In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Charlton like this:
CHARLTON, a hamlet in wantage parish, Berks; adjacent to the Berks and Wilts canal, near the Great western railway, 1 mile NE of Wantage. Real property, £2,708. Pop., 255. Houses, 53. The hamlet forms a curacy with Wantage, in the diocese of Oxford; and is a meet for the Vale of White Horse hounds. Charlton House belonged once to the Wilmots; was visited in their time, by Charles I.; and passed to the Freemans.
Charlton through time
Charlton is now part of Vale of White Horse district. Click here for graphs and data of how Vale of White Horse has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Charlton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Charlton, in Vale of White Horse and Berkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2514
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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