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Owners and managers

A timeline of mill owners and managers

The following short chronology gives a few basic facts about who owned or managed Salts Mill at specific points in its history of manufacturing textiles. 

Please also see our Salts Mill Timelines which provide more detail of the context of each time span.

1853-1869

Titus Salt, Sons & Co.

1869-1876

Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons and Company Limited

1876-1892

Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons and Company Limited

1892-1902

Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons and Company Limited

1902-1918

Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons and Company Limited

1918-1923

Sir Titus Salt, Bart., Sons and Company Limited

1923-1933

Salts (Saltaire) Limited

1933-1958

Salts (Saltaire) Limited

1958-1975

Salts (Saltaire) Limited

1982-1985

Salts (Saltaire) Limited

1987-present day

Salts Estates Limited

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A more detailed chronology of Salts Mill owners and managers is available in our catalogue.

Our volunteer and trustee Maggie Smith has written a book on this subject with local historian Colin Coates: Salts Mill: The Owners and Managers 1853 to 1986. Amberley Publishing (2016)

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