Quarter is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the hill above the Clyde Valley. The village is south of Eddlewood, Hamilton connected by carscallan road. To the west is the town Larkhall.
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History
Francis Groome described the village in 1884 thus:
"Quarter Ironworks and Darngaber, a conjoint village in Hamilton parish, Lanarkshire, 3 miles [5 km] S of Hamilton town and 1⁄2 mile [1 km] 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."
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 (one a boy) 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.
Church
The parish church was built in 1884. From 30 September 1956, the church was linked with Hamilton: West. Later it was linked with Hamilton: South. During the autumn of 2025, the congregations of Quarter, Hamilton: South, Hamilton: Trinity and Hamilton: Cadzow were united into one parish. The Quarter Church building (and Hamilton: Cadzow) were closed as part of the Union.
Notable residents
Davy Russell, politician
