to 1952 – Ernest & Winifred Parker
1953 to 1960 – Samuel & Gertrude Chandler

 

No. 9 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to John Unwin, a stone mason aged 49 from Shipley, his wife Catherine aged 48, son David Unwin, an overlooker aged 19, daughter Elizabeth, a drawer aged 16, and daughter Sarah, a spinner aged 14.

In 1871 the occupants were David Holdsworth, a tin & iron plate worker aged 30 from Bradford, his wife Elizabeth aged 29, and children John aged four, and Sarah aged two.

In 1881 head of the house was Jesse Wallbank, a wool sorter aged 28 from Bingley. Living with him was his wife, Elizabeth aged 26, and children, John aged seven, Fanny aged four, and William aged one. They also had living with them, Thomas Wallbank, Jesse’s widowed father.

Report in the Shipley Times 29 September 1883: -

Fire at Saltaire

An outbreak of fire occurred at Saltaire on Monday last but owing to the prompt measures which were taken it was extinguished before very much damage was done. It appears that about half-past two on Monday afternoon, a woman named Jane Hall, living in Amelia Street, observed some smoke issuing from the bedroom of the house No. 9 Amelia Street—which is occupied by Mr. Jessie Wallbank, woolsorter—and she immediately raised an alarm fire. A labouring man who was working close by at the time carried the alarm to the Fire Brigade Station at the Saltaire Mills, and the fire engine was quickly on the scene. The flames were confined to one room, everything in which was burnt, the floor being completely destroyed. The fire is believed to have originated through some children in the house playing with matches, which means it is supposed the bed must have caught fire.

By 1884 head of the house was spinster Sarah Ellen Leach, a weaver born 1 September 1858 in Baildon. She had a daughter, Hannah, in 1882, father unknown. Sadly Hannah died at 9 Amelia Street, 1 November 1884. In 1891 Sarah Ellen was living in the house with her sister, Elizabeth Ann Leach, a weaver aged 20, and her brother, Arthur, an errand boy aged 14. Elizabeth Ann died in the house 4 May 1895 aged 24. In 1901 Sarah Ellen was living in the house with her brother, Arthur, who worked as a wood turner. Living at 9 Amelia Street, Arthur married Hannah Jane Carradice 18 March 1905 at Bradford Cathedral. Arthur died in 1929. In 1911 Sarah Ellen was living alone. She remained in the house until her death in March 1930. Arthur’s widow, Hannah Jane Leach, lived in the house from around 1929 to around 1934.

From 1935 to after 1960 the house was home to the Stephenson family. George Stephenson was born 19 July 1900 in Scarborough. He married May Brook, 23 December 1922, at Providence Chapel, Shipley. She was born 20 May 1899 in Shipley. At the time of their marriage George was a wool carbonizer living at 14 Amelia Street, Saltaire, and May a cheese winder living at 4 Elliot Street, Shipley. They had a daughter, Winifred, born 29 May 1925. In the 1939 Register George was an engineer’s electric crane driver and Winifred was a reacher in (cloth weaving).

Report in the Bradford Observer 8 March 1954: -

SALTAIRE WEAVER HURT

Winifred Stephenson (23), weaver, 9 Amelia Street, Saltaire, was allowed to go home after treatment at Salts Hospital on Saturday (6 May) for concussion and lacerations to the head sustained when she was in collision with a car driven by William Henry Lax, 3 Park Avenue, Roundhay, Leeds.

George Stephenson died 16 January 1957 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Bradford. In his will he left £395 to his widow, May. Winifred Stephenson married Czeslaw Koza 4 th qtr. 1960.

 

No. 10 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to Henry Stolworthy, a joiner, at Salt Mills, aged 21 from Fretwell in Norfolk, and his wife Fanny (nee Briggs) aged 20.

In 1871 the house was occupied by Ernest Greaves, a spinning overlooker aged 21, his wife, Lydia aged 20, and children, Albert aged two, and Martha aged three months.

In 1881 head of the house was Isaac Turner, a wool sorter aged 29 from Manningham. Living with him was his wife Mary, aged 28 from Pontefract, and children Elizabeth aged three, and Frederick aged six months.

In 1891 Bessy Womersley was living alone in the house. She was a widow aged 70, born in Skelton, near the city of York.

In 1901, recently married John Thomas Gott, a wool cloth finisher aged 21 from Baildon was living in the house with his wife Martha Elizabeth (nee Halliday) aged 25.

In 1911 the house was home to Willie Dunn, aged 25 and his wife Lottie. Willie was a baker's van man working for E.R. Halford Ltd. Both John Thomas Gott and Willie Dunn lost their lives serving their country in WW1. Willie is buried at Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery in Tanzania.

George Dunhill served in WW1 and survived. He lived with his family in the house from 1915 to 1937.

In the 1939 Register the house was home to Albert Carrington, a wool warehouseman aged 37, his wife, Ivy, a wool comb minder aged 31 and their son Brian aged two.

From the Electoral Register 1915 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1915 to 1937 – George Dunhill
1937 to 1939 – Albert & Ivy Carrington
1946 to 1949 – Robert & Lily Paisley
1950 to 1958 – George Harry & Dorothy Burton
1960 – Harry & Gladys Mayes

 

No. 11 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to Jabez Copley, a warehouseman at Salt Mills, aged 39 from Manningham, his wife, Mary, aged 39. They had seven children living with them, aged from 1 to 19.

In the 1871 census the house was occupied by Samuel Sugden, a wool sorter aged 48 from Bradford, his wife Priscilla aged 44, and four children – John, a spinner, aged 9, Joseph aged 8, William aged 6, and Sarah aged nine months. They had lost a son, in the month before the census, when Edward Sugden drowned in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, 20 March 1871, aged just four years and ten months. The Sugden family remained in the house until after 1891. In the 1881 census, Samuel was out of work, whilst three of his children were mill workers and the other was an apprentice printer. By 1891 Samuel had retired.

In 1901 the occupants were Thomas Dinsdale, a mechanic’s labourer aged 65 and his daughter, Eliza, aged 26.

Mary Craven (nee Baxter), aged 34, of 11 Amelia Street, married Alfred Bishop, labourer aged 35, of 9 Mary Street, Saltaire, 28 October 1905 at St. Paul’s, Shipley.

In 1911 head of the house was Harry Hodgson, a cloth dyer’s labourer aged 40. Living with him was his wife, Mary, aged 35, and three children aged between three and nine.

In the 1939 Register the occupants were Alma Riley, a wool warehouseman aged 50, his wife Florence Annie (nee Swift) aged 49, and their daughter Ethel, a drawer aged 26. They also had living with them Margerie Gathing, a drawer aged 22.

Extract from a report in the Shipley Times 8 April 1942: -

At the Shipley Bethel Baptist Church, on Easter Monday (6 April), the wedding took place between Mr. David Close, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Close, 22 Ferncliffe Road, Bramley, and Mrs. Annie Wyatt, 11 Amelia Street, Saltaire. The bride, was given away by her uncle (Mr. A. Riley).

Alma Riley died in the house 19 July 1964. In his will he left £1,080 to his widow.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1915 – Harry Hodgson
1918 to 1919 – Samuel & Mary Askham
1919 – Florence Wilson
1921 – Smith Senior
1922 to 1932 – Albert & Minnie Taylor
1933 to 1935 – John & Ivy Batton Murphy
1936 to 1960 – Alma & Florence Riley

 

No. 12 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to William Laycock, a machine tenter aged 34 from Addingham, his wife Isabella (nee White), aged 34 from Darlington, County Durham, and four children – William, a machine tenter aged 15, Nathan, a doffer aged 12, Mary Jane aged 8, and Thomas Laycock, aged 2.

In 1871 William Earnshaw, a labourer aged 45 from Halifax, was living in the house with his wife, Alice, a weaver aged 45 from Skipton.

In the 1881, 1891 & 1901 Censuses the house was occupied by the Smith spinster sisters from Bingley, who all worked as weavers. Elizabeth was born c1836, Sarah c1837, and Mary c1838. In 1881 all three were living in the house. In 1891 there was just Elizabeth & Sarah. In 1901 there was just Elizabeth, as Sarah died in the house, 3 October 1894. Boarding with Elizabeth was Ann Lightfoot a widow aged 54 from Bingley. Ann died in the house in May 1907.

In 1911 head of the house was Annie Halliday, a widowed weaver aged 48 from Shropshire. Living with her were four of her children, all born in Baildon. Joseph was a mill jobber aged 16, Lettia was a spinner aged 14, Willie was 12, and Ivy was 10.

In the 1939 Register the house was home to Herbert William Frank, a motor lorry driver aged 32, his wife, Eva, aged 35, and their son, Thomas, aged four.

Report in the Shipley Times 23 February 1955: -

SHIPLEY BOY HURT

David Moss, aged 11, of 6 Trenance Drive, Shipley, was injured by a coal lorry driven by Jack Maudsley, 12 Amelia Street, Saltaire, on Wednesday (16 February). He was taken to Salts Hospital, where he was treated for abrasions to the face and knees and was then allowed to go home. The accident occurred at the junction of Bingley Road and Victoria Road.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1915 – Arthur Wardman
1918 – Clara Ann Wildman
1919 to 1931 – Willie Thorpe
1932 to 1935 – John Edward Free
1936 to 1950 – Herbert William & Eva Frank
1951 – Elizabeth Atkinson & Fred William Court
1952 to 1953 – Elizabeth Atkinson
1954 to 1960 – Jack & Alice Maudsley

 

No. 13 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 & 1871 censuses the house was home to Samuel Field and his wife, Sarah. Samuel, who worked as a machine tenter and a machine comber, was born c1802 in Devon, and Sarah was born c1807 in Warwickshire. In 1861 they had three daughters living with them, all born in Bradford. Jane was a spinner born 1837; Eliza a comber born c1841; Emma a spinner born c1848. In 1871 Jane & Emma remained with them.

In 1881 the house was occupied by James Gillings, a card grinder aged 33 from Whitehaven in Cumberland, and his wife, Martha, aged 35 from Cottingley. They had boarding with them, spinster Martha Excell, a rover aged 22 from Idle.

In 1891 census (5 April) the occupants were John Monaghan, a dyer, aged 50, from Ireland, his Yorkshire born wife, Isabella, aged, 45, daughter Mary Ann, a weaver aged 25, born in Horsforth, and son William Harry, aged two, born in Saltaire. Sadly, William Harry died in the house, 21 May 1891, aged two years five months.

Thomas Robert Lane died in the house in 1894 aged 40. He was buried 3 April at St John the Evangelist, Baildon.

In 1901 & 1911 the house was home to unmarried John Greenbury and his spinster sister, Annie Greenbury. They were both born in Suffolk; John in 1868, Annie in 1862. John was a weftman, Annie was a weaver. In 1906 John was a member of the new Gospel Hall in Bolton Woods.

In 1921, head of the house was Sarah Hogan, a widow aged 63 from Bingley. Living with her were: -
Annie Hogan – spinster daughter aged 31, a weaver at Saltaire Mills.
Mary Railton (nee Hogan) - married daughter aged 23, also a weaver at Saltaire Mills.
Harry Railton – husband of Mary – he was a cloth finisher aged 30, working at Stockbridge Finishing Co. in Keighley.
Dorothy Railton – daughter of Mary & harry, aged ten months.

In the 1939 Register the occupants were George Morrell, a retired stone mason born 8 September 1865 and his wife, Alice, born 19 February 1877. George died in the house 19 May 1940.

In April 1946, Margaret Elizabeth Lightfoot, of 13 Amelia Street, was a passenger in a fatal car crash in Shipley. She only suffered minor injuries.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1919 – John Greenbury
1920 – Elizabeth Firth
1921 to 1926 – Sarah Hogan & Harry Railton
1927 to 1928 – Sarah Hogan
1929 to 1934 – Sarah Hogan & Annie Hogan (with Harry Lane 1932-34)
1935 to 1939 – George & Mary Alice Morrell
1946 – Margaret Elizabeth Lightfoot
1947 to 1952 – Mary Eastwood & James Edward Lightfoot
1953 to 1954 – James Edward Lightfoot
1955 to 1960 – George Vernon & Joan Orvis

 

No. 14 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to Susannah Butterfield, a widow aged 56 from Shipley, her spinster daughter, Margaret, who was a weaver aged 25, and her granddaughter, Susannah, aged nine. Also living with them was 90 year old widower, John Butterfield, who was Susannah’s father-in-law.

In 1871 the occupants were John Johnson, a wool sorter aged 36 from Bradford, his wife, Martha, aged 36, and four children aged from nine months to ten years.

From before 1881 to after 1911 the house was home to John Rhodes and his family. John was born in 1837 in Burley-in-Wharfedale. He worked as a warehouseman, a labourer and a carter. He married Hannah Pitts 24 May 1868 at Bradford Cathedral. They had a son, Thom, born in 1869, and a daughter, Florence, born in 1874. Hannah died in the house in 1907.

Report in the Bradford Weekly Telegraph 30 November 1917: -

Fred Stephenson (43), a labourer of 14 Amelia Street, Saltaire, died at the Saltaire Hospital on Wednesday (28 November).

He was employed by Messrs. F. Wigglesworth and Co, when in handling a piece of wood a splinter pierced the forefinger of the right hand, blood poisoning supervening.

In the 1921 Census the occupants were: -

Ruth Stephenson – aged 42, (widow of Fred Stephenson) born in Suffield near Scarborough.
Reuben Watson (Stephenson) – bookkeeper at Saltaire Mills, born in Suffield aged 23.
George Stephenson – hopper feeder at Shipley Carbonising Co., born in Scarborough aged 20.
Elsie Stephenson – weaver at Saltaire Mills, born in Scarborough aged 19.
Frederick Stephenson – working in Saltaire Mills, born in Scarborough aged 12.

In the 1939 Register, Annie Hogan, a weaver, born 31 May 1890, was living in the house with Harry Lane, a painter born 13 July 1888. They were married in 1942. Harry died in the house, 8 August 1947. He was cremated/buried four days later in Scholemoor Cemetery.

Ellen Elizabeth Duncalf died in the house between 9 January & 11 January 1970. In her will she left £1,063.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1917 – Fred Stephenson
1918 to 1922 – Ruth Stephenson & Reuben Watson
1923 to 1929 – Ruth Stephenson (with Elsie Roe in 1929)
1930 to 1934 – Ruth & Frederick Stephenson
1935 to 1942 – Annie Hogan & Harry Lane
1942 to 1947 – Annie & Harry Lane
1948 to 1949 – Annie Lane
1949 to 1960 – Ellen Elizabeth Duncalf

 

No. 15 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to spinster sisters, Ann & Mary Dean, from Haworth. Ann was a housekeeper aged 50, and Mary a weaver aged 42.

In 1871 the occupants were Joseph Metcalfe, a wool washer aged 44 from Bainbridge in North Yorkshire, his wife, Clara, aged 37, and six children aged from 2 months to 15 years.

John Bartle died in the house, 23 December 1876, aged 58.

In 1881 the house was lived in by George Myers, a wool sorter aged 28 from Burley, his wife, Mary, a factory hand aged 24, and their son, Ernest aged 1. They had a son, Arthur, born in 1882. He died in 1884 and he was buried, 24 November, at St. Paul’s, Shipley. Mary died before 1891. In 1891 widower George was living in the house with his 11-year-old-son Ernest, who was a spinner. (Ernest emigrated to America in 1905.)

In 1901 head of the house was Mary Slingsby, a widow aged 66 from Horsforth. Living with her were her daughters, Annie aged 28, and Mary aged 24. They both worked as mohair reelers.

In 1911 it was home to Henry Firth, a cloth finisher aged 24, his wife, Harriet, aged 25, and their son William aged 3.

From before 1918 to her death 13 May 1943 the house was home to spinster Emma Yates, born 13 October 1866. In 1921 she was a weaver working at Saltaire Mills. In the 1939 Register she had living with her Sydney Brook, a machine iron moulder born 19 May 1894. Sydney remained in the house until after 1960.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1915 – Henry Firth
1918 to 1937 – Emma Yates
1938 to 1943 – Emma Yates & Sydney Brook
1943 to 1960 – Sydney Brook

 

No. 16 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census (7 April) the house was home to 61-year-old widow Christiana Goodison and three of her daughters – Eliza aged 26, Christina 23, and Maria 20. The daughters were born in Leeds and worked as drawers; also living with them was Ellen Gaunt, a nine-year-old granddaughter. Christiania died in the house, October 1861. She was buried 9 October at St. Paul’s, Shipley. Christina, who worked as a weaver, married Reuben Normington, 10 March 1866, at Bradford Cathedral. Reuben was born c1843 and worked as a warp dresser. They had three sons – Willie born in 1870, Henry b. 1876, and Alfred b.1883. They lived at 16 Amelia Street until after 1881.

From before 1891 to around 1929 the house was home to the Rose family from Redlingfield in Suffolk. Benjamin, a gardener & labourer, was born 1838. He married Eliza Thorndyke in 1859. In 1891 they had living with them their daughter, Eliza Rose, a reeler aged 28, their unemployed son, Simon, aged 26, and their married daughter, Elizabeth Howker, aged 29. Three of her daughters, aged from five to eight, were living with them too. In 1901 they had their spinster daughter, Eliza, living with them, and a boarder, Alice Kendall, a reeler aged 32 from Baildon. Benjamin lost his wife before 1911. In the 1911 Census he was living with his daughter, Eliza, who was still working as a reeler. In the 1921 Census, Benjamin, and his daughter Eliza remained in the house. Eliza was a reeler working at Saltaire Mills. In March 1928, Benjamin was the oldest man at a picture show, followed by tea at Victoria Hall, provided for by the Shipley Old Folks’ Treat Committee. Eliza Rose died in the house 6 August 1929.

In the 1939 Register the house was occupied by Arthur Briggs (born 25 July 1908) and his wife Gwendoline (nee McPherson, born 10 November 1908). Arthur worked as a central Heating boilerman & maintenance engineer (textile warehouse), and Gwendoline was a twister. They had a daughter, Christine, born in 1943. They left Saltaire in March 1952 to live in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

Extract from a report in the Shipley Times 12 March: -

The meeting of Saltaire Congregational Parents’ Association held last Wednesday (5 March) evening took the form of a “Games Night.”

After supper Mr. G, Smith, on behalf of the Association, presented Mrs. G. Briggs, of 16 Amelia Street, Saltaire. with an embroidered linen tablecloth and napkins, as a farewell gift. Mrs. Briggs, who has been a very active worker for the Association, is shortly to join her husband at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, where he has been transferred on business.

Mr. and Mrs. Briggs have lived in Saltaire all their lives. They have one daughter, Christine, aged eight years.

In making the presentation Mr. Smith wished Mr. and Mrs. Briggs and Christine good luck in their new venture, and said he hoped they would join another Association in Dunstable, so that Saltaire’s loss would be someone else’s gain.

Living at 52 Victoria Road, Saltaire, spinster Susannah Johnson (born 17 February 1875) died at 16 Amelia Street, 15 April 1951. There was a funeral service at Saltaire Wesleyan, before she was cremated at Scholemoor Cemetery, Bradford.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1929 – The Rose family
1930 to 1936 – William, Annie, & John Arthur Lavelle
1938 to 1952 – Arthur & Gwendoline Briggs
1953 to 1960 – Gordon & Doreen Mary Taylor

 

No. 17 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to Baylis Foster, a weaver aged 31 from Clayton, his wife, Emma aged 32, and their daughter, Mary Ann, aged 10. They had Mary Ann Pattison, a housekeeper aged 24 from Bowling, visiting them.

In 1871 the occupants were Stephen Nelson, aged 28 with no occupation, his wife Hannah, aged 28, and two sons – William aged two, and Frank, nine months. They had liing with them Hannah’s married sister, Beth Snowden aged 22. Berty, son of Stephen Nelson, died in the house, 29 February 1880, aged just one year & three months.

In I881 the house was lived in by Pullan Firth, a quarry labourer aged 51 from Baildon, his wife, Nancy, aged 46, and daughter, Ann Elizabeth, a mohair twister aged 18. Ann Elizabeth Firth, of 17 Amelia Street, married John William Camm, 28 April 1883, at Bradford Cathedral. John was a wool combing machine minder living in Caroline Street, Saltaire. He was born in Lincolnshire 1861. Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of John William Camm, died in the house, 19 October 1885, aged just five weeks. In the 1891 Census Pullan Firth remained in the house with his wife Nancy. They had living with them their married daughter, Ann Elizabeth Camm, her husband John, and their two children – Harry Camm aged seven, and Charles Rawson Camm, aged two. Also living with them was Zillah Firth, a granddaughter aged nine. Pullan Firth died in 1897 at Menston Asylum. He was buried 3 July at St Paul’s, Shipley. His widow, Nancy, died in the house 20 May 1899. She was buried three days later with her husband. In 1901 Ann Elizabeth Camm and her husband, John, a labourer, continued to live in the house. They had three children aged from 10 to 19.

In 1911 Census (19 June) the house was home to Hannah Brooksbank, a widow aged 39 from Keighley, her son, Willie Brooksbank, a doffer aged 13, and her daughter, Eliza, aged 11. They had living with them two boarders - Mary Ann King, a spinner aged 40, and George Brooksbank Armstrong, a cloth finisher aged 22. Working as a dyer, George Brooksbank Armstrong married Sarah Hannah Godfrey, 29 July 1911, at St. Paul’s Church, Shipley. She was a weaver aged 24, living at 5 Daisy Place, Saltaire. Widow Hannah Brooksbank married Mathew Hodgson in 1919. In the 1921 Census, 37-year-old Mathew was a carter for J W Pottey & Co, Contractor, of Bingley. Hannah was ten years older than Mathew.

Doris Ellis Stone, of 17 Amelia Street, married widower, Andrew Charles Frederick Free, in 1937. In the 1939 Register, spinster Gladys Merrifield Stone (sister of Doris) lived alone in the house. She was born 8 January 1896 in Millom, Cumberland. She worked as a twister.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1919 – Hannah & Willie Brooksbank
1920 to 1922 – Matthew & Hannah Hodgson, Willie Brooksbank
1923 to 1924 – Matthew & Hannah Hodgson
1825 to 1932 – Samuel & Ellen Slinger
1933 to 1936 – Gladys Merrifield Stone & Doris Ellen Stone
1937 to 1960 – Gladys Merrifield Stone

 

No. 18 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the head of the house was widow Phoebe Hanson, a retired dressmaker aged 64 from Keighley. Living with her were her daughter, Mary, a weaver aged 30, her son, Henry, a joiner aged 23, and a granddaughter, Sara Moorhouse, a drawer aged 16.

In 1871 the occupants were Ashton Tempest, a weaver aged 35 from Skipton, his wife, Kezia aged 28, and their daughter, Sarah, aged three.

Sarah Emma, daughter of Alfred Pickles of 18 Amelia Street, died 8 April 1880 aged just 17 months. Less than a month later, Alfred’s son, Henry, died, 1 May, aged just five.

In 1881 the house was occupied by Henry Carr, a combing overlooker aged 25 from Barnsley, his wife Miranda 27, and daughters, Sarah Ann aged three and Florence aged two months. Also living with them was Miranda’s brother, Samuel Oddy, a warp twister aged 19. Henry & Miranda had a third daughter, Alice, born in 1886. Miranda died in the house in 1893, aged 39.

From before 1901 to around 1927 the house was home to the Fowler family. Thomas Arthur Daniel Fowler was born 11 August 1864 in Otley. He married Frances Treharne. She was born in 1873 in Wales. They had a daughter, Ada, born in 1893. In 1901 Thomas was a labourer in a sewage works; in 1911 he was a warehouseman for a chemical manufacturer. Daughter Ada, a burler & mender, married Harold Fieldhouse, a printer’s engineer aged 29 from Otley, 4 September 1920, at the Primitive Methodist Church in Saltaire Road, Shipley. In the 1921 Census, Thomas was a warehouseman at E Wright & Co Ltd Horticultural Sundries Manufacturer, in Bradford.

In the 1939 Register the occupants were James Tidswell, a wool sorter born 7 August 1875, his wife Ada, born 22 June 1881, and spinster Annie Johnson, a cloth picker born 13 July 1881.

In February 1953 the house was reported as being sold by private treaty.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1927 – the Fowler family
1928 to 1934 – John & Florence Sidebottom
1935 to 1947 – James & Ada Tidswell
1948 to 1952 – Stanley & Ida Ferdinand
1953 to 1960 – Alice Marian & Alexy Czernooki

 

No. 19 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the head of the house was Henry Dooley, a warehouseman aged 25 from Bradford. Living with him was his wife, Ellen, aged 24, and two infant daughters. (By 1871 they were living in Bradford, where Henry worked as a plasterer. They had at least nine children.)

In 1871 the house was home to Alfred Mansfield, a spinning overlooker, aged 31 from Bradford, his wife Nancy, aged 30, and two young daughters.

In 1881 head of the house was Joseph Bretherick, a scourer, aged 31, from Bramley. Living with him was his wife, Mary, aged 30, and three children. Their son, John, aged 10, worked as a spinner.

In the 1891 Census the occupants were George Henry Milnes, a widower aged 40, and his son Stead aged two. George worked as a weaver. George’s wife, Jane, died in the house 12 January 1891, aged 36. They had Susannah Tenison boarding with them. She was a spinster aged 41 who worked as housekeeper. Whilst still living in the house, widower George married 41-year-old spinster Fanny Harper, 13 January 1894, at St. Paul’s, Shipley.

In 1901 the house was home to Walter Bolton, a factory storekeeper aged 34, his wife Hannah, aged 34, and seven children. Their eldest child, Polly aged 13, worked as a twister.

William Summerhill, of 19 Amelia Street, Saltaire, survived an accident 22 May 1908, cleaning windows at 10 Albert Terrace.

In 1911 the occupants were Moses Bower, a machinery greaser aged 39, his wife, Mary Jane, aged 24, and two young daughters. Moses was working at Salts Mill as reported in the Shipley Times 22 September 1928 as follows: -

Moses Bower (56), greaser Saltaire Mills, of Amelia Street, Saltaire, was on Monday night discovered by his wife with his throat cut. Bower had been in ill health for some time, he was taken to Saltaire Hospital and later in the evening conveyed to the Clayton Institution Infirmary.

Moses died later in the year. His widow lived at 19 Amelia Street until 1940.

From before 1946 to after 1960 the house was home to Edwin & Kitty Lupton.

 

20 Amelia Street

No. 20 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to Joseph Wooler, a weaving overlooker aged 64 from Bradford, and his wife Hannah, aged 58. She died in 1894 and was buried, 28 September, in St. Paul’s churchyard, Shipley.

In 1871 the occupants were John Stirk, a weaver, aged 42, from Bingley, his wife Martha, aged 42, son William, a weaver aged 18, and son Thomas, a spinner aged 8. Martha died in the house 24 May 1879. Widower John married Margaret before 1881. Her maiden name and date of marriage are not known. In the 1881 Census, John, Margaret and son Thomas were living in the house.

William snr. Cowgill died in the house 28 February 1886 aged 91. In 1891 John Cowgill, a labourer aged 49, was living in the house with his wife, Emma (nee Raistrick) aged 48 and sons, William, a wool sorter aged 22 and Joseph a spinner aged 13. Emma died in the house in March 1896. She was buried, 7 March 1896, in St. Paul’s churchyard, Shipley. In 1901 widower John was living in the house with his son, William, who was a tin plate worker.

In 1911 the house was home to widow Charlotte Miller (nee Hawe) aged 52, and daughters, Sarah Ann, aged 29, and Sarah, aged 21. Charlotte & Sarah Ann worked as box minders and Sarah was a spinner. In 1921 Charlotte & Sarah Ann remained in the house. Charlotte died in the house 1 st Qtr. 1923.

Extract from a report in the Shipley Times 20 July 1923: -

William Ogden, millhand, 8 Cowling Street, Shipley, and Thomas Butcher, millhand, of 48 George Street, Saltaire, appeared on remand (13 July) on a charge of stealing four ducks, value 30s., the property Valentine Frederick William Hodder, of 20 Amelia Street, Saltaire.

Each prisoner was fined 20s. and costs, and ordered to refund 30s., the value of the ducks.

 Widower Arthur Greaves Jackson, of 20 Amelia Street, married spinster Annie Maud Lizzie Cracknell, 21 April 1935 at St. Luke’s Manningham.

 In the 1939 Register the occupants of the house were: -

Head – Arthur Greaves Jackson – born 28 March 1898 – dyer’s operative
Wife – Annie Maud Lizzie – 29 December 1900
Daughter – Barbara May – 5 September 1930
Son – Gordon James – 13 February 1934
Daughter – Una – 15 September 1937.

Arthur died in the house in 1945. His widow, Annie, married Charles William Collins in 1952. They continued to live in the house until after 1960.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1923 – Charotte Miller
1923 to 1927 – Sarah Ann Miller & Valentine Frederick William Hodder
1928 – Sarah Ann Miller & Clarence Judson
1929 – Sarah Ann Miller, Charles & Lilian Annie Jones
1930 to 1945 – Arthur & Annie Greaves
1946 to 1952 – Annie Greaves
1952 to 1960 – Charles William & Annie Collins

 

No. 21 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to Thomas Binns, a warehouseman aged 44 from Thornton, his wife, Ann, aged 44 and six children aged from 2 to 26. Thomas jnr. Binns died in the house in January 1862 aged just three. He was buried, 20 January, at St Paul’s Shipley.

In 1871 the occupants were John Cowgill, a labourer aged from Thornton, his wife Emma, a drawer aged 28, and their son, Joseph, aged 2.

In 1881 the house was occupied by Jabez Fieldhouse, a woolcomber aged 67 from Baildon, and his wife, Elizabeth, aged 51 from Skipton. Jabez died in the house 22 May 1885.

From 1889 to 1903 the house was home to Jonathan Moore and his spinster sister Hannah Moore. Jonathan, a plush batter & labourer, was born c1851 in Halifax. Hannah was born c1847 in Halifax.

In 1911 the occupants were Frederick Wood, a leather belt maker aged 32 from Bingley, and his wife, Nellie, aged 30.

John Appleby, a dyer aged 24, married 26-year-old Jennie Hall, 14 February 1920. They were both living at 21 Amelia Street.

In the 1921 Census head of the house was Willie Anderson, a heating engineer aged 33. He worked in his father’s business, Jonathan Anderson & Sons, in Bradford. Living with him was his wife Rose (nee Appleby), a cloth warper at Saltaire Mills, and their son Jonathan aged two. Also living with them was Willie’s bother-in-law, John Appleby, his wife Jenny, and their son, George.

May Clarke, a spinner aged 19, living at 21 Amelia Street, married Harry Sedgley, a cloth finisher aged 20, of 17 (renumbered 33) Albert Road, Saltaire, 17 November 1923 at St. Peter’s, Shipley.

In the 1939 Register the house was home to spinster sisters, Sarah & Florence Padgett. Sarah, born 1 February 1886, worked as a spinner; Florence, born 3 August 1896 worked as a twister. Sarah died in the house in 1944.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 – Frederick Wood
1918 to 1923 – Willie & Rose Anderson
1924 to 1936 – Ellen Clarke
1938 to 1944 – Sarah & Florence Padgett
1946 to 1949 – Florence Padgett
1951 to 1952 – Joseph, Hilda & Charles William Collins
1953 – Joseph, Hilda, Charles William & Annie Collins
1954 to 1957 – Joseph & Hilda Collins
1958 – Charles & Annie Collins
1960 – Frederick & Veronica Riley

 

No. 22 Amelia Street was built around 1854.

In the 1861 census the house was home to John Leach, a warp dresser aged 28 from Great Horton, and his wife Grace (nee Wildman), aged 25 from Bingley. There were three children living with them – William Henry aged ten, Mary Ann aged one and Joseph aged one month. They had a lodger living with them, John Wildman, a bobbin taker off, aged 17 from Keighley.

Notice in the Leeds Times 1 April 1865: -

THE SALTAIRE ANNUAL PIG SHOW will be held on Saturday, 19 August.
Open to all England for Gentlemen Farmers and Tradesmen.
Labouring Men's Class to be, confined to Shipley, Windhill and Baildon.
For particulars apply to John Leach, Secretary, No. 22 Amelia Street, Saltaire.

Notice in the Bradford Observer 9 April 1868: -

The SALTAIRE YOUNG PROSPECT CRICKET CLUB are now OPEN to ARRANGE MATCHES with any respectable young club within a reasonable distance. Address W. H. Leach, 22 Amelia Street, Saltaire.

In the 1871 Census, taken 2 April, the house was vacant.

In 1881 the occupants were John Cowgill, a labourer aged 41, his wife Emma, aged 38, son Joseph, a spinner aged 12, and son William aged three.

In 1891 head of the house was Benjamin Shuttleworth, a dyer’s labourer aged 54. Living with him was his wife, Ann aged 60, and their daughter, Clara, a twister aged 28. Clara married Walter Drake, 6 August 1892, at St Paul’s, Shipley. He was a painter aged 29, born in Nelson, Lancashire.

From before 1900 to around 1915 the house was home to James Hollingworth and his wife Ellen (nee Wilson). They were married, 13 October 1900, at St Paul’s, Shipley. James worked as a dyer’s labourer and Ellen was a twister, then a spinner. In 1911 they had no children.

Hannah Kelly died in the house in 1926.

Report in the Shipley Times 14 December 1929: -

A BABY’S DEATH

At an inquest held at Shipley Fire Station on Monday (9 December) by the District Coroner (Mr. E. W. Norris), on the death of Doreen Gott. the ten weeks old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gott, of 22 Amelia Street, Saltaire, Mrs. Phyllis Gott (mother), said that her daughter, Doreen, always had been more or less delicate but she was quite well and healthy. She seemed to get on well for a week, but then started with sores behind the ears.

Mrs. Gott summoned Dr. Sharpe, and the sores healed, but another came on the finger, and an abscess under the left arm. She said that on Saturday (7 December) evening, her baby seemed quite well, but during the night the child suffocated.

Dr. Sharpe said that the cause of death was asphyxia (suffocation), and a verdict of “Accidental suffocation” was recorded.

In the 1939 Register the house was occupied Annie Harrison Hartley, a married lady born, 27 June 1866, and Mary Kay, a spinner born 8 June 1918.

(Note – there is a closed record).

Decree Nisi as published in the Bradford Observer 30 January 1952: -

Cyril Bower, 22 Amelia Street, Saltaire —adultery by Hetty Bower, Leach Road. Riddlesden, costs against co-respondent, Jack Crowley.

From the Electoral Register 1914 to 1960 the occupants were: -

1914 to 1915 – James & Ellen Hollingworth
1918 to 1926 – William Kelly & Hannah Kelly
1927 – William Kelly
1928 to 1936 – Clarence Gott & Phyllis Gott
1938 to 1939 – Annie Harrison Hartley
1945 to 1947 – George Kirton & May Kirton
1948 to 1951 – Cyril Bower
1952 to 1953 – Harry & Florence May Roberts
1954 to 1960 – Sidney & Lily Stokes

 

The Bath and Wash houses were opened 6 July 1863. They proved unpopular, so they were closed and converted to 10 houses around 1891.

No 1 Bath Buildings was renumbered 24 Amelia Street in 1915.

In 1891 the house was occupied by Peter Scott, a fireman aged 36, his wife, Emma, aged 36, and eight children aged from 1 to 16. Five of the children were mill workers.

In the 1901 census the house was unoccupied

In 1911, head of the house was Ernest West, aged 50 from Pateley Bridge. He ran his own confectionary business. Living with him was his wife Mary, and six children aged from four to nineteen. They also had living with them a nephew, thirty-one-year-old William West, a wool comber born in Liverpool.

In 1921 the house was occupied by the Lovatt family. William Lovatt was born in 1867 in Chesterton, Staffordshire. He was working as a wool warehouseman for Shipley Carbonising Co. Living with him was his wife, Mary Charlotte born in 1880 in Mexborough, and ten children aged from one to twenty-two. Three of the children worked at Saltaire Mills. Also living with them was a niece, Henrietta Ware aged fourteen. She was a spinner at Saltaire Mills. The Lovatt’s lived in the house from 1915 to 1927.

Report in the Yorkshire Post 23 March 1934: -

Norman Owen, 24 Amelia Street, Saltaire, received a fractured leg In attempting to board a bus in Bradford yesterday. He was detained at the Royal Infirmary.

The house was demolished in 1936.

From the Electoral Register the occupants were: -

1891 to 1893 – Peter Scott
1897 – Thomas Barker
1898 – Henry Smith
1899 – John Bell
1903 – Susan Clayton
1904 to 1906 – Charles Henry Elliott
1909 to 1913 – Ernest West
1915 – Annie Elizabeth Mansfield
1918 to 1927 – William Lovatt
1928 to 1931 – Sarah Hannah Baker
1934 to 1936 – John William & Ethel Louisa Thompson

 

The Bath and Wash houses were opened 6 July 1863. They proved unpopular, so they were closed and converted to 10 houses around 1891.

No 2 Bath Buildings was renumbered 25 Amelia Street in 1915.

In 1891 the house was occupied by Robert John Grierson, a joiner aged 41 from Lancashire, his wife Ruth aged 35, and six children aged from 5 to 15. Four of the children were mill workers. The family emigrated to America in 1893/94.

In 1901 the house was home to Joseph Brooks, a bricklayer aged 42 from Nottingham, his wife Eliza aged 35 from Misterton, Nottinghamshire, and seven children aged from 2 to 14. All of the children were born in Misterton; the eldest two were mill workers.

Extract from a report in the Shipley Times and Express - Friday 21 September 1906, referring to a meeting of the Shipley Education Committee: -

That efforts be made to obtain the admission of Tom Richardson, twelve years of age, 2 Bath Buildings, Saltaire, into Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, if boy’s parents consent to let him go.

In 1911 the occupants were George Kitchen, a carter aged 53 from Tadcaster, his wife Annie Elizabeth aged 52 from Doncaster, and three children aged from 16 to 20.

In 1921 the house was home to Smith Wainman, a labourer aged 52 working at Saltaire Mills and his wife Grace aged 49. They had the following children living with them: -

Dorothy aged 20 – a twister at Saltaire Mills.
Denby aged 19 – a labourer at Saltaire Mills.
Arthur aged 17 – a doffer at Saltaire Mills.
Walter aged 15 – a doffer at Saltaire Mills.
Charles aged 13 – a doffer at Saltaire Mills.
Grace aged 11 – at school.
Eric aged 8 – at school.

They had boarding with them Dora Lees, born Swinton in 1903. She was a comber at Saltaire Mills.

The house was demolished in 1936.

From the Electoral Register the occupants were: -

1891 to 1893 – Robert John Grierson
1896 – Frederick Baxter
1898 – James Milner
1901 to 1903 – Joseph Brooks
1904 – Joseph Potter
1907 – Mary Hannah Richardson
1908 to 1912 – George Kitchen
1913 to 1914 – Robert Park
1918 – Tom & Ann Hudson
1919 to 1927 – Smith & Grace Wainman
1933 to 1933 – Agnes Sykes
1934 – Beatrice, Mabel, Reginald & Sydney Wraith

 

The Bath and Wash houses were opened 6 July 1863. They proved unpopular, so they were closed and converted to 10 houses around 1891.

No 3 Bath Buildings was renumbered 26 Amelia Street in 1915.

In 1891 the house was occupied by Ann Baker, a widow aged 47, and five of her children, aged from 8 to 20. They had two boarders, Hannah May Cox, a spinner aged 19, and Thomas Skelton, a tailor aged 60.

Mary Hannah Newell aged 33, of 3 Bath Buildings, married Fred Johnson, a yarn collector aged 29, of 10 Helen Street, Saltaire, 3 February 1900, at St. Paul’s, Shipley.

In 1901 the house was home James Newell, a woolcomber aged 44, his wife Annie aged 46, and six children aged from 7 to 20. All of the children were born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire; four of them were mill workers, including James Alfred Newell, who worked at Saltaire Mills. Their married daughter, Ada, aged 23, and her husband, Richard Stow, aged 35, were also living in the house. Neither of them were working.

In 1911 the house was occupied by four siblings – Caroline Fynn, a housekeeper aged 21: George Fynn, a housepainter & decorator aged 19 (sadly, George lost his life serving his country in WW1) ; John, a doffer aged 16; Percy a doffer aged 13. Their father, George snr., had died in the house 1 st qtr. 1911.

In 1921 the head of the house Marion Johnson, a widow aged 37 from West Bromwich. She had nine children with her, all of whom were born at South Shields in County Durham. Her husband, Joseph, who served in WW1 before moving to Saltaire, had died in the house in 1919.

The house was unoccupied from around 1935, it was demolished in 1936.

From the Electoral Register the occupants were: -

1893 to 1895 – Thomas Barker
1896 – James Tattersall
1899 – John Yeadon
1900 to 1903 – James Newall
1905 to 1906 – Joseph Burnett
1907 to 1911 – George Fynn
1914 to 1915 – Robert Zipfel
1918 – Margaret Clarkson
1919 – Joseph Johnson & Marion Johnson
1920 to 1927 – Marion Johnson
1928 to 1932 – Wilson Blaxton Dodd & Mary Ann Dodd
1933 to 1934 – John Griffith Hughes & Gladys Hughes

 

The Bath and Wash houses were opened 6 July 1863. They proved unpopular, so they were closed and converted to 10 houses around 1891.

No 4 Bath Buildings was renumbered 27 Amelia Street in 1915.

The house was unoccupied in the 1891 Census

In 1901 the occupants were Joseph Thomas Peel, a wood machinist aged 37, born in Derbyshire; his wife, Priscilla, aged 40 born in Worcestershire, and their son, Robert, a wool jobber, aged 14 born in Staffordshire.

In 1911 it was home to George Henry Clegg, a wool comber aged 23, and his wife, Ethel, a spinner aged 23. George, serving his country in WW1, was killed in action 1 July 1916.

In 1921 the house was occupied by Mary Steele, a widow aged 59, her daughter Alice, a twister at Saltaire Mills aged 23, and her granddaughter, Catherine, aged 1.

The house was unoccupied from around 1935, it was demolished in 1936.

From the Electoral Register the occupants were: -

1891 – Henry Ogden
1892 – John Sedgwick
1893 – Charles Harker
1895 to 1903 – John Thomas Peel
1905 – James Clark
1906 – James Appleby
1907 to 1908 – James Hartop
1910 to 1911 – Sarah Ann Whitham
1913 to 1915 – George Henry & Ethel Clegg
1918 – Ethel Clegg
1920 to 1922 – Mary Steele
1923 to 1926 – Samuel Steele
1927 to 1936 – Honor Plant