Albert Terrace
A Walk from the Western
boundary of the Village
Albert Road
, built in 1868,was the point where Saltaire met the fields. The
houses here are larger than those in the rest of the village
because it was here that executives and senior members of the
workforce lived. The first two pictures show the executives
housing at the bottom.
Albert Road runs downhill from the junction of the Leeds Turnpike
and the road to Bradford - now a busy roundabout - until it meets
the main Leeds to Scotland railway line where the road turns
abruptly to the right and becomes Albert Terrace.....
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[Right-hand picture]At
the corner granite sets (cobbles) begin.In the distance the
church can be seen. It is covered in scaffolding because of the
restoration work. To its right and stretching across the middle
of the picture is the Mill.
In the left hand picture, taken approximately half-way
between the two lamposts, we can see some of the cottages from
the 1850s.. Note that these are substantial dwellings and they
should be compared to what was available in Bradford where the
increased demand for houses had led to buildings being put up on
any available piece of land.
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Further East the street widens.
These houses
from Herbert St eastwards to Amelia St were finished in 1854 and
were last part of the first section of Saltaire to be built.
Top L-H picture near the corner of Herbert St.
Top Centre Towards Amelia St
TopR-H picture Lodging house on corner of Amelia St
BottomL-H Looking westwards from the bottom of William Henry St
Bottom Centre: Service road behind houses seen from Albert
Terrace
Bottom R-H From nearly the same position as BLH view
eastwards up the slope to Victoria Rd. Saltaire station is
on the left and beyond it the mill with the two towers marking
the position of the engine houses. The hill in the background is
at Wrose approximately 1.5miles away
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