Charlton Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Charlton Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Charlton

The ancient history of the name Charlton was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Charlton is a locational name from 19 parishes in England and places in Scotland called Carleton in the shires of Kirkcudbright, Wigtown, and Ayr. Variants of this ancient name include Charltan, Carlton, Chorlton, Carlin, Charleton and Carleton. This name is of Anglo- Celtic origin and is found throughout England , Ireland , Scotland and Wales and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in these countries. Examples of such are a Richard de Churleton of County Suffolk who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273. A Johanna Cherleton was recorded in the 'Poll Tax' of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the year 1379. In Scotland a Duncan de Carletone of Ayrshire rendered homage in the year 1296. In Ireland the names Charlton and Charleton are associated with Counties Sligo, Tyrone and Fermanagh where they became established during the seventeenth century.