Tarleton
Sign in to saveTarleton is a village and civil parish in the Western district of Lancashire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of Liverpool and south-west of Preston. The parish includes the village of Mere Brow and the hamlets of Sollom and Holmes, and is an agricultural area. It had a population of 5,959 at the 2021 Census. 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.
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- Locality
- West Lancashire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 8,582
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Lancashire
- UK place.official_name
- Tarleton
- UK place.population
- 5,959
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021, parish)
- UK place.shire_district
- West Lancashire
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Southport
- UK place.post_town
- PRESTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- PR4
- UK place.postcode_area
- PR
- UK place.dial_code
- 01772
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD445205
- UK place.civil_parish
- Tarleton
- UK place.static_image_name
- Tarleton Holy Trinity.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Tarleton Parish Church and Holy Trinity Primary School
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of West Lancashire
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Tarleton is a village and civil parish in the Western district of Lancashire, England. It is situated approximately north-east of Liverpool and south-west of Preston. The parish includes the village of Mere Brow and the hamlets of Sollom and Holmes, and is an agricultural area. It had a population of 5,959 at the 2021 Census. 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.
==History== Tarleton is derived from the Old Norse Tharaldr, a personal name and the Old English tun, a farmstead or enclosure. The township was recorded as Tharilton in 1246 and subsequently Tarleton. Tarleton is mentioned in the Feet of Fines in 1298.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarleton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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