Wharton,_Cumbria

Wharton, Cumbria

Wharton, Cumbria

Human settlement in England

Wharton is a civil parish near Kirkby Stephen in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, which, historically, was part of Westmorland. It has a population of 31.[1] As the population taken at the 2011 Census remained less than 100 details are included in the parish of Mallerstang.

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Wharton was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Stephen. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[2] It became part of Cumbria in 1974, and since 2016 has fallen within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The parish has a Grade 1 listed house called Wharton Hall[3] and a castle called Lammerside Castle.[4] Kirkby Stephen railway station is within the northern boundary of the parish.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Eden Retrieved 26 October 2010
  2. [2]
    Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Wharton, Westmorland. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. [3]
    Stuff, Good. "Wharton Hall, Wharton, Cumbria". Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. [4]
    Stuff, Good. "Lammerside Castle, Wharton, Cumbria". Retrieved 16 April 2017.


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