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A model village is a mostly self-contained community, built from the late 18th century onwards by landowners and business magnates to house their workers. "Model" implies an ideal to which other devel
Almshouses in Saltaire, Yorkshire, typical of the architecture of the whole village
An example of houses at Port Sunlight.
Typical local shopping parade in Bournville village
Almshouses at Ripley Ville, Yorkshire. Built 1881 and now the only remaining example of the architecture of the village
Saltaire
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Saltaire is a Victorian model village near Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, south of the River Aire, Salts Mill was built between the railway and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The mill and houses we
Model village
…by Edward Akroyd at Copley between 1849 and 1853 and Akroydon 1861–63. Akroyd employed George Gilbert Scott. Titus Salt built a model village at Saltaire. Henry Ripley, owner of Bowling Dyeworks, began construction of Ripley Ville in Bradford in 1866. Industrial communities were established at Price's…
Saltaire mills from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Saltaire Village cottages
United Reformed Church, Saltaire Village
Victoria Hall, Saltaire Village