Quarlton was a township of the civil and ecclesiastical parish of Bolton le Moors in the Hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England.

Quarlton is derived from the Old English cweorn and dun meaning the mill hill.

[4][5] Quarlton was recorded as Quernedon in 1301, Querndone in 1302; Quordone in 1309 and Quarndon or Quarnton were frequently used until modern times.

[2] The manor originated as two oxgangs of land in Edgworth which the Radcliffes kept on granting the main portion to the Traffords.

Quarlton was held by the Radcliffes of Smithills Hall, and the Bartons, and was sold in 1723 by Lord Fauconberg.