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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- Population
- 5652
- Image
- Tarleton Holy Trinity.JPG
- Dialing code
- 01772
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- Tarleton
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- postal code
- PR4
- P8168
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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.
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