Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lumley

Lumley, eccl. dist., Chester-le-Street par., Durham, on Lumley Beck, pop. 2341; comprises the townships and vils. of Great and Little Lumley, and contains Lumley Castle, seat of the Earl of Scarborough.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Chester le Street CP/AP/Ch       County Durham AncC
Place: Little Lumley

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