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🏭 Saltaire
Victorian model village founded 1851 in West Yorkshire, England


🕐 3 min read · Updated 10 Apr 2026 at 17:40

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📌 Fast Facts
  • Founded: 1851 by Sir Titus Salt
  • Location: West Yorkshire, England, beside River Aire
  • Salt's Mill workforce: over 3,000 workers at peak production
  • UNESCO inscription: 2009

Saltaire is a planned industrial village in West Yorkshire that demonstrates 19th-century factory-owner paternalism through comprehensive urban design ...

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