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 1884-4 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 (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 5 blast furnaces.