Castleton, a village and a township partly within and partly beyond the borough of Rochdale, Lancashire. The township stands on the Rochdale Canal, and has a junction station on the L. & Y.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Manchester. Acreage, 3812; population, 38,509 including 31,745 in the county borough of Rochdale. The township was extended to include parts of Hopwood and Thornham, and is governed by a local board of twelve members. Castleton Moor, Marland, and Trub Smithy are also in the township. There are Roman Catholic, Congregational, Wesleyan and Free Methodist chapels. There are traces of a Roman road through the township. Castleton Hall, built about 1688, is now a home for members of the Wesleyan body.
