Charlbury (St. Mary)
CHARLBURY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Chipping-Norton, partly in the hundred of Chadlington, and partly in that of Banbury, county of
Oxford, 6¾ miles (W. N. W.) from Woodstock; containing 2982 inhabitants, and comprising the ancient
chapelries of East Chadlington and Shorthampton, the
tything of West Chadlington, and the hamlets of Fawler,
Finstock, and Walcott. This parish, in old records
called Ceorlebury, signifying in the Saxon language
"the settlement of free labourers," belonged to the
bishops of Lincoln, whose seat was at Dorchester, in
this county; and was afterwards given in exchange for
other lands, to the monastery of Eynsham, founded by
King Ethelred. It continued to form part of the
endowment of Eynsham till the Dissolution, when the
manor, and subsequently the vicarage, were purchased
by St. John's College, Oxford. Canbury Park, adjoining Charlbury, was once part of the demesne forest of
the king, and extended for nine miles, both in length
and breadth; it afterwards became the property of
Jasper, Duke of Bedford, from whom it passed to the
Duke of Northumberland, and subsequently to Henry,
Lord Danvers, who built the present mansion, a spacious
and handsome edifice, with a chapel in which are some
elegant specimens of carved oak. The estate, after the
Restoration, came to the Earl of Clarendon, who took
his title of viscount from the place; it was subsequently
sold to the trustees of John, Duke of Marlborough.
The village was formerly a market-town of note, but the
market has been for some time discontinued; fairs are
still held on the 1st of January, the second Friday in Lent,
and the second Friday after the 12th of May, for livestock, and on the 10th of October for cattle and cheese.
The living is a vicarage, with the chapels of Chadlington, Finstock, and Shorthampton annexed, valued in
the king's books at £25. 5. 10.; net income, £800;
patrons, the President and Fellows of St. John's College,
who are also impropriators of Chadlington. The
tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in
1811. The church is an ancient and venerable structure, with a square embattled tower; it is partly in the
Norman and partly in the early English style, and contains some memorials of the Jenkinsons, ancestors of
the Earl of Liverpool, and a mural monument to Elizabeth, Viscountess Dowager of Hereford, and her grandson, Lord George Henry Somerset. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyans. A free grammar school was
endowed by Mrs. Ann Walker with £40 per annum,
payable out of an estate that produces £200 per annum,
from which also are paid two exhibitions of £5 each for
scholars from this school, which is under the visitation
of Brasenose College, Oxford; a school-house has been
erected at an expense of £600.
Charlcombe (St. Mary)
CHARLCOMBE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Bath, hundred of Hampton and Claverton, locally
in that of Bath-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile
(N.) from Bath; containing 84 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 523 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 15. 10.,
and annexed to the mastership of the free grammar school
at Bath: the tithes have been commuted for £134, and
the glebe consists of 14 acres, with a glebe-house. The
church is a very small ancient edifice: according to
tradition it was formerly the mother church of Bath,
and received an annual acknowledgment of a pound of
pepper from the abbey there.
Charlcote (St. Leonard)
CHARLCOTE (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union
of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwick division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 4½ miles (E. by N.) from Stratford; containing
267 inhabitants. The name is in Domesday book
written Cerlecote, and is supposed to be derived from
a possessor in the Saxon times. William, the son
of Walter de Cerlecote, assumed the surname of Lucy
about the close of the 12th century, and ever since that
period the Lucy family have been the lords. The parish
is bounded on the west by the river Avon, which on the
south receives the waters of a stream called the Huile:
it comprises 1949 acres, of which 1495 are arable, and
450 pasture; the surface is in general level, and the
soil a sandy loam. The grounds of Charlcote Park, the
seat of the family of Lucy, abounding with elms of
stately growth, and well stocked with deer, add greatly
to the beauty of the scenery. The mansion-house, a
noble structure of brick and stone, was built by Sir
Thomas Lucy, Knt., in the reign of Elizabeth, and
forms an interesting specimen of Domestic architecture;
the hall, library, and dining-room are fine apartments
of large proportions, and there are some pictures of the
Italian and Flemish schools. The living is a discharged
vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6; net income,
£183; patron and impropriator, George Lucy, Esq.
A few acres of glebe are in this parish, and a small
portion in that of Willington. The church contains
some monuments of the Lucy family, of which one, of
statuary marble, to the memory of Sir Thomas and Lady
Lucy, is a celebrated work of art by Bernini of Rome.
At Thelesford, in the parish, a small priory for monks
of the order of the Holy Trinity was founded in the
reign of John, by Sir William Lucy, Knt., for the redemption of captives.
Charlcott
CHARLCOTT, a tything, in the parish and union
of Whitchurch, hundred of Evingar, Kingsclere,
and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, ½ a
mile (S. by E.) from Whitchurch; containing 22 inhabitants.
Charles (St. John the Baptist)
CHARLES (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in
the union of South Molton, hundred of Sherwill,
Braunton and N. divisions of Devon, 9 miles (E.) from
Barnstaple; containing 362 inhabitants. The living is
a rectory, valued in the king's books at £9. 10.; net
income, £160; patron, the Rev. Richard Blackmore.
There are meeting-houses for Baptists and Wesleyans.
Charlestown
CHARLESTOWN, a church district, and a sea-port,
in the parish and union of St. Austell, E. division of
the hundred of Powder and of the county of Cornwall, 1 mile (E. S. E.) from St. Austell. This district
was formed in August, 1846, under the act 6th and 7th
Victoria, cap. 37; and comprises from 1600 to 1800
acres, in which are copper, tin, and iron mines. The
road from St. Austell to Lostwithiel, and the Cornwall
railway, pass through. The village is situated on the
western side of St. Austell bay: in 1790, when known
by the name of Porthmear, it contained only nine inhabitants; but owing to the spirited exertions of Charles
Rashleigh, Esq., from whom it derives its modern appellation, it has become a thriving port, and is still increasing in extent and importance. The harbour is secured
by a commodious pier, and defended by a battery of
heavy ordnance on Crinnis Cliff; it contains an outer
and an inner basin, the latter being capacious enough
to admit vessels of 500 tons' burthen. Here are yards
and dry-docks for building and repairing large ships,
an iron-foundry for making engines for mines, a naphtha
manufactory, and a rope and twine factory; and a
great quantity of lime is burnt; but the chief trade of
the place consists in its extensive pilchard-fishery, for
which several seans have been put on, and receivinghouses erected. Most of the china-clay brought from
St. Stephen's is shipped at this port. The living is in
the patronage of the Crown and the Bishop of Exeter
alternately. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Charlestown.—See Ashton-under-Lyne.
CHARLESTOWN.—See Ashton-under-Lyne.
Charlesworth
CHARLESWORTH, an ecclesiastical district, in
the parish and union of Glossop, hundred of High
Peak, N. division of the county of Derby; containing
2856 inhabitants, of whom 1732 are in the township
of Charlesworth, 3½ miles (S. W.) from Glossop. This
district, which comprises, the townships of Charlesworth,
Chisworth, and Simmondley, is about 3½ miles in length
and a mile and three-quarters in breadth. The soil is
chiefly light; the land pleasingly wooded; and there
is much hill and dale, intersected with many rivulets,
by which seven mills of various kinds are worked. The
river Etherow separates the district from the parish of
Mottram, in the county of Chester; and the Etherow
viaduct on the Manchester and Sheffield railway, unites
it with that parish. Several cotton-mills are in operation, and an extensive coal-trade is carried on. The
houses of the upper town of Charlesworth are very old,
many of them having been built in the 16th and 17th
centuries; but the new town, or rather village, is quite
modern. The district was constituted in June, 1845,
under the act 6th and 7th Victoria, cap. 37; and a
room has been licensed for divine service. The oldest
place of worship here, is one for Independents; it was
once a chapel of ease under Glossop church, but in
some way, now unknown, fell into the hands of the
Independents, who still retain it: the churchyard, however, is the burial-place of the inhabitants. There are,
also, another place of worship for Independents, one for
Baptists, and three for Methodists.
Charleton (St. Mary)
CHARLETON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Kingsbridge, hundred of Coleridge, Stanborough
and Coleridge, and S. divisions of Devon, 2½ miles
(S. E.) from Kingsbridge; containing 703 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£31. 8. 4., and in the patronage of Lord Ashburton:
the tithes have been commuted for £550, and the glebe
comprises 30 acres, with a glebe-house. The church
contains, over the altar, a good painting of Our Saviour
and the Twelve Apostles, by Mr. Lethbridge, a native of
the parish.
Charleton, Queen (St. Margaret)
CHARLETON, QUEEN (St. Margaret), a parish,
in the union and hundred of Keynsham, E. division of
Somerset, 2¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Pensford; containing 190 inhabitants. This parish obtained its distinguishing appellation from having been settled on Catherine Parr, Queen of Henry VIII. The salubrity of the
air made it a place of considerable resort, particularly in
1574, when the plague swept away 2000 persons at
Bristol. The parish comprises 952 acres: the road to
Bath formerly intersected the village. A fair, granted
by Elizabeth, on her progress through the place, in
1573, is held on the 20th of July. The living is a
vicarage not in charge, in the patronage of Miss
Dickenson, to whom also the impropriation belongs;
net income, £48. In 1760, Mary Freeman left £500,
producing £25 per annum, for clothing and teaching
twenty boys.
Charley, or Chorley
CHARLEY, or Chorley, an extra-parochial liberty,
in the union of Loughborough, hundred of West
Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 4¾
miles (S. W. by W.) from Loughborough; containing 53
inhabitants. The ancient forest of Charley, or Charnwood, twenty miles in circuit, was disafforested soon
after the Conquest; its privileges were restored by
Henry II., but finally abolished by Henry III. The
liberty lies in the heart of the forest, and chiefly in the
romantic vale of a rivulet: the area is about 500 acres;
the soil on the south side is light, in the middle rather
stiff, but, all considered, good useful land. The Hall is
a plain brick building, with pleasant grounds. A society
of eremites, of the order of St. Augustine, settled here in
the reign of Henry II., by the favour of Robert Blanchmains, Earl of Leicester; but in the time of Edward II.
it was united to one at Ulverscroft, where a priory of
Regular canons, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary,
continued until the Dissolution, when its revenue was
estimated at £101. 3. 10.
Charley
CHARLEY, a hamlet, in the parish of Farewell,
union of Lichfield, S. division of the hundred of Offlow and of the county of Stafford, 4 miles (W. by N.)
from Lichfield; containing 158 inhabitants. It lies on
the eastern side of Cannock Chase, and west of the
village of Farewell. Charley Hall is an ancient mansion.
Charlinch (St. Mary)
CHARLINCH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union
of Bridgwater, hundred of Cannington, W. division
of Somerset, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Bridgwater;
containing 215 inhabitants. This parish stands partly
on a high ridge of land, and partly in a valley, and comprises 1432a. 2r. 7p., of which about 844 acres are
arable, 491 meadow and pasture, 45 woodland, and 18
common; the soil in the lower part is chiefly clay, and
in the upper the earth rests upon greywacke and sandstone. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's
books at £9. 15. 5., and in the patronage of the family
of Starky: the tithes have been commuted for £268. 3. 8.,
and the glebe comprises 82 acres. Gothelney House, a
building of the fifteenth or sixteenth century, is now
occupied as a farmhouse.
Charlton
CHARLTON, a hamlet, in the parish, union, and
hundred of Wantage, county of Berks, ¾ of a mile
(N. E.) from Wantage; containing 329 inhabitants,
and comprising 1368a. 8p.
Charlton
CHARLTON, a tything, in the parish, and Upper
division of the hundred, of Henbury, union of Clifton, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5½
miles (N.) from Bristol; containing 319 inhabitants.
Charlton (St. Peter and St. Paul)
CHARLTON (St. Peter And St. Paul), a parish,
in the union of Dovor, partly in the hundred of Bewsborough, but chiefly within the liberty of the cinqueport of Dovor (of which it is a member), lathe of St.
Augustine, E. division of Kent, 1 mile (N. N. E.)
from Dovor; containing 2513 inhabitants. This place,
it is conjectured, was the Portus Dubris of the Romans,
several anchors and fragments of wreck having been
discovered at various times. The parish consists of 381
acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the
king's books at £32; net income, £99; patron, the Rev.
John Monins. The church has been enlarged by the
addition of 258 free sittings.
Charlton (St. Luke)
CHARLTON (St. Luke), a parish, in the union of
Lewisham, hundred of Blackheath, lathe of Suttonat-Hone, W. division of Kent, 6½ miles (E.) from
London; containing 2655 inhabitants. This place, in
ancient records called Cerletone and Ceorletone, is supposed to have derived that name from Ceorle, the Saxon
term for husbandman. The manor appears to have belonged, from the close of the eleventh century till the
Dissolution, to the monks of Bermondsey, to whom
Henry III. granted a charter for a weekly market, and
an annual fair on the eve of the Holy Trinity, to be
held here. In 1665, the town, which at that time
was of considerable importance, suffered severely from
the ravages of the plague, and, together with the neighbourhood, sustained much injury from a violent tempest.
The parish comprises by admeasurement 1400 acres, of
which 528 are arable, 460 pasture, 165 marsh, and 30
woodland; and is delightfully situated in the heart of a
fertile district, abounding with picturesque scenery, interspersed with elegant villas, and commanding from
the higher parts extensive prospects. The village, which
is on rising ground, retains much of its rural character;
nearly opposite to the church is the manor-house, erected
in 1612, a spacious and stately building, in front of
which is a row of cypress-trees, said to have been the
first planted in England. The market has long been
discontinued; the fair, now held on St. Luke's day, is
called Horn fair, from the numerous articles of that
material brought for sale.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£10. 7. 8½., and in the gift of Sir T. M. Wilson, Bart.:
the tithes have been commuted for £600, and the glebe
comprises 13 acres. The church, rebuilt of brick in
1640, and enlarged in 1839, is a neat edifice with an
embattled tower: the windows are embellished with
armorial bearings in stained glass, and the building contains various pieces of ancient armour, and numerous
handsome monuments, among which are one to Lady
Catherine Puckeringe; one to Brigadier-General Richards, surveyor of the ordnance in the reign of George II.;
and one to the Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, who was
interred in the church. The church of St. Peter in
Blackheath Park, and Morden College, are both in the
parish; and the district of St. Thomas', Woolwich, endowed in 1845 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,
includes part of Charlton. A parochial school was built
by Sir William Langhorne, who in 1714 endowed it with
£300, now producing £8 per annum; it is conducted
on the national plan. Sir William also bequeathed
£1000 to augment the rector's income.—See Blackheath.
Charlton
CHARLTON, a hamlet, partly in the parish of Newbottle, and partly in that of King's-Sutton, union of
Brackley, hundred of King's-Sutton, S. division of
the county of Northampton, 4 miles (W. by S.) from
Brackley; containing 446 inhabitants. On a neighbouring hill, called Rainsborough, is an oval camp with
a double intrenchment, about half a mile in circumference, having two entrances on the north, and two on
the south: urns, glass vessels, and other relics, have
been discovered; and a little eastward, near a smaller
intrenchment, a gold coin of Vespasian and several coins
of Constantine have been found.
Charlton
CHARLTON, a hamlet, in the parish, union, and
hundred of Andover, Andover and N. divisions of the
county of Southampton; containing 323 inhabitants.
It lies north-west of the town of Andover.
Charlton
CHARLTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Singleton,
union of Westhampnett, hundred of Westbourn and
Singleton, rape of Chichester, W. division of Sussex; containing 223 inhabitants.
Charlton
CHARLTON, a tything, in the parish and hundred
of Downton, union of Alderbury, Salisbury and
Amesbury, and S. divisions of Wilts; containing 300
inhabitants.
Charlton (St. John the Baptist)
CHARLTON (St. John The Baptist), a parish, in
the union and hundred of Malmesbury, Malmesbury
and Kingswood, and N. divisions of Wilts, 2¼ miles
(N. E. by E.) from Malmesbury; containing 683 inhabitants. It comprises about 5000 acres, of which the
surface is in general flat, and the soil mostly clayey, and
in some parts stony; there is a lake of 60 acres at
Braden. Charlton Park, the seat of the Earl of Suffolk,
is an elegant mansion of freestone, of an oblong form,
with four handsome fronts; it contains some splendid
apartments, a noble saloon, and a gallery in which are
many fine paintings. The living is annexed, with
that of Brokenborough, to the vicarage of Westport St.
Mary.
Charlton (St. Peter)
CHARLTON (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of
Pewsey, hundred of Swanborough, Devizes and N.
division of Wilts, 4 miles (S. W.) from Pewsey; containing 201 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from
Pewsey to Devizes, and comprises by measurement 1700
acres. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in
the king's books at £6. 15. 6., and in the patronage of
the Dean and Canons of Christ-Church, Oxford: the
tithes have been commuted for £132, and £10 per
annum are paid to the vicar under the will of Dr. Robert
South, of Christ-Church, Oxford. The church is a very
ancient structure, with a tower on the north side. Here
was an alien priory, founded in 1187, as a cell to the
abbey of L'Isle Dieu, and granted at the suppression of
alien houses to St. Katherine's Hospital, London. About
a mile to the west are the remains of an intrenched
camp with a spacious prætorium, called Casterley, the
area of which, comprising 60 acres, is intersected by a
broad fosse.
Charlton
CHARLTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Cropthorn, union of Pershore, Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of the
county of Worcester, 5¼ miles (E. by S.) from Pershore; containing 312 inhabitants, and comprising
1549a. 2r. 29p. of rich land. It is surrounded on all
sides, except the south, by a winding of the river Avon;
and is distant from the village of Cropthorn north-eastward about half a mile.
Charlton-Abbotts
CHARLTON-ABBOTTS, a parish, in the union of
Winchcomb, Lower division of the hundred of Kiftsgate, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2¾
miles (S. by E.) from Winchcomb; containing 101 inhabitants, and comprising 1374a. 2r. 25p. Stone of
inferior quality is raised for the repair of the roads. In
a farmhouse is an apartment called Queen Elizabeth's
Room, with a beautifully carved mantel-piece, above
which are the initials E. R. The living is a perpetual
curacy; net income, £38; patron, W. L. Lawrence,
Esq. The church, a neat edifice, has been repewed.
Charlton-Adam (St. Peter and St. Paul)
CHARLTON-ADAM (St. Peter And St. Paul), a
parish, in the union of Langport, hundred of Somerton, W. division of Somerset, 3 miles (E.) from Somerton; containing 472 inhabitants, and consisting of
1476a. 2r. 32p. Stone of good quality for building and
for paving is quarried to a considerable extent. The
living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's
books at £6. 14. 7.; net income, £137; patron, John
Barney, Esq.: the impropriation belongs to Mrs. Gapper.
The tithes were commuted for corn-rents, under an inclosure act, in 1803; the glebe comprises 19 acres. A
chantry, or free chapel, dedicated to St. Stephen, was
founded here by Lord Henry Fitz-Richard, by permission of the prior of Brewton, under whom he held the
manor. The Roman Fosse-way from Bath to Ilchester
proceeds through the parish.
Charlton-Cross
CHARLTON-CROSS, an extra-parochial liberty, in
the hundred of Kilmersdon, E. division of Somerset,
5 miles (N.) from the town of Frome; containing 30
inhabitants.
Charlton, East-Quarter
CHARLTON, EAST-QUARTER, a township, in the
parish and union of Bellingham, N. W. division of
Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland, 1¾
mile (N. W. by W.) from Bellingham; containing 173
inhabitants. The village is pleasantly situated on the
north side of the North Tyne. A small stream tributary
to that river flows here.
Charlton-Horethorne, or Canfield (St. Peter And St. Paul)
CHARLTON-HORETHORNE, or Canfield (St.
Peter And St. Paul), a parish, and formerly a markettown, in the union of Wincanton, hundred of Horethorne, E. division of Somerset, 5½ miles (S. W.) from
Wincanton; containing 569 inhabitants. This parish,
which is situated on the road from Bath to Weymouth,
comprises about 2500 acres. Stone of good quality is
extensively quarried for building, and repairing the
roads; and a considerable number of the inhabitants
are employed in the manufacture of dowlas. The market was obtained in the 22nd of Edward I., by Henry de
Lacy, who had by the same charter a grant for a fair on
the eve and morrow of St. Thomas the Martyr; the fair
is still held. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued
in the king's books at £8. 10. 5.; net income, £384;
patron and impropriator, the Marquess of Anglesey:
the glebe comprises 40 acres. The church is a handsome edifice in the early English style, but has been
greatly disfigured by the insertion of windows of modern
character. There was anciently within the manor a
chantry chapel, dependent on Kenilworth priory.
Charlton, Kings (St. Mary)
CHARLTON, KINGS (St. Mary), a parish, in the
union and hundred of Cheltenham, E. division of the
county of Gloucester, 2 miles (S. S. E.) from Cheltenham; containing 3232 inhabitants. This place participated in the hostilities of the parliamentary war during
the reign of Charles I.; and a hill since called Battledowns, was the scene of a sanguinary conflict in which
many of the inhabitants, who adhered to the royal
cause, were slain. The parish is situated on the road
from London to Gloucester, at the base of the Cotswold
hills, and comprises 3214a. 2r. 4p.: the soil is chiefly a
sandy loam, with a little yellowish clay; the lands are
watered by the Chelt, which flows hence into the parish
of Cheltenham. A small part of the population is employed in the making of gloves. Stone of the oolite
formation is quarried for rough building, and for roads.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £177,
with an excellent glebe-house of recent erection; patrons,
the Principal and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford; impropriator, C. W. Lovesy, Esq. The church is a handsome structure, in the later English style. There is a
place of worship for Wesleyans. The sum of £6 is paid
for instruction out of the rental of land producing £30
per annum, given by Samuel Cooper about the year
1743; the remainder is applied to the relief of the poor.
Almshouses have been built; and there is a fund arising
from several benefactions, of £100 a year, which is distributed among the deserving poor. A mineral spring,
similar in its properties to the Cheltenham water, was
lately discovered.
Charlton-Mackrel (St. Martin)
CHARLTON-MACKREL (St. Martin), a parish, in
the union of Langport, hundred of Somerton, W.
division of Somerset, 3 miles (E.) from Somerton;
containing 405 inhabitants. It is bounded on the south
by the river Cary, across which is a bridge of two
arches, on the line of a modern road that passes along
the course of the Roman fosse-way. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £16. 0. 2½.; net
income, £499; patron and incumbent, the Rev. W. T. P.
Brymer. The church is a handsome edifice, in the
ancient style of English architecture, repaired and embellished at the expense of the present incumbent.
Charlton-Marshall
CHARLTON-MARSHALL, a parish, in the union
of Blandford, hundred of Cogdean, Blandford division of Dorset, 1¾ mile (S. S. E.) from Blandford; containing 395 inhabitants. The living is annexed to the
rectory of Spetisbury: the tithes were commuted for
land in 1799. The church contains some monuments
to the family of Bastard, and one to the memory of Dr.
Sloper. Some fossils, and Roman and Grecian coins,
were found in 1831.
Charlton-Musgrave (St. Stephen)
CHARLTON-MUSGRAVE (St. Stephen), a parish,
in the union of Wincanton, hundred of NortonFerris, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (N. N. E.) from
Wincanton; containing 409 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 10., and in
the gift of the family of Lier: the tithes have been commuted for £450, and the glebe comprises 52 acres, with
a glebe-house. Dr. William Musgrave, physician and
antiquary, was born here in 1657.
Charlton, North
CHARLTON, NORTH, a township, in the parish of
Ellingham, union of Alnwick, S. division of Bambrough ward, N. division of Northumberland, 6½
miles (N. by W.) from Alnwick; containing 238 inhabitants. The village is situated on the road from Alnwick
to Belford. Charlton Hall stands near a stream which,
after a short course, falls into the North Sea. There
are some curious barrows.
Charlton, South
CHARLTON, SOUTH, a township, in the parish of
Ellingham, union of Alnwick, S. division of Bambrough ward, N. division of Northumberland, 5½
miles (N. by W.) from Alnwick; containing 188 inhabitants. This place is on the great north road, and comprises 1823 acres, of which 941 are common or waste:
the soil is light, and rests generally upon a limestone
substratum; the surface is undulated and pleasing.
Here was formerly a chapel, of which there are no remains. A great portion of North and South Charlton
is covered with ancient roads and earthworks; and
graves of rude workmanship are frequently discovered,
containing bones, urns, and armour.
Charlton-upon-Otmore (St. Mary)
CHARLTON-upon-Otmore (St. Mary), a parish,
in the union of Bicester, hundred of Ploughley,
county of Oxford, 6 miles (S. S. W.) from Bicester;
containing, with the hamlets of Fencot and Murcot, 658
inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1840 acres,
of which 1291 are arable, and nearly all the rest pasture.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£21. 9. 4½.; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Queen's
College, Oxford. The church is partly in the early and
partly in the decorated English style: a portion of the
ancient rood-loft, of exquisite beauty, is remaining; and
in the chancel, which is lighted by elegant windows
with flowing tracery, are some stone stalls highly enriched.
Charlton, West-Quarter
CHARLTON, WEST-QUARTER, a township, in
the parish and union of Bellingham, N. W. division
of Tindale ward, S. division of Northumberland,
3 miles (W. N. W.) from Bellingham; containing 176
inhabitants. This place, which comprises about 400
acres, is situated at the confluence of the Tarset burn
and the North Tyne river. Here anciently stood a
castle, the walls of which were of ashlar stones four feet
thick; its magnitude and strength are said to have impressed the popular mind with the notion of its having
been the abode of some giant, and it is believed that
there still exists a subterraneous passage beneath the
bed of the Tyne, from this castle to another known as
Dally Castle, distant from it southwards about a mile.
Charlton-Woodlands
CHARLTON-WOODLANDS, a hamlet, in the parish and union of Shepton-Mallet, hundred of Whitstone, E. division of the county of Somerset; containing 86 inhabitants.
Charlwood (St. Nicholas)
CHARLWOOD (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the
union, and First division of the hundred, of Reigate,
E. division of Surrey, 7 miles (S. S. W.) from Reigate,
and on the borders of the county of Sussex; containing
1291 inhabitants. This place was the scene of a sanguinary battle between the Danes and the men of Surrey
and Sussex, that occurred near a bridge since called
Kilman Bridge, and in which the Danes were defeated
with great slaughter. It comprises about 7000 acres.
The London and Brighton railway intersects the southeastern part of the parish, as does also the road from
London to Brighton by way of Crawley; and the river
Mole winds through and bounds some parts of it. An
act for inclosing lands was passed in 1843. The living
is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £19. 16. 8.;
patron and incumbent, the Rev. H. Wise: the tithes
have been commuted for £900, and the glebe consists
of 22 acres, with a glebe-house. The church contains
several ancient monuments of the family of Sanders and
others, and is in the Norman and early English styles;
the south aisle is separated from the chancel by the
remains of a very handsome and elaborately carved
screen. There is a place of worship for Independents.