Charlton
hamlet · Telford and Wrekin
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Charlton means 'free peasant's settlement'. It is composed of the Old English personal name 'Ceorl' and 'tūn' meaning settlement.
Word origins
- Charl
- Old EnglishA personal name, derived from Germanic elements meaning 'free man'.(from ceorl "free man")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, village, farmstead(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")