Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Mark Palmer, 1st Baronet was an English shipbuilder born in South Shields, County Durham, England. He was also a Liberal Party politician and Member of Parliament. His father, originally the captain of a whaler, moved in 1828 to Newcastle upon Tyne, where he owned a ship owning and ship-broking business.
Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet
"Shipping". Caricature by Ape published in Vanity Fair in 1884
Statue of Charles Palmer, opposite the Jarrow Town Hall
Marley Hill is a former colliery village about six miles to the south west of Gateshead, near the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham. It has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead since 1974. Prior to this it was part of Whickham Urban District. It lies within the Whickham South & Sunniside electoral ward of the Blaydon parliamentary constituency.
Cuthbert Street and Marley Hill School from the north
Cuthbert Street and Aged Miner's Cottages
St. Cuthbert's Church, Marley Hill
St. Cuthbert's Road, looking towards the site of Marley Hill Colliery