Charlton (Downton), Wiltshire

Historical Description

Charlton, a chapelry in Downton and Standlinch parishes, Wiltshire, on the river Avon, 4 miles SSE of Salisbury. It was constituted in 1851. Population, 321. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Charlton (Downton) from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Charlton)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Wiltshire papers online:

• Salisbury and Winchester Journal
• Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette
• Wiltshire Independent
• Swindon Advertiser and North Wilts Chronicle