Charlton, Northamptonshire

Charlton
Charlton
 Charlton shown within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP528360
DistrictSouth Northamptonshire
Shire countyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BANBURY
Postcode district OX17
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
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Coordinates: 52°01′12″N 1°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.

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.

Lawyer-statesman F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead lived in the village, took from it his second peerage title as Viscount Furneaux of Charlton, and his ashes are buried in the churchyard.[1]

References

  1. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 51. Oxford University Press. 2004. pp. 114–118.

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