Charlton (Devizes), Wiltshire
Historical Description
Charlton, a parish in Wiltshire, on the river Avon, near Salisbury Plain, 3½ miles S of Woodborough railway station, and 7¼ SE by E of Devizes. Post town, Pewsey. Acreage, 1734; population, 141. An alien priory was founded here in 1187 by Reginald de Raveley, given at the suppression of alien monasteries to St Catherine's Hospital, and transferred in the time of Edward VI. to the Sheringtons. A Roman camp is at Casterley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury; net value, £140 with residence. Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is old but excellent, with a tower, and has a mural brass of 1524. Stephen Duck, the author of the " Thrasher's Labour," was a native.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Wiltshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Charlton St. Peter | |
| Hundred | Swanborough | |
| Poor Law union | Pewsey |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Charlton near Pewsey 1696-1812, Wiltshire is available to browse online.
The register dates from the year 1695.
Churches
Church of England
St. Peter (parish church)
The church of St. Peter is a building of stone and flint in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a tower containing 3 bells: in the north chapel there is a good mural brass to William Chancey, ob. 1424, and two good screens: the church was restored in 1858, and affords 160 sittings.
Methodist
Wesleyan Mission Hall
The Wesleyan Mission hall of iron, built in 1893, will seat 50.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Charlton (Devizes) from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Charlton (St. Peter))
Maps
Online maps of Charlton (Devizes) 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 Wiltshire papers online: