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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]

Charlton

Main Street
Charlton
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP528360
Unitary authority
  • West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county
  • Northamptonshire
Region
  • East Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBANBURY
Postcode districtOX17
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
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England
Northamptonshire
52.01992°N 1.23197°W / 52.01992; -1.23197

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 lawyer and politician F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead lived on Main Street in the village, in a house called The Cottage.[3] He took as his second peerage title Viscount Furneaux of Charlton, and his ashes are buried in the village cemetery.[4]


References


  1. "Charlton and Newbottle-Welcome". Charlton and Newbottle Village Website. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. "Newbottle". British History Online. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. Historic England. "The Cottage (Grade II) (1265934)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  4. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 51. Oxford University Press. 2004. pp. 114–118.


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