CHARWELTON, a parish in the hundred of FAWSLEY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 6 miles (S.W. by S.) from
Daventry, containing 232 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and
diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£20. 2. 11., and in the patronage of Sir Charles
Knightley, Bart. The church, dedicated to the Holy
Trinity, has a curious octagonal font supported on a
square pedestal, and richly ornamented in a peculiar
style.