Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Lumley like this:
LUMLEY (LITTLE), a township in Chester-le-Street parish, Durham; contiguous on the N to Great Lumley, and 1½ mile E of Chester-le-Street. Pop. in 1851,337; in 1861,373. Houses, 75. Lumley Castle here is the seat of the Earl of Scarborough; was founded, in the time of Edward I., by the L ...
umleys, descendants of Lyulph the Saxon, and ancestors of the Earl of Scarborough; 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.
Little Lumley is now part of COUNTY DURHAM Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how COUNTY DURHAM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Little Lumley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Lumley in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4266
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Little Lumley".
