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CASTLETON, a township and two subdistricts in Rochdale parish and district, Lancashire. The township stands on the Rochdale canal and the Manchester and Leeds railway, partly within the borough of Rochdale, partly in the south-eastern suburbs and environs. Real property, £102,077: of which £24,424 are in the canal. Pop. in 1841, 14,279; in 1861, 23,771. Houses, 4,884. The part without the borough includes the villages and hamlets of Buersill, Lowerplace, Newbold, Marland, Lower-Lane, Broad-Lane, Backlanes, Roeacre, Captainfold, Castleton-Moor, and Bluepits. There are traces of a castle, supposed to have been built before the Conquest. The subdistricts are C.-Within and C.-Without; and are jointly conterminate with the township. Pop. of C.Within, 13,971. Houses, 2,892.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Rochdale library.Cemeteries
- St Martin, Manchester Rd, Church of England
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Castleton.Church History
Church Records
- St Martin, Manchester Rd, Church of England
- St Thomas, Cavendish Rd, Church of England, Kirkholt
- Daventry Rd, Community Church, Kirkholt
- Heywood Rd, Independent
- St Gabriel and all the Angels, Milne St, Roman Catholic
- Holy Family, Mornington Rd, Roman Catholic, Kirkholt
- Heywood Rd, United Methodist Free Church
- Manchester Rd, Wesleyan Methodist
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Castleton area is Rochdale.Description and Travel
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In 1835 Castleton was a township in the parish of Rochdale.History
A description of Castleton in the 19th century.Maps
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Probate Records
For probate purposes prior to 1858, Castleton was in the Archdeaconry of Chester, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Chester are held at the Lancashire Record Office.Societies
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