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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
- 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.