Charwelton is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) south of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England.

[4] At the end of the 12th century William and Ralf de Cheinduit granted a manor at Charwelton to the Cistercian Biddlesden Abbey in Buckinghamshire.

Holy Trinity has both a south and a north aisle, and the latter has a Decorated Gothic three-bay arcade.

The largest are a pair 4 feet (1.2 m) long representing Thomas Andrewe (died 1496) and his wife.

[10] Holy Trinity parish is part of the Benefice of Badby with Newnham and Charwelton with Fawsley and Preston Capes,[12] which was formed in 1991.

They are recorded as having been fish ponds, but they had artificial islands in them that suggests they were made for wild fowl.

Much of the ridge and furrow pattern of the common fields is still visible, and is best preserved along the Cherwell valley.

[3] Earthworks of the former village survive on all sides of the parish church and manor house, most of them to the southeast.

South and west of the manor house are the remains of a set of Medieval fish ponds that were fed by the river.

Another is on Charwelton Hill, 676 feet (206 m) above sea level and 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) southwest of the village beside the road to Byfield.

[3] The Great Central Main Line from Nottingham Victoria to London Marylebone was built through the parish in the 1890s and opened in March 1899.

From 1917 until 1961 the Park Gate Iron and Steel Company had a quarry at Cherwell Farm northwest of Charwelton village, on the northern boundary with the parish of Hellidon.

[15] From there it ran a 1.5-mile (2 km) mineral railway down the Cherwell valley to bring ironstone to the main line at Charwelton station.

[16] A tank engine called Charwelton was built for the line in 1917, worked it until 1942, and is now preserved on the Kent and East Sussex Railway.