Quarles, Norfolk

Quarles is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Holkham, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England.[1] The hamlet is 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Wells-next-the-Sea, 34 miles (55 km) north-west of Norwich and 122 miles (196 km) north-north-east of London. The nearest railway station is Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest airport is Norwich International Airport. The hamlet is just south of the Holkham Estate and consists of six houses and one farm. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 38.[2]

Quarles
Entrance to the hamlet of Quarles in Norfolk
Quarles is located in Norfolk
Quarles
Quarles
Location within Norfolk
OS grid referenceTF883387
• London122 miles (196 km)
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
Postcode districtNR23
Dialling code01328
PoliceNorfolk
FireNorfolk
AmbulanceEast of England

History

The name Quarles originates from the name Huerueles which is old English for the place of hwerfel The name is thought to originally referred to a prehistoric stone circle which was thought to be near-by although no trace of any such feature remains today.

Quarles has an entry in the Domesday Book of 1085.[3] In the great book Quarles is recorded by the names Gueruelei, and Huerueles. The manor is Kings Land and the main landholders being Roger Bigot, with his main tenant being Thurston Fitzguy.

Quarles was formerly an extra-parochial tract,[4] from 1858 Quarles was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Great Walsingham,[5] it was transferred to Holkham in 1947.

References
  1. OS Explorer Map 24 – Norfolk Coast Central. ISBN 0-319-21726-4
  2. "Population Statistics Quarles ExP/AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. The Domesday Book, Englands Heritage, Then and Now, Editor: Thomas Hinde, Norfolk page 192, Quarles, ISBN 1-85833-440-3
  4. "History of Quarles in North Norfolk". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  5. Vision of Britain
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