Wharton is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

near Kirkby Stephen in

Westmorland and Furness Westmorland and Furness is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the Royal Port of Barrow, Royal ...

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, England. It was historically part of

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. 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 Mallerstang is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the extreme east of Cumbria, and, geographically, a wikt:dale, dale at the head of the upper River Eden, Cumbria, Eden Valley. Originally part of Westmorland, it lies about south of t ...

. Wharton was historically a

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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

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. 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.

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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 Civil parishes in Cumbria Westmorland and Furness {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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