Quarter is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the hill above the Clyde Valley.
Quarter | |
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Quarter Location within South Lanarkshire | |
Population | 750 (mid-2020 est.)[1] |
OS grid reference | NS724513 |
Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HAMILTON |
Postcode district | ML3 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Francis Groome described the village in 1884-4 thus:
The coal mine at Quarter belonged to the Duke of Hamilton. On 16 March 1841 there was a fatal accident arising because of an underground explosion. The seven workers (one a boy) underground at the time died instantaneously. Four other workers died while trying to rescue them.[3] In his teens the labour activist Keir Hardie worked as a pony driver and then as a Hewer here.[4]
The Quarter Ironworks were established in 1865 and remained open until 1885. In 1880 they had 5 blast furnaces.[5]