Quarles, Norfolk

Quarles
Quarles
	Entrance to the hamlet of Quarles in Norfolk
	Quarles Location within Norfolk
OS grid reference	TF883387
• London	122 miles (196 km)
Civil parish	Holkham;
District	North Norfolk;
Shire county	Norfolk;
Region	East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
Postcode district	NR23
Dialling code	01328
Police	Norfolk
Fire	Norfolk
Ambulance	East of England
	List of places UK England Norfolk 52°54′47″N 0°47′54″E / 52.913012°N 0.798424°E

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]

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

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

[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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