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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
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and had an area of 798 acres (3.23 km) which was mostly moorland and pasture. The hamlet lay at a height of about 650 feet (200 m) above sea level, the ground rises rapidly to the north-east to over 1,250 feet (380 m) at the boundary.
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Quarlton was formerly a township in the parish of Bolton-le-Moors, in 1866 Quarlton became a separate civil parish, on 30 September 1898 the parish was abolished and merged with Edgeworth, and became part of
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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.
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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
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was a millstone. Quarlton was recorded as Quernedon in 1301, Querndone in 1302; Quordone in 1309 and Quarndon or Quarnton were frequently used until modern times.
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Quarlton was a boundary township to the north east of the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors on the slopes of the
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Middle Ages
Township
Civil parish
township
civil
ecclesiastical parish
Bolton le Moors
Hundred of Salford
Lancashire
Bolton
Old English
oxgangs
Edgworth
Smithills Hall
Knights Hospitaller
Turton Urban District
West Pennine Moors
"Quarlton Area (acres)"





"Quarlton"
Quarlton Township Map
Mills 1976
Quarlton
Turton Local History Society
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