Charlton Castle was a fortified

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situated in

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between

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and

Telford Telford () is a town in the Telford and Wrekin borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Shropshire, England. The wider borough covers the town, its suburbs and surrounding towns and villages. The town is close to the county's eastern b ...

(). Sir John Charlton was licensed to

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his dwelling at Charlton in 1316. This defended manor house was known as Charlton Castle, and was apparently still used as a residence of the Lords of Powys in the earlier part of the 16th century. In 1588 it was sold to Francis Newport but then fell into disrepair. The site is on

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due to being very overgrown.

References

Charlton Castle
*Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, ''The David & Charles Book of Castles'', David & Charles, 1980. Castles in Shropshire Scheduled monuments in Shropshire Structures on the Heritage at Risk register {{England-castle-stub