Wharton, Cumbria

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Wharton
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The drive of Wharton Hall
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Wharton
Location in former Eden District, Cumbria
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Wharton
Location within Cumbria
Population31 (2001)
OS grid reference NY7606
Civil parish
  • Wharton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode district CA17
Dialling code 01768
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54°27′22″N2°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. [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.

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References

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


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