Little Lumley, Durham

Historical Description

Lumley, Little, a township in Lumley ecclesiastical parish, Durham, contiguous on the N to Great Lumley, 1½ mile E of Chester-le-Street station on the N.E.R., and 2 miles from Fence Houses. Post office, Great Lumley; money order and telegraph office, Fence Houses. Acreage, 875, of which 23 are water; population, 557. Lumley Castle is the seat of the Earl of Scarbrough; was founded in the time of Edward I. by the Lumleys, descendants of Lyulph the Saxon, and ancestors of the Earl of Scarbrough; was extended in the time of Richard II. by Sir Ralph Lumley; has since been partly rebuilt and modernized; stands on a gentle elevation, with a lawn sloping to the river Wear; forms a quadrangular pile of yellow freestone, flanked by octagonal towers; measures 196 feet along the S front, and 84 feet by 75 in the inner court; contains a good collection of family portraits; is approached through a bold and stately gateway, and commands a varied and very extensive view.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Little Lumley from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Lumley, Little)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for County Durham is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers covering county Durham online:

• Hartlepool Mail
• Northern Echo
• Durham County Advertiser
• Teesdale Mercury