Queen Charlton

Human settlement in England

Unitary authority

Region

51°24′06″N 2°31′38″W / 51.4018°N 2.5271°W / 51.4018; -2.5271

Queen Charlton is a small village within the civil parish of Compton Dando, within the unitary authority area of Bath and North East Somerset in Somerset, England. The nearest town is Keynsham, which lies approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) 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 medieval cross on the village green.^[3]

In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 94.^[4] On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Compton Dando.^[5]

Notable residents

The author Dick King-Smith lived in Queen Charlton until his death in 2011.^[6]

^ 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". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
^ "Cross on Village Green, in front of Tolzey Cottage". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
^ "Population statistics Queen Charlton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ "Relationships and changes Queen Charlton Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ "Author Dick King-Smith dies, aged 88". Evening Post. This is Bristol. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.