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CASTLETON, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; on the Yeovil and Salisbury railway, ¾ of a mile ENE of Sherborne. Post Town, Sherborne. Acres, 69. Real property, £581. Pop., 59. Houses, 13. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £81. Patron, G. D. W. Digby, Esq. A fair is held on the Wednesday before Holy Thursday.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Castleton Parish Sherborne Poor Law Union/Registration District Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Castleton |
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