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  • Then of course the great Sir Titus Salt who built a textile mill and a village 'Saltaire' next to the River Aire very near Shipley in the West Riding, in December 2001, Saltaire was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • I knew the Fox Borealis was nearby, backing on to the River Aire.

    Some by Fire Pawson, Stuart 1999

  • From the base of these rocks, along a horizontal bedding plane and at one particular spot, issued the stream along which we had walked, forming the source of the River Aire, which flows through Skipton and on to Leeds, the curious feature about it being that there was no visible aperture in the rocks, neither arch nor hole, from which it could come.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Brave Deslons, even without 'orders,' darted at the River Aire with his Hundred!

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • It sleeps; the rushing of the River Aire singing lullaby to it.

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • There are no flood defences on the River Aire and there have been several incidents of flooding in recent years.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Speaking at the funeral service for Suzanne Blamires, whose remains were found in the River Aire in Shipley, West Yorkshire, on May 25, her mother, Nicky, read a poem to the gathered mourners.

    icScotland 2010

  • Body parts belonging to Ms Blamires were found in the River Aire in Shipley on May 25, and tests confirmed that a small piece of human tissue later found in the water belonged to Ms

    Mirror.co.uk - News 2010

  • Body parts belonging to Ms Blamires were found in the River Aire, in Shipley, on May 25, and tests confirmed that a small piece of human tissue later found in the water belonged to Ms

    Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2010

  • A West Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said the human remains were found in the River Aire, near Dockfield Road, in Shipley, at 2pm on Tuesday.

    icCoventry 2010

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