HARTLEY, a township in the parish of KIRKBYSTEPHEN,
EAST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 1 mile
(E.) from Kirkby-Stephen, containing 136 inhabitants.
Veins of lead and copper have been wrought here since
1827,but much larger quantities of the former were raised
some years ago, and coal has been obtained on Hartley
fell. Vestiges of Hartley castle, formerly a stately edifice
may still be traced on a commanding eminence, near
which is a petrifying spring, and a cascade falling sixty
feet perpendicularly.