Wharton

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 I listed house called Wharton Hall and a castle called Lammerside Castle. Kirkby Stephen railway station is within the northern boundary of the parish.