Your Charlton:  Charlton is part of the London Borough of Greenwich. It retains its historical sense of identity because of the old village centre, which still has a village atmosphere. The village centre is composed of Charlton House, which is the finest Jacobean mansion in the London area, the old village green in front of the House, the parish church of St Luke, and the village street. The Manor of Charlton is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, the list compiled on the order of the Norman king, William the Conqueror, of his new possessions. "Modern" Charlton can be said to have begun in 1607, when the Manor of Charlton was acquired by Sir Adam Newton. Sir Adam was at that time tutor to Prince Henry, son of James I. The building of Charlton House began in 1607, and it was finished in 1612. Charlton is mentioned a couple of times by the famous diarist, John Evelyn (1620-1706). On 30 March 1652 he says: "In the afternoone to Charlton Church where I heard a Rabinical sermon...". The Manor of Charlton belonged to the Maryon-Wilson family between 1767 and 1923. In 1829 they enclosed the village green which had been in front of the House, and added it to their grounds. The green had been the site of the ancient and notorious Horn Fair, which was transferred to a field nearby until it was suppressed in 1874 on the grounds of the drunken behaviour of the revellers. The four parks of Charlton were all part of the manorial grounds held by the Maryon-Wilson family. Charlton sand pits, which were originally part of an area known as Hanging Wood, were presented to the London County Council in 1891, and one of the pits became Maryon Park. The then Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich bought Charlton House and its grounds in 1925; part of the grounds were opened in 1929 as Charlton Park, with another area opened as Hornfair Park in 1935. Maryon Wilson Park was opened in 1926, formed from the remaining part of Hanging Wood. One of the other great attractions of Charlton is the Thames Barrier, situated on the border between Charlton and Woolwich, to the north-east of Charlton Village. The area along the riverside is primarily an industrial zone, and is known as New Charlton.

Charlton's Local Locksmiths pride ourselves on the things that we believe matter when it comes to locksmithing, whether it be the routine changing of locks following a move in or move out, or an emergency locksmithing callout: