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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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 Lumleys, 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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chester le Street CP/AP/Ch Little Lumley CP/Tn County Durham AncC |
| Place names: | LITTLE LUMLEY | LUMLEY | LUMLEY LITTLE |
| Place: | Little Lumley |
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