A certain division of land in the Isle of Man, originally the fourth part of a treen or balla; also the class of lands included in such divisions.
Called ‘Quarter of Land’ in 1593 (Statutes 78); see also quarter-ground s.v. QUARTER sb. 30.
1645. Statutes Isle Man (1821), 107. Lands and Tenements in the said Island called Farme Lands or Quarter Lands.
1798. J. Feltham, Tour Isl. Mann, iv. 46. Divisions of land prevail here, termed Quarterlands. It is uncertain how they obtained the name.
1845. Train, Isle Man, I. 51. For each four quarterlands he made a chapel.
1865. Notes & Queries, Ser. 3 VIII. 310/2. Treens … usually contain from three to four quarterlands. Ibid. Quarterlands, which are estates of inheritance, vary in size, and contain from 120 to 140 acres.
1890. A. W. Moore, Surnames Isle Man, 211. The lowlands about the church are still intack, not quarterland. Ibid. (1900), Hist. I. of Man, II. vii. 873.
