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Alfred S. Palmer
(Born: 1835)
Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.
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| 1853 | |
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Membership
1853-1854, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Seaton Burn Colliery, Newcastle.
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Membership
1864-1865, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Port Mulgrave, Redcar, Yorkshire.
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| 1873 | |
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Managers Certificate
3 March 1873, Certificate Number: 356 (1st), Inspector: Mr. Southern, Mine: Wardley
First Class Certificate of Service as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 31), including the name of the mine (if any) in which acting as Manager at the time of grant of certificate.
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| 1880 | |
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Membership
1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Wardley Hall, near Newcastle-on-Tyne; Elected: 02 Jul 1872
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Census
Address: Wardley Hall, Heworth
(Ref: RG11/5030/65/16)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| PALMER, Alfred S. | 46 | Head | Mar | Mining Engineer | NBL: Newcastle |
| PALMER, Elizabeth | 41 | Wife | Mar | NBL: Glanton | |
| CURRY, William T. | 18 | Nephew | Unn | Mining Student | NBL: Newcastle |
| CURRY, Elizabeth A. | 10 | Neice | Scholar | YKS: York | |
| GROVES, Margaret | 25 | Servant | Unn | Waiting Maid | YKS: Whitby |
| TAYLOR, Sarah J. | 18 | Servant | Unn | Domestic Servant | DUR: Seaham |
| MCINNES, Catherine | 25 | Servant | Unn | Cook | LAN: Liverpool |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Grinkle | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Agent: | Port Mulgrave | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Manager: | Wardley | John Bowes & Partners |
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| 1884 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Grinkle | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Agent: | Port Mulgrave | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Manager: | Wardley | John Bowes & Partners |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Grinkle | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Agent: | Port Mulgrave | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
Membership
1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Usworth Hall, Washington Station, Co. Durham; Elected: 02 Jul 1872
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| 1889 | |
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Membership
1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Usworth Hall, Washington Station, Co. Durham.
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| 1890 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Agent: | Grinkle | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Agent: | Port Mulgrave | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
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| 1893 | |
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Commercial/Trade Directory
Page ?: Dunston - Palmer, Alfred S., Colliery Agent, Dunston Colliery, res: Highfield House, Gateshead
Source: Ward's Directory of Gateshead 1893-4
Page ?: Heworth - Palmer, Alfred S., Chairman of Heworth School Board
Source: Ward's Directory of Gateshead 1893-4
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| 1894 | |
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Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 1240: Dunston - Palmer, A. S., Agent to John Bowes & Partners, Dunston Colliery
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Page ?: Team - Palmer, A. S. (Col.), M. Engineer, Hill Field House
Source: Ward's Directory 1894
Page 1025: Gateshead - Palmer, Alfred S., Mining Engineer, Highfield House
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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Membership
1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: 3, Victoria Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1881 Mines Inspectors Annual Report
- 1884 List of Mines
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume II published in 1854
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XIV published in 1865
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889
- Ward's Directory 1894
- Ward's Directory of Gateshead 1893-4
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