Quarlton
{{Short description|Former civil parish in Lancashire, England}}
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Quarlton was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England. It lay {{convert|4+1/2|mi}} north east of Bolton.{{citation|editor1-last=Farrer |editor1-first=William |editor2-last=Brownbill |editor2-first=J. |title=Quarlton|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53048 |work=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 |publisher=British History Online |year=1911 |pages=284–285|access-date=13 August 2010}}{{citation|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Quarlton/ParishMap.shtml|title=Quarlton Township Map|publisher=genuki.org |access-date=13 August 2010}} In 1891 the parish had a population of 251.
Toponymy
Quarlton is derived from the Old English {{lang|ang|cweorn}} and {{lang|ang|dun}} meaning the mill hill. A {{lang|ang|cweorn}} was a millstone.{{Harvnb|Mills|1976|p=123}}{{cite book |last=Francis |first=James |date=2009 |title=Quarlton |url= http://www.turtonhistory.com/2016/09/21-quarlton.html|page=2 |publisher=Turton Local History Society|isbn= 978-1-904974-98-7}} Quarlton was recorded as Quernedon in 1301, Querndone in 1302; Quordone in 1309 and Quarndon or Quarnton were frequently used until modern times.
Manor
The manor originated as two oxgangs of land in Edgworth which the Radcliffes kept on granting the main portion to the Traffords. Ellis de Quarlton contributed to the subsidy in 1332. Quarlton was held by the Radcliffes of Smithills Hall, and the Bartons, and was sold in 1723 by Lord Fauconberg. The Knights Hospitaller held land in Quarlton from early times, the land was occupied by the Smithills family. Mrs Julia Wright of Macclesfield inherited the manor from her father the Rev. Henry Wright.
Quarlton was a sparsely populated hamlet with few houses. In 1666 no houses had more than two hearths liable to the hearth tax, and the total number of hearths was 21. By the mid 19th century the population was employed in collieries and the Quarlton Vale calico print-works which were established early in the century.{{citation|title=Quarlton|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51227#s8|work=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |pages=623–627|year=1848 |access-date=13 August 2010 |editor=Samuel Lewis}}
Governance
Quarlton was formerly a township in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22579|title=History of Quarlton, in Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=16 May 2024}} in 1866 Quarlton became a separate civil parish, on 30 September 1898 the parish was abolished and merged with Edgeworth,{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10376592|title=Relationships and changes Quarlton CP/Tn through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=16 May 2024}} and became part of Turton Urban District.
Geography
Quarlton was a boundary township to the north east of the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors
on the slopes of the West Pennine Moors and had an area of {{convert|798|acre|km2}} which was mostly moorland and pasture. The hamlet lay at a height of about {{convert|650|ft|m}} above sea level, the ground rises rapidly to the north-east to over {{convert|1250|ft|m}} at the boundary.{{citation |url=http://www.boydhouse.com/alice/Haslam/bolton.html |title=Bolton Area Map: Ancient Parishes and Townships |publisher=Boydhouse |access-date=9 August 2010}}
Demography
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| style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Year
!style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1801 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1811 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1821 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1831 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1841 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1851 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1861 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1871 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1881 !style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000080;" | 1891 |
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| style="background: #99CCCC; color: #000080" height="17" | Population
|style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 238 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 295 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 320 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 376 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 370 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 361 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 253 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 264 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 271 |style="background: #FFFFFF; color: black;" | 251 |
| colspan="11" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|Sources: Local population statistics.{{cite book |title=Local population statistics 1801–1986 |last=Tatton |first=Pauline |publisher=Bolton Central Library Archives |location=Bolton}} Vision of Britain.{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gaztext_page.jsp?u_id=10376592&c_id=10001043 |title=Gazetteer entries for Quarlton |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=13 August 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10376592&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Quarlton CP/Tn: Total Population |publisher=Vision of Britain |access-date=13 August 2010}} |
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last= Francis|first=James |date=2009 |title=Quarlton |url= http://www.turtonhistory.com/2016/09/21-quarlton.html|publisher=Turton Local History Society|isbn= 978-1-904974-98-7}}
- {{citation |last=Mills |first=David |title=The Placenames of Lancashire |publisher=Batsford |year=1976 |isbn= 0-7134-5236-6}}
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Category:Former civil parishes in Lancashire
Category:History of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
Category:Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton