Castleton, Dorset

{{Short description|Village in Dorset, England}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox UK place |static_image_name= Sherborne Castle and Lake - geograph.org.uk - 93207.jpg |static_image_caption= Sherborne Castle and Lake. Most of the land in view lies within Castleton parish. |official_name= Castleton |country= England |region= South West England |os_grid_reference= ST648168 |coordinates = {{coord|50.950|-2.483|display=inline,title}} |population= 155 |population_ref= <ref name=ONS>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121703&c=Castleton&d=16&e=62&g=6418547&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1389906951472&enc=1|title=Area: Castleton (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|accessdate=16 January 2014|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}</ref> |civil_parish= Castleton |unitary_england= [[Dorset Council (UK)|Dorset]] |lieutenancy_england = [[Dorset]] |constituency_westminster= [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]] |post_town= Sherborne |postcode_district= DT9 |postcode_area= DT |dial_code= |website= }}

'''Castleton''' is a [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Dorset]]. The parish virtually encircles the town of [[Sherborne]], and contains within its boundary both [[Sherborne Castle]] and Sherborne Old Castle. These and other buildings within the parish are today generally regarded as comprising part of Sherborne. The parish includes the hamlets of '''Wyke''', '''Silverlake''', '''Over Coombe''', '''Higher Clatcombe''', '''Dodds Cross''', and '''Pinford'''. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] the parish had a population of 155.<ref name=ONS/>

[[Roman Britain|Roman]] remains have been found at two sites in the parish: at Pinford Lane, in the east, and near Sandford Lane, in the north. The Pinford Lane site revealed the remains of buildings, an oven or kiln, coins, pottery, brooches and beads. The Sandford Lane site revealed more remains of buildings, coins and one brooch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=127204|title='Castleton', An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1: West (1952), pp. 63-70|work=British History Online|publisher=University of London & History of Parliament Trust|date=November 2013|accessdate=7 June 2014}}</ref>

Most of the houses in the parish, but not the church, were pulled down when the railway was built through the town.<ref>[http://www.opcdorset.org/SherborneFiles/Sherborne.htm Online Parish Clerk - Sherborne], accessed 1 December 2011</ref> Castleton shares a [[Parish councils in England|grouped parish council]], Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of [[Poyntington]], [[Goathill]] and [[Oborne]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yeoheadpc.co.uk/ |title=Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council|accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref>

The parish is currently in the [[Dorset]] County division of Sherborne Rural, and the Parliament constituency of [[West Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)|West Dorset]].

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[[Category:Villages in Dorset]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Dorset]] [[Category:Sherborne]]