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Charlbury

Charlbury
Charlbury Church - geograph.org.uk - 1014219.jpg
St Mary's parish church from the southeast
Charlbury is located in Oxfordshire
Charlbury
Charlbury
Charlbury shown within Oxfordshire
Population 2,830 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SP3519
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Chipping Norton
Postcode district OX7
Dialling code 01608
Police Thames Valley
Fire Oxfordshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
Website Charlbury Town Council
List of places
UK
England
Oxfordshire
51°52′19″N 1°28′55″W / 51.872°N 1.482°W / 51.872; -1.482Coordinates: 51°52′19″N 1°28′55″W / 51.872°N 1.482°W / 51.872; -1.482

Charlbury (/ˈɑːrlbri, ˈɔːrl-, -bəri/, local /ˈɔːwbri/) is a small town and civil parish in the Evenlode valley, about 6 miles (10 km) north of Witney in West Oxfordshire. It is on the edge of Wychwood Forest and the Cotswolds. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 2,830.

Toponymic evidence suggests that Charlbury was an Anglo-Saxon settlement from an early date, and may be associated with 'Faerpinga in Middelenglum' listed in the Tribal Hidage of the 7th to 9th centuries. The name is a compound of two Old English elements. Burh is a fortified place.Ceorl (probably pronounced /tʃɔrl/) is a "freeman of the lowest class", but other sources suggest it was also a personal name. For this reason some hold the latter two pronunciations more valid than the former, and the current spelling not phonetic, preferring "Chorlbury". The similarity between "Ceorl" and the personal name "Charles" is no accident: "Charles", "ceorl" and "churl", along with the modern German name "Karl" derive from the same Proto-Germanic word *karlaz.


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