| Static Image Name: | Main Street, Charlton - geograph.org.uk - 99358.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Main Street |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Charlton |
| Coordinates: | 52.0199°N -1.232°W |
| Unitary England: | West Northamptonshire |
| Lieutenancy England: | Northamptonshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Post Town: | BANBURY |
| Postcode District: | OX17 |
| Postcode Area: | OX |
| Os Grid Reference: | SP528360 |
Charlton is a village in the parish of Newbottle, Northamptonshire, England in between Brackley and Kings Sutton, lying close to a small tributary of the River Cherwell. At the 2011 census the population was included in the civil parish of Newbottle, with a total population of around 540.[1]
Other nearby villages include Croughton, Aynho and Hinton-in-the-Hedges. The remains of an Iron Age fort, Rainsborough Camp, lie just to the south of the village.[2]
The lawyer and politician F.E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead lived on Main Street in the village, in a house called The Cottage. He took as his second peerage title Viscount Furneaux of Charlton, and his ashes are buried in the village cemetery.[3]