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Quarter, South Lanarkshire

Coordinates: 55°44′N 4°02′W / 55.733°N 4.033°W / 55.733; -4.033
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Quarter is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the hill above the Clyde Valley.

History

Francis Groome described the village in 1884-4 thus:

"Quarter Ironworks and Darngaber, a conjoint village in Hamilton parish, Lanarkshire, 3 miles S of Hamilton town and ½ mile ENE of Quarter Road station on the Strathaven branch of the Caledonian railway. It has a post office (Quarter) under Hamilton, an Established chapel of ease, a public school, and iron-works with five blast furnaces. The chapel of ease is an Early Decorated edifice of 1884, containing 430 sittings. Pop. (1871) 544, (1881) 886.—Ord. Sur., sh. 23, 1865."

Ironworks

The Quarter Ironworks were established in 1865 and remained open until 1885. In 1880 they had 5 blast furnaces.[1]

55°44′N 4°02′W / 55.733°N 4.033°W / 55.733; -4.033


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  1. ^ "Lanarkshire Iron Works". Grace's Guide. Grace's Guide. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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