Quarter, South Lanarkshire


Quarter is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the hill above the Clyde Valley.

History

Francis Groome described the village in 1884 thus:

Coal Mine

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 underground at the time died instantaneously. Four other workers died while trying to rescue them. In his teens the labour activist Keir Hardie worked as a pony driver and then as a hewer here.

Ironworks

The Quarter Ironworks were established in 1865 and remained open until 1885. In 1880 they had five blast furnaces.

Notable residents