The present village, formerly called Upper or Over Charwelton, is where the main road between Daventry and Banbury, now the A361 road, crosses the river. The parish church is almost 1 mile (2km) southeast at Church Charwelton, which is a hamlet and deserted medieval village.
The Jurassic Way long distance footpath between Banbury and Stamford passes through both Church Charwelton and Upper Charwelton.
Manor
There were several small manors in the parish. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the largest as being two hides and "four-fifths of half a hide" held by one Ralf of Robert, Count of Mortain. In the 12th century this manor was recorded as two hides and four "small virgates" in the fee of Berkhamsted. (There were 10 "small virgates" to a hide.)Thorney Abbey had an estate at Charwelton: the Domesday Book records it has half a hide; in the 12th century it was recorded as four small virgates. Domesday records William de Cahagnes holding half a hide at Charwelton of the Count of Mortain; in the 12th century Hugh de Chaham held the same half hide of the fee of the Earl of Leicester. Domesday records that Hugh de Grandmesnil held one virgate at Charwelton; in the 12th century this estate was recorded as four small virgates held of the Earl of Leicester. Also in the 12th century there was an estate of four small virgates in the fee of Adam de Napton.
Superb Charwelton model railway layout in OO gauge
The challenge of re-inventing this exhibition model railway layout saw a transformation in its era too, from the end of steam to an imaginary BR blue diesel scenario.
See more stunning model railways at www.world-of-railways
published: 12 Feb 2021
Kent and east Sussex railway (charwelton)
A small freight train enters tenterden town station
published: 06 Apr 2011
Charwelton BT Tower 2018 Northamptonshire Drone
Charwelton BT Tower England. It is 118 metres (387 ft) tall and one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete. It is a landmark for miles around.
published: 08 Apr 2018
BT Charwelton Drone Footage - July 2018
Having stared at this mast so many times over the years, from the time when it was bristling with dishes, to the present day, I thought it was overdue a drone visit just to show how little remains of its original hardware.....it is 118m (387ft) tall and stands on a hill in Northamptonshire which is already about 217m (712ft) ASL
Charwelton was selected around 1946 to provide a repeater station for the London to Birmingham televison link. This operated on 900 MHz and provided an alternative to a coaxial cable which was also available over the same route. The station is also listed on the 1956 "Backbone" map showing the TV route to Birmingham and other links to sites at "Coalville" and "Tring". These correspond to Copt Oak and Stokenchurch respectively in the network which was eventually d...
published: 25 Jul 2018
50004 on a test run on Charwelton model railway layout
A Hornby class 50 004 fitted with a V3.5 Loksound decoder with South west digital sound files and two bass speakers.
The loco is seen on Charwelton exhibition layout that is being converted to DCC and 1980s running.
published: 09 Jun 2017
Rugby to Charwelton, 1940s
In the summer of 2019 dad made the journey once again from Rugby Central to the little rural station of Charwelton on the Great Central Line. The only snag was that neither station now exists, and trains haven't run there for over half a century, since the line was closed and the tracks removed in the 1960s. As a boy, dad often made the journey to Charwelton, which was the nearest station to Great Everdon, the Northamptonshire village where his mother Margaret Kate had grown up. The young Kenneth spent many happy times in G. Everdon with his uncle Charlie, wife Nancy and family, including Charlie's daughter Grace, and Uncle Harry, who was the station master at Charwelton.
published: 20 Aug 2020
*ARCHIVE FOOTAGE* K&ESR No.14 Charwelton | Thrash and Tones | Northiam - Tenterden Town | 27/07/2011
After going through a few old videos lying around on my mums laptop, I came across this and realised it never made it to youtube, so here it is! Enjoy !
The challenge of re-inventing this exhibition model railway layout saw a transformation in its era too, from the end of steam to an imaginary BR blue diesel sce...
The challenge of re-inventing this exhibition model railway layout saw a transformation in its era too, from the end of steam to an imaginary BR blue diesel scenario.
See more stunning model railways at www.world-of-railways
The challenge of re-inventing this exhibition model railway layout saw a transformation in its era too, from the end of steam to an imaginary BR blue diesel scenario.
See more stunning model railways at www.world-of-railways
Charwelton BT Tower England. It is 118 metres (387 ft) tall and one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete. It is a landmark for miles around.
Charwelton BT Tower England. It is 118 metres (387 ft) tall and one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete. It is a landmark for miles around.
Charwelton BT Tower England. It is 118 metres (387 ft) tall and one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete. It is a landmark for miles around.
Having stared at this mast so many times over the years, from the time when it was bristling with dishes, to the present day, I thought it was overdue a drone ...
Having stared at this mast so many times over the years, from the time when it was bristling with dishes, to the present day, I thought it was overdue a drone visit just to show how little remains of its original hardware.....it is 118m (387ft) tall and stands on a hill in Northamptonshire which is already about 217m (712ft) ASL
Charwelton was selected around 1946 to provide a repeater station for the London to Birmingham televison link. This operated on 900 MHz and provided an alternative to a coaxial cable which was also available over the same route. The station is also listed on the 1956 "Backbone" map showing the TV route to Birmingham and other links to sites at "Coalville" and "Tring". These correspond to Copt Oak and Stokenchurch respectively in the network which was eventually devoped.
As with the other 900 MHz sites the first provision was a guyed mast and later a small square tower but at Charwelton the 1960s development was a concrete tower of the "Chilterns" design. The original television link was routed via Turners Hill however with the new structures at Charwelton and Birmingham the intermediate site was no longer required.
Photos from BT Archives show the tower strucurally complete by 1964 and apparently fully-equipped with horn antennas during 1966. A 1955 OS map shows "mast" and "Television Relay Station" and the 1980 plan at 1:2500 shows two small buildings, to the south of the tower, apparently in the same position as those on the 1955 map. These are still present on current aerial views and have possibly been retained for site sharing. (There is an unrelated steel tower in a separate compound to the south of the BT site.)
Charwelton's location at the intersection of the London - Birmingham and Stokenchurch - Copt Oak links resulted in a "busy" site eventually having many large dishes facing in each direction. Although some "pruning" had occurred by 2009 a number of large dishes still remained in position as late as 2011, though apparently concentrated on the London/Birmingham route with none facing Stokenchurch but possibly some remaining towards Copt Oak.
BT Archives has reports of an experimental 11 GHz link between Charwelton and Dunstable being in operation by 1974 and the use of "phase control height diversity" to overcome long-term fading which was experienced. The top of the structure appears to have been modified at some stage - the top section appears to have been removed giving a slightly "unfinished" look to the structure (a planning application in 1986 "Alteration to Existing Radio Tower" may be related).
The site code YBFM may reflect an earlier name "Blackdown Farm" which appears on a 1948 diagram of the Control Circuit (a 4-wire telephone cable) for the original TV link.
Having stared at this mast so many times over the years, from the time when it was bristling with dishes, to the present day, I thought it was overdue a drone visit just to show how little remains of its original hardware.....it is 118m (387ft) tall and stands on a hill in Northamptonshire which is already about 217m (712ft) ASL
Charwelton was selected around 1946 to provide a repeater station for the London to Birmingham televison link. This operated on 900 MHz and provided an alternative to a coaxial cable which was also available over the same route. The station is also listed on the 1956 "Backbone" map showing the TV route to Birmingham and other links to sites at "Coalville" and "Tring". These correspond to Copt Oak and Stokenchurch respectively in the network which was eventually devoped.
As with the other 900 MHz sites the first provision was a guyed mast and later a small square tower but at Charwelton the 1960s development was a concrete tower of the "Chilterns" design. The original television link was routed via Turners Hill however with the new structures at Charwelton and Birmingham the intermediate site was no longer required.
Photos from BT Archives show the tower strucurally complete by 1964 and apparently fully-equipped with horn antennas during 1966. A 1955 OS map shows "mast" and "Television Relay Station" and the 1980 plan at 1:2500 shows two small buildings, to the south of the tower, apparently in the same position as those on the 1955 map. These are still present on current aerial views and have possibly been retained for site sharing. (There is an unrelated steel tower in a separate compound to the south of the BT site.)
Charwelton's location at the intersection of the London - Birmingham and Stokenchurch - Copt Oak links resulted in a "busy" site eventually having many large dishes facing in each direction. Although some "pruning" had occurred by 2009 a number of large dishes still remained in position as late as 2011, though apparently concentrated on the London/Birmingham route with none facing Stokenchurch but possibly some remaining towards Copt Oak.
BT Archives has reports of an experimental 11 GHz link between Charwelton and Dunstable being in operation by 1974 and the use of "phase control height diversity" to overcome long-term fading which was experienced. The top of the structure appears to have been modified at some stage - the top section appears to have been removed giving a slightly "unfinished" look to the structure (a planning application in 1986 "Alteration to Existing Radio Tower" may be related).
The site code YBFM may reflect an earlier name "Blackdown Farm" which appears on a 1948 diagram of the Control Circuit (a 4-wire telephone cable) for the original TV link.
A Hornby class 50 004 fitted with a V3.5 Loksound decoder with South west digital sound files and two bass speakers.
The loco is seen on Charwelton exhibition l...
A Hornby class 50 004 fitted with a V3.5 Loksound decoder with South west digital sound files and two bass speakers.
The loco is seen on Charwelton exhibition layout that is being converted to DCC and 1980s running.
A Hornby class 50 004 fitted with a V3.5 Loksound decoder with South west digital sound files and two bass speakers.
The loco is seen on Charwelton exhibition layout that is being converted to DCC and 1980s running.
In the summer of 2019 dad made the journey once again from Rugby Central to the little rural station of Charwelton on the Great Central Line. The only snag was...
In the summer of 2019 dad made the journey once again from Rugby Central to the little rural station of Charwelton on the Great Central Line. The only snag was that neither station now exists, and trains haven't run there for over half a century, since the line was closed and the tracks removed in the 1960s. As a boy, dad often made the journey to Charwelton, which was the nearest station to Great Everdon, the Northamptonshire village where his mother Margaret Kate had grown up. The young Kenneth spent many happy times in G. Everdon with his uncle Charlie, wife Nancy and family, including Charlie's daughter Grace, and Uncle Harry, who was the station master at Charwelton.
In the summer of 2019 dad made the journey once again from Rugby Central to the little rural station of Charwelton on the Great Central Line. The only snag was that neither station now exists, and trains haven't run there for over half a century, since the line was closed and the tracks removed in the 1960s. As a boy, dad often made the journey to Charwelton, which was the nearest station to Great Everdon, the Northamptonshire village where his mother Margaret Kate had grown up. The young Kenneth spent many happy times in G. Everdon with his uncle Charlie, wife Nancy and family, including Charlie's daughter Grace, and Uncle Harry, who was the station master at Charwelton.
After going through a few old videos lying around on my mums laptop, I came across this and realised it never made it to youtube, so here it is! Enjoy !
After going through a few old videos lying around on my mums laptop, I came across this and realised it never made it to youtube, so here it is! Enjoy !
After going through a few old videos lying around on my mums laptop, I came across this and realised it never made it to youtube, so here it is! Enjoy !
The challenge of re-inventing this exhibition model railway layout saw a transformation in its era too, from the end of steam to an imaginary BR blue diesel scenario.
See more stunning model railways at www.world-of-railways
Charwelton BT Tower England. It is 118 metres (387 ft) tall and one of the few British towers built of reinforced concrete. It is a landmark for miles around.
Having stared at this mast so many times over the years, from the time when it was bristling with dishes, to the present day, I thought it was overdue a drone visit just to show how little remains of its original hardware.....it is 118m (387ft) tall and stands on a hill in Northamptonshire which is already about 217m (712ft) ASL
Charwelton was selected around 1946 to provide a repeater station for the London to Birmingham televison link. This operated on 900 MHz and provided an alternative to a coaxial cable which was also available over the same route. The station is also listed on the 1956 "Backbone" map showing the TV route to Birmingham and other links to sites at "Coalville" and "Tring". These correspond to Copt Oak and Stokenchurch respectively in the network which was eventually devoped.
As with the other 900 MHz sites the first provision was a guyed mast and later a small square tower but at Charwelton the 1960s development was a concrete tower of the "Chilterns" design. The original television link was routed via Turners Hill however with the new structures at Charwelton and Birmingham the intermediate site was no longer required.
Photos from BT Archives show the tower strucurally complete by 1964 and apparently fully-equipped with horn antennas during 1966. A 1955 OS map shows "mast" and "Television Relay Station" and the 1980 plan at 1:2500 shows two small buildings, to the south of the tower, apparently in the same position as those on the 1955 map. These are still present on current aerial views and have possibly been retained for site sharing. (There is an unrelated steel tower in a separate compound to the south of the BT site.)
Charwelton's location at the intersection of the London - Birmingham and Stokenchurch - Copt Oak links resulted in a "busy" site eventually having many large dishes facing in each direction. Although some "pruning" had occurred by 2009 a number of large dishes still remained in position as late as 2011, though apparently concentrated on the London/Birmingham route with none facing Stokenchurch but possibly some remaining towards Copt Oak.
BT Archives has reports of an experimental 11 GHz link between Charwelton and Dunstable being in operation by 1974 and the use of "phase control height diversity" to overcome long-term fading which was experienced. The top of the structure appears to have been modified at some stage - the top section appears to have been removed giving a slightly "unfinished" look to the structure (a planning application in 1986 "Alteration to Existing Radio Tower" may be related).
The site code YBFM may reflect an earlier name "Blackdown Farm" which appears on a 1948 diagram of the Control Circuit (a 4-wire telephone cable) for the original TV link.
A Hornby class 50 004 fitted with a V3.5 Loksound decoder with South west digital sound files and two bass speakers.
The loco is seen on Charwelton exhibition layout that is being converted to DCC and 1980s running.
In the summer of 2019 dad made the journey once again from Rugby Central to the little rural station of Charwelton on the Great Central Line. The only snag was that neither station now exists, and trains haven't run there for over half a century, since the line was closed and the tracks removed in the 1960s. As a boy, dad often made the journey to Charwelton, which was the nearest station to Great Everdon, the Northamptonshire village where his mother Margaret Kate had grown up. The young Kenneth spent many happy times in G. Everdon with his uncle Charlie, wife Nancy and family, including Charlie's daughter Grace, and Uncle Harry, who was the station master at Charwelton.
After going through a few old videos lying around on my mums laptop, I came across this and realised it never made it to youtube, so here it is! Enjoy !
The present village, formerly called Upper or Over Charwelton, is where the main road between Daventry and Banbury, now the A361 road, crosses the river. The parish church is almost 1 mile (2km) southeast at Church Charwelton, which is a hamlet and deserted medieval village.
The Jurassic Way long distance footpath between Banbury and Stamford passes through both Church Charwelton and Upper Charwelton.
Manor
There were several small manors in the parish. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the largest as being two hides and "four-fifths of half a hide" held by one Ralf of Robert, Count of Mortain. In the 12th century this manor was recorded as two hides and four "small virgates" in the fee of Berkhamsted. (There were 10 "small virgates" to a hide.)Thorney Abbey had an estate at Charwelton: the Domesday Book records it has half a hide; in the 12th century it was recorded as four small virgates. Domesday records William de Cahagnes holding half a hide at Charwelton of the Count of Mortain; in the 12th century Hugh de Chaham held the same half hide of the fee of the Earl of Leicester. Domesday records that Hugh de Grandmesnil held one virgate at Charwelton; in the 12th century this estate was recorded as four small virgates held of the Earl of Leicester. Also in the 12th century there was an estate of four small virgates in the fee of Adam de Napton.
Well, if you're ever in Austin, Texas A little run down on your sole I'm gonna tell you the name of a man to see I'm gonna tell you right where to go He's working in Capitol Saddlery And he's sewing in the back of the place He's old Charlie Dunn, the little frail one with the smilin' leathery face [Chorus] Charlie Dunn, he's the one to see Charlie done the boots that are on my feet It makes Charlie real pleased to see me walkin' with ease Charlie Dunn, he's the one to see Charlie's been make boots over there He says, about fifty some-odd years And once you wear a pair of his hand-made boots you know you'll never wear a store-bought pair Charlie can tell what's wrong with your feet Just by feeling them with his hand And he can take a look at the boots you wear And know a whole lot about you, man (Chorus) [Bridge] Now, ol' Buck's up front, he's countin' his gold Charlie's in the back patchin' up the soles of the people comin' in, smilin' at him They all wonder how's ol' Charlie been And ol' Buck's makin' change, he never sees no one He never understood the good thing that Charlie done Yeah, ol' Charlie never had his name on the sign He never put a mark in his boots He just hopes that you can remember him The same way that he does you He keeps your measurements in this little book So you can order more boots later on Well I'm writin' down some of Ol' Charlie's size 'Cause I'm makin' him up this song (Chorus) Yeah, ol' Buck's makin' change, he never sees no one