Castley

 ( Villages In North Yorkshire ) 

Castley is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies on a bend in the River Wharfe about north of the centre of Leeds. The population of the civil parish was estimated at 70 in 2015. 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.

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 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 Harrogate line across the Wharfe valley, stands within the parish.

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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". 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.

Castley Hall and Manor Farmhouse			The house is in gritstone, with 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 sash window. In the basement at the rear, facing the road, are two four-light double-chamfered windows with . On the left return, semicircular steps lead to a central doorway, the windows are , and in the attic are two blocked oval windows.
Boundary stone		1767	The stone marked the boundary of Knaresborough Forest. It is a square stone with a rounded top, inscribed with the date and initials.
Wharfedale Viaduct		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 . The viaduct has with rounded noses, moulded bands and , and coped .
Milepost			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.

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See also

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Sources for listed buildings

• Peter Leach (2025). 9780300126655, Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300126655

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