LUMLEY (GREAT), a chapelry in that part of the
parish of CHESTER-le-STREET which is in the northern
division of EASINGTON ward, county palatine of
DURHAM, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Durham, containing
1240 inhabitants, who are principally employed in the
mines, this being the centre of an immense coal district.
There are two places of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
An hospital, forming a quadrangle, was founded
in 1685, by Sir John Duck, for twelve poor women,
with a weekly allowance of one shilling each, to whom
a master reads prayers daily. The endowment is about
£40 per annum. The remains of the ancient hall have
been converted into a granary.