Queen Charlton
| Queen Charlton | |
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 Queen Charlton
Queen Charlton shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | ST634671 |
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| Civil parish | Compton Dando |
| Unitary authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Ceremonial county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KEYNSHAM |
| Postcode district | BS31 2 |
| Dialling code | 0117 986 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North East Somerset |
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Queen Charlton is a small village within the civil parish of Compton Dando, within the Unitary Authority 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]
Notable residents
The author Dick King-Smith lived in Queen Charlton until his death in 2011.[4]
