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@DrJohn
Hi,
I also have a Carlton frameset that I'm currently building. You need to double check your frame number as the single letter prefix F is a 1957/1958 frame (as mine is).
Unless it is a Pro or a Giro - though these are harder to identify. If it has more than one prefix letter then it will be a later frame.
If this is the case with your then the frame is pre-Raleigh takeover. Raleigh took Carlton over in 1960 and produced bicycles in fairly limited numbers until the takeover (up to 1960 about 2500 a year, and therefore much more"exclusive"). The Carlton website is quite good but no longer maintained, and only covered Worksop Carltons and not Nottingham ones.
Photo makes identifying easier (lugwork is a major identifier to the model).
Some"collectors"can be a little snooty about Carltons, but they built fine frames and have a great competiion pedigree - Gerald O'Donovan ran Carlton and later created the Specialist Bicycle Development Unit at Raleigh - see my article on the SBDU on the classic lightweights website.
Any other help PM me.
Cheers, Roadking.