CARLETON, a chapelry in the parish of REDMARSHALL, south-western division of STOCKTON ward, county palatine of DURHAM, 5 miles (N.W. by W.) from Stockton upon Tees, containing 140 inhabitants. This place was restored to the see of Durham by royal charter, during the episcopacy of Bishop Flambard, the people of Northumberland having -previously retained it.