Charlton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Charlton
Historical Forms
- Ceorletun 780 BCS235 11th Heming 11th DB 1086
- Ceorlatuna 11th Heming
- Chedeton 1208 Fees37 1292 Ipm
- Chedeton apud Fladebury 1299 RBB 18th FA 1431
- Chedinton 1346,1428 FA
- Chadton 16th Wills
Etymology
v. ceorl . The form Cherlinton possibly goes back to an OE ceorlena -tūn , with weak gen. pl. such as we find in the corresponding Scandinavianised Carlenton , which is fairly common as an early form for Carlton . Cf. EPN 43. It may however merely represent an irrational assimilation of the present name to the numerous ingtun -names in this county.