page_title: Hartley, Cumbria
hierarchical_section_title: Hartley, Cumbria
caption_attribution_description: English: Population graph for the parish of Hartley, taken from census population data from 1881-2011
context_page_description: Hartley is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. It is about 0.5 miles east of Kirkby Stephen. The area has many old lead and copper mines that are now abandoned as well as having a large quantity of iron haematite, ironstone and ore. At the highest peak in Hartley stand nine obelisks referred to as "Nine Standards". Nobody knows the true purpose of the "Nine Standards" although some believe that they were used to create a sense of a forthcoming army to scare the enemy forces. However, it is believed more heavily that they were placed as geographical aid to help outline the borders between the two neighbouring counties, Westmorland and Yorkshire. Hartley also is home to Hartley Castle. It was originally built as a "tower house circa 1353 and extended circa 1600" and then re- developed in the 18th century. The Castle was built at the southern point of Hartley.
  In the 1870s, Hartley was described as:
  Hartley, a township in Kirkby-Stephen parish, Westmoreland; 1 mile SE of Kirkby-Stephen. Acres, 3, 350. Real property, with Winton, £4, 159. Pop., 215. Houses, 45.
caption: Population graph for the parish of Hartley, taken from census population data from 1881–2011
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