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.
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.