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"CASTLETON (ST. MARY MAGDALENE), a parish, in the union and hundred of SHERBORNE, Sherborne division of the county of DORSET, 1 mile (E. N. E.) from Sherborne; containing 113 inhabitants. It comprises 50 acres, chiefly pasture, and lies contiguous to the park and residence of Earl Digby, lord lieutenant of the county. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £81; patron, Earl Digby." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Castleton (St. Mary Magdalen) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Castleton:
Baptisms: 1715-1992 Marriages: 1716-1970 Burials: 1715-1992 (DHC Ref: PE/CAS formerly part of Oborne)
- A description of Castleton from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"CASTLETON, a parish in the hundred of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset. It is an extensive village, or suburb, adjoining the eastern part of the town of Sherborne, its post town. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Salisbury, value £81, in the patronage of G. D. W. Digby, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. The parochial charities produce about £8 a year. This place derives its name from an ancient castellated residence of the bishops of Sherborne, which was dismantled in the civil wars of Charles I., and is now in ruins."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Castleton to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Sherborne pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST648167 (Lat/Lon: 50.948652, -2.502448), Castleton which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.