English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Charlton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pagham

Historical Forms

  • Ceorla tun 680 BCS 10th
  • Cherleton 1279 Ass
  • Charleton t.Jas1 LRMB

Etymology

v. ceorl , tun . A lost tithing of Pagham.