| 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.
