In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Quarlton like this:
QUARLTON, a township in Bolton-le-Moors parish, Lancashire; ¾ of a mile S E of Chapel town r. station, and 5 N N E of Bolton. Acres, 500. Real property, £2,076; of which £472 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 361; in 1861, 253. Houses, 51. The manor belongs to H. Wright, Esq. There are calico print-works.
Quarlton through time
Quarlton is now part of Blackburn With Darwen district. Click here for graphs and data of how Blackburn With Darwen has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Quarlton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Quarlton, in Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22579
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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