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{{About|the village in Lancashire}}
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{{Use British English|date=April 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{Coord|53.678|-2.841|type:city_region:GB-LAN|display=inline,title}}
| map_type = Lancashire
| official_name = Tarleton
| population = 5,959
| population_ref = (2021, parish)
| shire_district = [[West Lancashire]]
| shire_county = [[Lancashire]]
| region = North West England
| constituency_westminster = [[Southport (UK Parliament constituency)|Southport]]
| post_town = PRESTON
| postcode_district = PR4
| postcode_area = PR
| dial_code = 01772
| os_grid_reference = SD445205
| civil_parish = Tarleton
| static_image_name = Tarleton Holy Trinity.JPG
| static_image_caption = Tarleton Parish Church and Holy Trinity Primary School
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of West Lancashire
| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within West Lancashire
| label_position = left
}}

'''Tarleton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[West Lancashire]] district of [[Lancashire]], England. It is situated approximately {{Convert|19|mi|km|abbr=out}} north-east of [[Liverpool]] and {{Convert|9|mi|km|abbr=out}} south-west of [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]]. The parish includes the village of [[Mere Brow]] and the hamlets of [[Sollom]] and [[Holmes, Lancashire|Holmes]], and is an agricultural area. It had a population of 5,959 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PP002 - Sex - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/c2021pp002 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=[[Office for National Statistics|Nomis]]}}</ref> Tarleton village, Holmes, and the villages of [[Hesketh Bank]] and Becconsall to the north form a single built-up area with a population of 8,755.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=[[Office for National Statistics]]}}</ref>

==History==
Tarleton is derived from the [[Old Norse]] ''Tharaldr'', a personal name and the [[Old English]] ''tun'', a farmstead or enclosure.<ref>{{Harvnb|Mills|1976|p=138}}</ref> The township was recorded as Tharilton in 1246 and subsequently Tarleton.<ref name=vch>{{Cite book |editor1-last=Farrer |editor1-first=William |editor2-last=Brownbill |editor2-first=J |chapter=Tarleton |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53083 |title=A History of the County of Lancaster |volume=6 |publisher=British History Online |pages=115–119 |year=1911 |accessdate=2011-09-14}}</ref> Tarleton is mentioned in the [[Feet of Fines]] in  1298.<ref>Ekwall, E. (1940). ''The Concise Dictionary of English Place-names''; 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; p. 439</ref>

A local family with the Tarleton name either was named or gave its name to the early settlement by the reign of [[Richard II of England|Richard II]]. The manor of Tarleton was part of the Montbegon or Hornby [[fee]] and divided into two [[moiety title|moieties]]: two [[ploughland]]s were granted to John Malherbe and the remainder to the Banastres of [[Bretherton]]. In 1298 John Banastre of [[Bank Hall|Bank]] held eight [[oxgang]]s of land in Tarleton. The Banastres held land in Tarleton of the Montbegons in 1526. This moiety of the manor passed to the Lilfords. The other moiety was granted to Roger de Douay, and then to Gilbert de Notton who gave [[Cockersand Abbey]] one ploughland. This portion, Holmeswood, was eventually acquired by the Heskeths of [[Rufford, Lancashire|Rufford]] and sold to the Lilfords around 1886, uniting both portions.<ref name=vch/>

In the 19th century a labourer discovered a small leaden box without a lid containing about a hundred silver coins whilst digging in a copse. They were possibly from the 17th century.<ref name=tde/>

==Governance==
Tarleton was a [[chapelry]] in the parish of [[Croston]] and subsequently a parish in the [[Leyland (hundred)|Leyland hundred]]. In 1837 it joined the [[Ormskirk]] [[Poor Law Union]].<ref name=tde>{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=Samuel|chapter=Tarleton|url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51328 |title=A Topographical Dictionary of England |publisher=British History Online |pages=300–303|year=1848 |access-date=2010-12-01}}</ref>

Tarleton is a [[civil parish]] in the South Ribble ward of [[West Lancashire]] Borough Council<ref name="ward">{{Cite web |url=http://www.westlancs.gov.uk/living_in_west_lancs/ward_finder.aspx|title=Find your ward and local councillor|publisher=West Lancashire Council|accessdate=2011-09-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120901044337/http%3A//www.westlancs.gov.uk/living_in_west_lancs/ward_finder.aspx|archivedate=1 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and has a parish council. It is currently within the [[South Ribble (UK Parliament constituency)|Parliamentary Constituency of South Ribble]].

The Parish of Tarleton is divided into three administrative wards, Central (which includes Sollom), Hesketh Lane and Mere Brow (which includes [[Holmes, Lancashire|Holmes]]).

==Landmarks==
[[File:Holy Trinity Parish Church, Tarleton - geograph.org.uk - 138548.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Holy Trinity Church on Church Road]]

The village has 18 [[listed building]]s including barns, houses, farmhouses and [[St Mary's, Tarleton|St Mary's Church]], which are of historical and architectural merit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/lancashire/tarleton/map |title=Tarleton Listed Buildings map |publisher=Listed Buildings Online|accessdate=2010-12-02}}</ref><ref>Reverend L. N. Forse, (1940-1946) [http://www.heskethbank.com/history/rectorsweekly "The Rectors Weekly Newsletter 1940 - 1946"]</ref> The stone built 'Bank Bridge' (named after 'The Bank' which is the land that [[Bank Hall]] stands on), is [[Grade II listed]] and carries the [[A59 road]] over the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] and River Douglas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/PDF/Listed_Buildings_in_West_Lancashire.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064335/http://www.westlancsdc.gov.uk/PDF/Listed_Buildings_in_West_Lancashire.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-06 |title=West Lancashire Council (2008) "Listed Buildings in West Lancashire" |publisher=Westlancsdc.gov.uk |date=2011-06-06 |accessdate=2012-06-24}}</ref> Holmeswood Hall, dated 1568, was built as a hunting or fishing lodge by the Heskeths of [[Rufford, Lancashire|Rufford]], and is a grade II listed farmhouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-357766-holmeswood-hall-tarleton |title="Holmeswood Hall, Tarleton" at |publisher=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |date=1968-10-11 |accessdate=2012-06-24}}</ref>

==Education==
Tarleton Community Primary School and Tarleton Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School serve the village. [[Tarleton Academy]], a Technology College, serves the surrounding villages. It has a swimming pool and sports grounds. The high school is the home to [[Air Training Corps]], 471 (Hesketh Bank and Tarleton) Squadron and a variety of [[sport]]s clubs including [[cricket]], [[Association football|football]], [[rugby union]] and [[badminton]] clubs.

==Religion==
There was an ancient chapel dedicated to St Helen in the township. George Dandy, the priest, founded a [[chantry]] there in about 1525. A [[Hermitage (religious retreat)|hermitage]] in the chapel yard was occupied by Hugh Dobson, a hermit of the [[Anthony the Hermit|Order of St Anthony]], in about 1530. Sir Thomas Hesketh bought and demolished the chapel, leaving Tarleton without a place of worship. In 1650 the inhabitants of Tarleton, Holmes and Sollom built a [[Presbyterian]] church at Three Lanes End which was assigned a parish in 1658. It was little used and fell into ruin.<ref name =vch/>

In 1719 land was given, by Henrietta Maria Legh, of [[Bank Hall]], for a new church close where the [[A59 road|main road]] crosses the river. [[St Mary's Church, Tarleton|St. Mary's]] was the place of worship for the village until 1886. It is used for services once a year on "Old Church Sunday", the last Sunday in August. It was built in brick, with a belfry tower of stone added in 1824. The interior has its original simple fittings which includes [[box pews]], a gallery and staircase. The chancel has a semi-octagonal apse.<ref name =vch/><ref>Fleetwood-Hesketh, Peter (1955) ''Murray's Lancashire Architectural Guide''. London: John Murray; p. 60</ref>

St Mary's was replaced by Holy Trinity Church built in 1886 to the designs of W Basset-Smith. It was constructed in the neo-Gothic style with a tall spire.<ref>Fleetwood-Hesketh (1955); p. 174</ref> It is situated next to Tarleton Church of England Primary School on Church Road. Holy Trinity Church has some [[Robert (Mouseman) Thompson]] furniture and woodwork, which is notable for the mice carved on them.

There is a [[Methodist]] chapel on Church Road, and a [[Roman Catholic]] church, Our Lady Help of Christians, on Hesketh Lane.

==Geography==
[[File:Tarleton Lock.JPG|thumb|250px|Tarleton Lock, where the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] joins the [[River Douglas, Lancashire|River Douglas]]]]

Tarleton lies {{convert|8.5|mi|1}} north-east of Ormskirk, covering {{convert|5377|acre}} acres of flat land which was originally [[bog]]gy towards the west. The [[River Douglas, Lancashire|River Douglas]] passes to the east and was made navigable in 1727. Tarleton includes the village of [[Mere Brow]] and the hamlet of [[Holmes, Lancashire|Holmes]], on the [[A565 road|A565]] to the west and [[Sollom]], a small hamlet on the [[A59 road|A59]] to the south.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tarletonpc.co.uk/page1results.asp?PCL1ID=661|title=Local Governance|publisher=Tarleton Parish Council|accessdate=2011-03-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309092132/http://www.tarletonpc.co.uk/page1results.asp?PCL1ID=661|archivedate=9 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Map">{{Cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Tarleton/ParishMap.shtml|title=Tarleton Township Boundaries|publisher= GenUKI|accessdate=2010-12-01}}</ref>

Tarleton mosses is an area of reclaimed [[peat bog|mossland]] that stretches along the coastal plain from the [[Ribble Estuary]] in the north to the A565 in the south. It is a market gardening area with many [[Greenhouse|glass houses]]. The farms and [[smallholding]]s have exploited the rich peat deposits. Beyond the smallholdings and green houses are [[arable land|arable]] fields. The built environment is dominated by [[ribbon development]] of modern bungalows along banked roads between Tarleton, [[Banks, Lancashire|Banks]] and [[Becconsall]].<ref name=Moss>{{Cite web |title=A Landscape Strategy for Lancashire - Landscape Character Assessment, Mosslands|url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/landscape/landscapecharacass/charcarea16.asp|publisher=Lancashire County Council|accessdate=2011-09-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217212252/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/landscape/landscapecharacass/charcarea16.asp|archivedate=17 February 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Population==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:70%; border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
! colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|Population growth in Tarleton from 1881 to 2011
|-
!  style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:18px;"| Year
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1881
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1891
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1901
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1911
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1921
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1931
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1951
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1961
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1971
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1981
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 1991
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 2001
! style="background:#fff; color:navy;"| 2011

|- style="text-align:center;"
!  style="background:#9cc; color:navy; height:17px;"| Population
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|   1,900
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|    1,772
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|   1,800
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|   1,997
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|   2,115
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|   2,407
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|   2,774
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|    3,001
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|    3,618
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|    4,545
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|    4,781
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|    5,350
| style="background:#fff; color:black;"|    5,652
|-
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%;"|<small>Tarleton CP/Tn<ref name="visionofbritain">{{Cite web | url =http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10380923&c_id=10001043&add=N| title = Tarleton Ch/CP: Total Population | publisher = Vision of Britain | accessdate = 2010-12-01}}</ref></small>
|}

==Demography ==
In the April 2001 census there were 2,736 females and 2,614 males living in Tarleton. The median age of population was 42 years and there were 2,571 dwellings recorded in the parish.<ref>{{Cite web | url =http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=795844&c=PR4+6UT&d=16&e=13&g=464585&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1338330342587&enc=1&dsFamilyId=781 | title = Area: Tarleton CP (Parish)| publisher = Office for National Statistics | accessdate = 20 June 2012}}</ref> Crime rates in the area are relatively low in comparison with the national average. The Police UK website states that in the Tarleton area there were just five incidents of street crime and 19 occasions of [[Anti-social behaviour]] during March 2012.<ref>{{Cite web | url =http://www.police.uk/crime/?q=Tarleton,%20Lancashire,%20UK#crimetypes/2012-03 | title = Crime reported in March 2012 within 1 mile of Tarleton, Lancashire, UK| publisher = Police UK | accessdate = 20 June 2012}}</ref> According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2011]], Tarleton parish had a population of 5,652.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04005314|title=Tarleton Parish|access-date=26 March 2021}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[File:Mark Square, Tarleton.JPG|thumb|Mark Square shopping centre]]

The high quality soil of the former mossland means that a major economic activity in Tarleton is [[market gardening]], particularly growing salad crops.<ref name=Moss/>

Mark Square is a shopping area in the village centre where there are plans to build 30 shops and a number of residential properties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consult Tarleton Masterplan |url=https://www.consult-tarleton-masterplan.co.uk/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Consulttarleton |language=en}}</ref>

On 20 February 2024 Croftpak tomato nursery was featured in the BBC series ''[[Hairy Bikers|Hairy Bikers Go West]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hairy Bikers Go West |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2024/08/hairy-bikers-go-west-ep3 |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

==Transport==
Tarleton was served by the former [[West Lancashire Railway|Preston to Southport]] railway line which ran through [[Hesketh Bank railway station|Hesketh Bank]] until its closure in 1964.<ref>{{Butt-Stations|page=119}}</ref> The [[Rufford, Lancashire|Rufford]] Branch of the [[Leeds and Liverpool Canal]] runs into the [[River Douglas, Lancashire|River Douglas]] at Tarleton Lock and was served by a goods [[branch line]] on the railway. The [[A565 road]] and the [[A59 road]] meet at Tarleton crossroads and provide main road transport links to the villages and surrounding area. The roads bypass the village and the crossroads junction separates the village from the hamlet of [[Sollom]].

==Local facilities==
[[File:Tarleton Fire Station April 2010.JPG|thumb|Tarleton Fire Station April 2010]]

Tarleton has a small [[public library]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/librarydetails/libsearch1.asp?name=Tarleton | title=Welcome to the Library and Information Service web site | accessdate=2008-02-26 | publisher=Lancashire County Council | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420075420/http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries/librarydetails/libsearch1.asp?name=Tarleton | archivedate=20 April 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The fire station in the village has a training tower and houses one appliance.

Tarleton is home to football and cricket pitches on Carr Lane. The pavilion, which is adjacent to these pitches, is organised and run by Tarleton Corinthians Football Club and Tarleton Cricket Club.

Tarleton Rugby Club have their own private clubhouse and bar that is open to the community on matchdays.

==Notable people==
A number of notable individuals were either born in Tarleton or have lived in the area.

* [[Gary Ablett (English footballer)|Gary Ablett]], professional football player for [[Liverpool F.C.]] and [[Everton F.C.]], coach and manager of [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]
* Jonathon Howard, actor with credits including ''[[Dream Team (TV series)|Dream Team]]'', ''[[Titanic (2012 miniseries)|Titanic]]'' and ''[[Hollyoaks]]'', attended Tarleton High School<ref>{{IMDb name|1401022}}</ref>
* [[Brian Iddon]], [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Bolton South East (UK Parliament constituency)|Bolton South East]] 1997–2010, lived in the village
* [[Andrew Lancel]], actor, is a former pupil of Tarleton High School.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
* Niriko Mclure, Australian actress; attended Tarleton High School in the 1990s<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1573683/ Niriko Mclure]</ref>
* Dame [[Nancy Rothwell]], physiologist, Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Manchester]]
* [[Ben Williams (footballer, born 1999)|Ben Williams]], footballer for [[Cheltenham Town F.C.|Cheltenham Town]]. Played for the local cricket club<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earlestown CC - Earlestown Raiders Vs Tarleton CC - 3rd XI |url=https://www.play-cricket.com/website/results/2018638/print |website=www.play-cricket.com |access-date=2024-01-31}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Lancashire}}
* [[Listed buildings in Tarleton]]

==References==
=== Citations ===
{{Reflist}}

=== General and cited references ===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite book |last=Mills |first=David |year=1976 |title=The Placenames of Lancashire |publisher=Batsford |isbn=0-7134-5236-6}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Tarleton}}
* [http://www.tarletoncorinthians.co.uk/ Tarleton Corinthians Football Club]
* [http://www.tarletonvillage.com/ Tarleton & Hesketh Bank village website]
* [http://www.tarletonrugby.com/ Tarleton "Terriers" Rugby Union Football Club]
* [https://tarleton.play-cricket.com/ Tarleton Cricket Club]
* [http://www.tarletonpc.co.uk/ Tarleton parish website]

{{Geographic location
 | Centre    = Tarleton
 | North     = [[Hesketh Bank]]
 | Northeast = [[Much Hoole]]
 | East      = [[Bretherton]]
 | Southeast = [[Croston]]
 | South     = [[Sollom]], [[Rufford, Lancashire|Rufford]]
 | Southwest = [[Mere Brow]], [[Holmes, Lancashire|Holmes]]
 | West      = [[Banks, Lancashire|Banks]]
 | Northwest = [[Hundred End]]
}}
{{Geography of West Lancashire}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire]]
[[Category:Villages in Lancashire]]