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Castley

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

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File:River Wharfe, Castley.jpg at Castley]]

Castley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on a bend in the River Wharfe about {{convert|10|mi}} north of the centre of Leeds.{{cite web |title=Castley |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/castley-harrogate |website=getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2022}} The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2015.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2015|url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|accessdate=24 August 2017|archive-date=4 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604015709/https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/sites/default/files/fileroot/About%20the%20council/North%20Yorkshire%20statistics/Parish_mid-year_population_estimates_2015.pdf|url-status=dead}} In the 2011 census the population of the parish was included with the parishes of Stainburn and Lindley and not counted separately. The village appears in the Domesday Book as Castleai, a combination of castel, and lēah, meaning the clearing near the fort.{{cite web |title=Castley {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE2645/castley/ |website=opendomesday.org |access-date=26 June 2022}}{{cite web |title=Castley :: Survey of English Place-Names |url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/id/5328827bb47fc40c810061b9 |website=epns.nottingham.ac.uk |access-date=26 June 2022}}

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.{{Cite web |title=History of Castley, in Harrogate and West Riding |url=https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11981 |access-date=15 April 2025 |website=A Vision of Britain}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

The greater part of the Arthington Viaduct, which carries the Leeds to Harrogate railway line across the Wharfe valley, stands within the parish.{{NHLE|desc=Wharfedale Viaduct |num=1150036 |grade=II|access-date=26 June 2022 }}

Listed buildings

Castley contains four listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".{{sfn|Historic England|ps=none}} The parish contains the village of Castley and the surrounding countryside, and the listed buildings consist of a house, a boundary stone, a railway viaduct and a milepost.

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Castley Hall and Manor Farmhouse
{{coord|53.90804
1.59460|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Boundary stone}}

|File:Castley Hall, Castley - geograph.org.uk - 380331.jpg

|align="center"|{{sort|1700|{{circa|1700}}}}

|The house is in gritstone, with chamfered quoins, a floor band, an eaves cornice, and a stone slate roof with stone coping and shaped kneelers. There are two storeys, a basement and attics, and five bays. The doorway has an eared architrave, a fanlight, and a broken segmental pediment, and most of the windows are sashes. In the basement at the rear, facing the road, are two four-light double-chamfered mullioned windows with hood moulds. On the left return, semicircular steps lead to a central doorway, the windows are cross windows, and in the attic are two blocked oval windows.{{sfnp|Leach|Pevsner|2009|p=225|ps=none}}{{sfnp|Historic England|1295820|ps=none}}

Boundary stone
{{coord|53.90990
1.60264|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Boundary stone}}

|File:Old Boundary Marker south of Ings Farm, Castley parish (geograph 6055883).jpg

|align="center"|1767

|The stone marked the boundary of Knaresborough Forest. It is a square stone with a rounded top, inscribed with the date and initials.{{sfnp|Historic England|1268304|ps=none}}

|Wharfedale Viaduct
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1.60079|type:landmark|name=Wharfedale Viaduct}}

|File:Arthington Viaduct.jpg

|align="center"|1849

|The viaduct was built to carry the Leeds to Thirsk Railway over the River Wharfe. It is in sandstone, it has a curved line, and there are 21 semicircular arches with rusticated stepped voussoirs. The viaduct has cutwaters with rounded noses, moulded bands and string courses, and coped parapets.{{sfnp|Leach|Pevsner|2009|p=225|ps=none}}{{sfnp|Historic England|1150036|ps=none}}

Milepost
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1.59974|region:GB_type:landmark|name=Milepost}}

|File:Milestone- In Place (geograph 6126504).jpg

|align="center"|{{sort|1850|19th century}}

|The milepost on the south side of Harrogate Road (A658 road) is in gritstone with a cast iron front. It has a triangular plan and a rounded head. On the head is inscribed "DUDLEYHILL", "KILLINGHALL" and "HARROGATE ROAD", on the left side is the distance to Bradford, and on the right side the distance to Harrogate.{{sfnp|Historic England|1295813|ps=none}}

See also

{{portal|Yorkshire}}

References

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=Sources for listed buildings=

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  • {{NHLE |num= 1295820|desc= Castley Hall Manor Farmhouse, Castley|access-date= 24 May 2024|mode=cs2}}
  • {{NHLE |num= 1268304|desc= Boundary Stone at NGR 262 461, Castley|access-date= 24 May 2024|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}
  • {{NHLE |num= 1150036|desc= Wharfedale Viaduct, Castley|access-date= 24 May 2024|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}
  • {{NHLE |num= 1295813|desc= Milepost approximately 120 metres east of Riffa House, Castley|access-date= 24 May 2024|mode=cs2|fewer-links=yes}}
  • {{Citation | author = Historic England | title = Listed Buildings | url = http://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/what-is-designation/listed-buildings/ |access-date= 24 May 2024}}
  • {{cite book| last =Leach| first =Peter| last2 = Pevsner | first2 = Nikolaus | author2-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North| publisher =Yale University Press | year =2009 | location =New Haven and London |isbn =978-0-300-12665-5}}

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External links

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Category:Villages in North Yorkshire

Category:Civil parishes in North Yorkshire