Charlton, Northamptonshire

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52°01′12″N1°13′55″W / 52.01992°N 1.23197°W / 52.01992; -1.23197 Coordinates: 52°01′12″N1°13′55″W / 52.01992°N 1.23197°W / 52.01992; -1.23197

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. It is a small village with a population about 200. At the 2011 census the population was included in the civil parish of Newbottle.

Other nearby villages include Croughton, Aynho and Hinton-in-the-Hedges. The remains of an Iron Age fort, Rainsborough Camp,[ citation needed ] lie just to the south of the village.

The lawyer and politician F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead lived on Main Street in the village, in a house called The Cottage. [1] He took as his second peerage title Viscount Furneaux of Charlton, and his ashes are buried in the village cemetery. [2]

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References

  1. Historic England. "The Cottage  (Grade II) (1265934)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  2. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 51. Oxford University Press. 2004. pp. 114–118.

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