Charlton, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Charlton, an ecclesiastical parish in Cropthorne civil parish, Worcestershire, near the river Avon, 1½ mile SE of Fladbury station on the G.W.R., and 3 miles NW of Eves-ham. Post town, Pershore. Population, 315. It was constituted in 1882. The church was erected in 1872. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. Charlton Manor House was the ancient seat of the Dunley family, into whose possession the estate came by marriage about 1350.

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 from the following:

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

Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.

Maps

Online maps of Charlton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Worcester Journal
• Worcestershire Chronicle
• Worcester Herald

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.