WHARTON, a township in the parish of KIKBY-STEPHEN, EAST ward, county of WESTMORLAND, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Kirkby-Stephen, containing 81 inhabitants. The hall, once a large quadrangular building, with a tower at each angle, was the princely residence of Philip, the celebrated Duke of Wharton, and his ancestors, but is now occupied as a farm-house. The ancient village was demolished many years ago for the enlargement of the park, when the inhabitants settled at Wharton Dikes, on the other side of the Eden.