# Castleton, Dorset

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Village in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England

Castleton Sherborne Castle and Lake. Most of the land in view lies within Castleton parish. Castleton Location within Dorset Population 155 [1] OS grid reference ST648168 Civil parish Castleton Unitary authority Dorset Ceremonial county Dorset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Sherborne Postcode district DT9 Police Dorset Fire Dorset and Wiltshire Ambulance South Western UK Parliament West Dorset List of places UK England Dorset 50°57′00″N 2°28′59″W / 50.950°N 2.483°W / 50.950; -2.483

**Castleton** is a [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in the [English](/source/England) county of [Dorset](/source/Dorset). The parish virtually encircles the town of [Sherborne](/source/Sherborne), and contains within its boundary both [Sherborne Castle](/source/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 [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011) the parish had a population of 155.[1]

[Roman](/source/Roman_Britain) 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.[2]

Most of the houses in the parish, but not the church, were pulled down when the railway was built through the town.[3] Castleton shares a [grouped parish council](/source/Parish_councils_in_England), Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council, with the three village parishes of [Poyntington](/source/Poyntington), [Goathill](/source/Goathill) and [Oborne](/source/Oborne).[4]

The parish is currently in the [Dorset](/source/Dorset) County division of Sherborne Rural, and the Parliament constituency of [West Dorset](/source/West_Dorset_(UK_Parliament_constituency)).

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ONS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ONS_1-1) ["Area: Castleton (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics"](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). *Neighbourhood Statistics*. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 January 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["'Castleton', An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 1: West (1952), pp. 63-70"](http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=127204). *British History Online*. University of London & History of Parliament Trust. November 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Online Parish Clerk - Sherborne](http://www.opcdorset.org/SherborneFiles/Sherborne.htm), accessed 1 December 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council"](http://www.yeoheadpc.co.uk/). Retrieved 3 February 2015.

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