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CASTLEFORD, an urban district in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on the river Aire near its junction with the Calder, 9 m. S.E. of Leeds, on the L.N.E. and L.M.S. railways. Pop (1931) 21,781. Large glass-bottle and earthenware-jar works, chemical works, and neighbouring collieries employ the inhabitants.