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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wantage CP/AP Berkshire AncC |
| Place: | Charlton |
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