Charlton, Northamptonshire
| Charlton | |
|---|---|
Main Street | |
Charlton Location within Northamptonshire | |
| OS grid reference | SP528360 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BANBURY |
| Postcode district | OX17 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
Charlton is a village in the parish of Newbottle, Northamptonshire, England in between Brackley and Kings Sutton, lying close to a small tributary of the River Cherwell. At the 2011 census the population was included in the civil parish of Newbottle, with a total population of around 540.[1]
Other nearby villages include Croughton, Aynho and Hinton-in-the-Hedges. The remains of an Iron Age fort, Rainsborough Camp, lie just to the south of the village.[2]
The Lay Subsidy rolls of 1301 list 25 taxpayers in Charlton, with a notably more even spread of wealth between them than in Newbottle. The individuals listed include a blacksmith, Pado le fondur ("Pado the smith", an occupational epithet).[3]
The lawyer and politician F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead lived on Main Street in the village, in a house called The Cottage.[4] He took as his second peerage title Viscount Furneaux of Charlton, and his ashes are buried in the village cemetery.[5]
The Iron Age hill fort, Rainsborough Camp, lies a little under one kilometre south of the village.
References
- ^ "Charlton and Newbottle-Welcome". Charlton and Newbottle Village Website. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "Newbottle". British History Online. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Hayter, Deborah (2012). "Snippets from the Archives: 5" (PDF). Cake & Cockhorse. 18 (9): 309–310. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ Historic England. "The Cottage (Grade II) (1265934)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 51. Oxford University Press. 2004. pp. 114–118.
External links
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