CHARLTON, a parish partly in the hundred of BEWSBOROUGH, but chiefly within the liberty of DOVOR (cinque-port, of which it is a member), lathe of ST-AUGUSTINE, county of KENT, 1 mile (N. N. E.) from Dover, containing 790 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at £33, and in the patronage of the Rev. John Monins. The church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, has lately received an addition of two hundred and fifty-eight free sittings, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £200 towards defraying the expense. Charlton, it is conjectured, was the Portus Dubris of the Romans, several anchors and fragments of wreck having been discovered at varioustimes.