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Although Carterton only came into existence in 1900, there may well have been earlier settlements on the site. Bronze Age flint tools found in the area and a round barrow (now levelled) between the present Brize Norton and Black Bourton Roads, suggests that there may have been an Iron Age settlement near the town centre crossroads. There are also several indications yet to be confirmed - of occupation during Roman times. |
During the Middle Ages the land was held by the Moleyns and later Hungerford families. From the Middle Ages onwards the main road through Carterton from Burford and the north towards the south coast was one of the most important in the country, taking trains of packhorses laden with Cotswold wool and cloth over Radcot Bridge and on to Southampton for export to Europe.
In the 1770s the land was acquired by the Duke of Marlborough. Rock Farm was built about 1823. It is a typical Georgian farm complex, with a yard in front and two matching threshing barns, one of which is now the Catholic Church. The pattern of the present settlement dates from 1894 when part of the estate was sold to William Arkell, who in turn sold it on to William Carter in 1900.
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