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Human settlement in England

Wharton
The drive of Wharton Hall
WhartonLocation in former Eden District, CumbriaShow map of the former Eden DistrictWhartonLocation within CumbriaShow map of Cumbria
Population	31 (2001)
OS grid reference	NY7606
Civil parish	Wharton
Unitary authority	Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode district	CA17
Dialling code	01768

Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West

UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°27′22″N 2°21′32″W / 54.456°N 2.359°W / 54.456; -2.359

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

Wharton was historically a township in the ancient parish of Kirkby Stephen. It became a separate civil parish in 1866. 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 and a castle called Lammerside Castle. Kirkby Stephen railway station is within the northern boundary of the parish.

References

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

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Wharton (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/thelakes/html/lgaz/lk12422.htm
http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/cumbria/wharton

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