…Charlton and The Horn Fair Charlton was originally known as Ceorletone , i.e. the town of … husbandmen; ceorl in Saxon meaning a “husbandman†or “churl†as it was termed in Old English. Also … it was referred to as “Charlton near Greenwich†to distinguish it from another parish of the same … name near Dover. After the Conquest, these lands were granted by William I to his half-brother … Bishop Odo of Bayeux. The entry in the Domesday Book reads: William Fitzoger holds of the bishop (of …
http://www.thamesdiscovery.org/riverpedia/charlton-village · 30 January 2010