Charlton
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Charlton
Hampshire
SU3546
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XXIII.8
Charlton
otherwise: Cherletone, 1154-1189; Cherleton, 1192
refce: Coates 1989
CHARLTON, hamlet, now suburb, of Andover
Hypothetical Old English 'Ceorlatun'='farm of the churls', ie: free peasants of the lowest rank (cf Finberg 1964b). The plural first element suggests a communal enterprise. Places called 'Charlton' are often found on the fringes of important estates; Andover was a royal manor in the king's own hands before and after 1066. They may represent special foundations whose inhabitants could be called upon to perform boonwork on such estates; ie: they were less free than the use of the term 'churl' implies.
old map
 Charleton
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Andover Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU34.jpg)
old map
 Charlton
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, hamlet - Andover Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
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old map
 Charleton
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, hamlet - Andover infra Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
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   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001