Queen Charlton
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| Queen Charlton | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
_St_Margaret%27s_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_67838.jpg) Church of St Margaret | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST634671 |
| Location: | 51°24’6"N, 2°31’38"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Keynsham |
| Postcode: | BS31 |
| Dialling code: | 0117 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bath & NE Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Somerset |
Queen Charlton is a small village and ancient parish in Somerset. The nearest town is Keynsham, which lies approximately two miles north-east of the village.
The village was originally simply Charlton, recorded in 1291 as Cherleton. It was an estate of Keynsham Abbey until the Dissolution, and the prefix was added when the estate was given by Henry VIII to Queen Catherine Parr.[1]
The Church of St Margaret dates from the 12th century. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[2] There is a late mediæval cross on the village green.[3]
The parish became a civil parish in 1866 and was merged with that of Compton Dando in 1933.
Notable residents
The author Dick King-Smith lived in Queen Charlton until his death in 2011.[4]
References
- ↑ Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Queen Charlton", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press, p. 126, ISBN 978 0 521 16855 7
- ↑ "Church of St Margaret". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=32468. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ↑ "Cross on Village Green, in front of Tolzey Cottage". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=32481. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ↑ "Author Dick King-Smith dies, aged 88". Evening Post. This is Bristol. http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Author-Dick-King-Smith-dies-aged-88/article-3069806-detail/article.html. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
