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Great Lumley & Little Lumley: People and Places of 1879

Enjoy a glimpse of history about Great Lumley & Little Lumley in County Durham, England, UK.

The Post Office Directory of Durham and Northumberland

by Kelly and Company

Published in 1879



LUMLEY is an ecclesiastical parish comprising the townships of GREAT and LITTLE LUMLEY, formed in 1862 from the parish of Chester-le-Street. Great Lumley is 2 miles south-west from the Fence Houses station of the North Eastern railway, and 2 south-east from Chester-le-Street, in the north division of Easington ward, union of Chester-le-Street, in the county court district of Durham and archdeaconry and diocese of Durham, situated on the river Wear. Christ church, erected in 1859, and consecrated in 1861, is a stone edifice in the Geometrical Decorated style, and consists of chancel, nave and tower, and has a handsome spire. The register dates from the year 1860. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £300, in the gift of the Bishop of Durham, and held by the Rev. John Dodd, M.A. of Durham University. Here is a National school for boys and girls, towards which the Earl of Durham contributes £50 a year. There are chapels for Wesleyans. There is a charity called Smith’s, of about £60 yearly value, and an almshouse founded by Sir John Duck, bart. for twelve poor widows, who receive a small weekly sum in addition to house and coals. Extensive collieries are worked in this parish. The Earl of Scarborough, who is lord of the manor, and the Earl of Durham are the chief landowners. The soil and subsoil are clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. The acreage of both townships of Great and Little Lumley is 2,410; rateable value of Great Lumley, £5,049, and of Little Lumley, £2,416; the population in 1871 was 1,818.

LUMLEY (LITTLE) is a township in the parish of Lumley, 2 miles west from the Fence Houses station of the North Eastern railway, and about 1 1/4 east from Chester-le-Street, situated near the river Wear, and on the road from Newcastle to Durham. There is a charcoal manufactory at Lumley Forge in this township, and a corn mill at Flotters. Lumley Castle is the ancient seat of the Lumley family, now Earls of Scarborough: it is situated on an eminence on the southern bank of the river Wear, one mile from Chester-le-Street: the east front is near the brow of a deep and wooded valley of the Lumley beck: the principal entrance to the castle is on the western side, by a double flight of steps and a platform, filling the whole space between the towers: the windows command a beautiful prospect of the surrounding country: many of the rooms are spacious, and are adorned with portraits of various members of the Lumley family. The Earl of Scarborough is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil and subsoil are clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips; there is much pasture land here. The population in 1871 was 326.

POST OFFICE.—Thomas Curry, receiver. Letters from Fence Houses, which is the nearest money order office, arrive at 7.40 a.m. & are dispatched at 2.10 p.m.; no sunday delivery

National School, George Askew, master

Scarborough Earl of, Lumley castle

Chapman Ralph

Cummings William, Lumley thicks

Dodd Rev. John, M.A. [vicar], Vicarage

Robson Thomas, Lumley thicks

Scorer Robson, Park house

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Barrass Richard, blacksmith

Branson Launcelot, tailor

Bridon John, Fox & Hounds

Brown William, wheelwright

Chrystal John, farmer

Clement Thomas, tailor

Crawford John, farmer, Park house

Curry Thomas, grocer, & post office

Cuthbertson Allen, Three Horse Shoes, Breckon hill

Dickman Joseph, butcher

Dickman William, farmer

Dodds William, farm bailiff to the Earl of Durham, Moorhouse farm

Edmondson Richard, farmer

Foster William, tailor

Hall James, under agent to the Earl of Scarborough

Harland William, farmer, Pea flatts

Herron Abraham, shopkeeper & carrier

Howe Ann (Mrs.), Dog & Gun

Humphrey William, Dun Cow, & farmer, Little Lumley

Johnson Joseph, butcher

Laybourn Thomas, Bee hive, & butcher

Lee Samuel Moore, greengrocer

Lumley Coal Company

March George, wheelwright

Meek Wm. Half Moon, & blacksmith

Ord John, grocer

Pickering Thos. Robson, grocer & draper

Ramshaw Andrew, Green Tree

Smith John, shopkeeper, Lumley thicks

Snowball Robert, Alma

Tingey Henry, tobacco pipe maker

Turner Robert, Warrior’s Arms

Tyndal David, miller & farmer

Tyndal George, Wheatsheaf, & farmer

Ward & Jackson, charcoal manufacturers, Lumley forge

Wilkinson Ralph, grocer

Willis Thomas, Dun Cow

Woodhouse Thomas, Seven Stars


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Location: Great Lumley, Chester-le-Street DH3, UK

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