Lumley Castle is a 14th century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near to the city of Durham and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough. A quadrangular castle is a type of Castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central Courtyard Chester-le-Street is the main town in the Chester-le-Street district of County Durham, England. Northern England, The North, The North of England or (less commonly The North Country refers to the parts of England north of an ill-defined line England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Durham (ˈdʌrəm in RP, locally ˈdʏrəm is a small city and main settlement of the City of Durham district of County Durham, England Earl of Scarbrough is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1692 for Richard Lumley 2nd Viscount Lumley. It is a Grade I listed building. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance [1]
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History
It is named for its original creator, Sir Ralph Lumley, who converted his family manor house into a castle in 1389 after returning from wars in Scotland. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. However, after being implicated in a plot to overthrow Henry IV he was imprisoned and ultimately executed, forfeiting his lands to the Earl of Somerset. Henry IV (3 April 1367 &ndash 20 March 1413 was King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399&ndash1413 The Duke of Somerset is a title in the peerage of England that has been created several times In 1421 the ownership of the Castle reverted to Sir Ralph Lumley's grandson, Thomas.
By the nineteenth century, the castle had become the residence of the Bishop of Durham, after Bishop Van Mildert gave his residence of Durham Castle to the newly founded University of Durham. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar See also List of Bishops of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican Bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in William Van Mildert (1765&ndash1836 was the last Prince-Bishop of Durham (1826&ndash1836 and one of the founders of the University of Durham. Durham Castle is a Norman Castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been wholly occupied since 1840 by University College Durham Durham University is a University in Durham, England. It was founded as the University of Durham (which remains its official and legal name
Lumley Run
Later, the castle became a hall of residence for University College, Durham. Dormitory typically refers in the United States to residence halls which are sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for University College, commonly known as Castle, is a college of the University of Durham in England Castlemen, as the students of University College, Durham were known, spent their first year at Lumley Castle and subsequent years in the Castle at Durham. Undergraduates housed at Lumley Castle had an eight mile journey to reach the University each morning, and more relevant to this discussion, there was the eight miles back in the evening. At the time there were twenty-three pubs along the route, passing among some coal mines of which there is no trace whatsoever today, and the villages that adjoined them. It became a matter of "honour" for some to consume a pint of beer at each of these establishments. So came into being the legendary Lumley Run. In those days almost nobody had a car. You could walk, you could run, or you could ride the bus, but to complete the "run" you had to drink. Needless to say, it was very rare that the Lumley Run was successfully completed by anyone. Most students were able to complete a "half Lumley" which was more realistic.
The “Lumley Run” was inaugurated in 1956/7 by David Wilkinson, a classics scholar from Bradford Grammar School, and Terence Maddern, a geography student from Greenford Grammar School in Middlesex. The run was started at exactly seven o’clock in the evening in the Black Horse public house in Chester-le-Street with a pint of beer and was continued, using the local buses, into Durham City getting off to drink a half pint in each pub along the route. There was, of course, an umpire to ensure that all the requisite glasses of beer were fully consumed. The location of the pubs meant that sometimes two or three could be visited in one stop before re-boarding the next bus to continue along the route. It was as much a feat of logistics as drinking to ensure that the time taken to drink the beer matched the bus timetable. From the outskirts of Durham City, one continued on foot via the remaining pubs along the main street to the Castle side of Framwellgate Bridge and thence up the steep path alongside the River Wear to Palace Green where one finished the Run in the University College Bar with a final pint before the Cathedral clock struck ten, which was the bar closing time. Dave Wilkinson and Terry Maddern successfully completed the Run at the first attempt and also did it later in the opposite direction. They came up with a tie with a motif of interlinked tankards with crenellated tops to represent both the head on the beer and the Lumley Castle to Durham Castle nature of the feat. The Run was subsequently completed by several fellow Castlemen in one direction or the other.
Hauntings
As with any historic location, Lumley Castle has its resident ghost. Lady Lily Lumley, the wife of Sir Ralph is said to walk the corridors of her former home where she was murdered by local priests and her body dumped in the well, which you can still see today.
In 2005, the touring Australian cricket team was said to have been haunted during their stay at Lumley Castle. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. Shane Watson got so spooked that he slept on the floor of teammate Brett Lee's room. Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981 in Ipswich Queensland) is an Australian Cricketer He debuted for the Australian cricket team in 2002 playing Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian Cricketer Style Lee is an express bowler Even the Australia media officer Belinda Dennett said: "Several of the players were uneasy although a lot of them in the morning said they were fine. "
Australia are not the only cricket team to be spooked by the spectre. In 2000, three members of the West Indian cricket team, including captain Jimmy Adams, checked out of the same hotel because they were scared. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing For the article on the racing driver Jimmy Adams see Jimmy Adams (driver. These days the medieval atmosphere is enhanced by the staff dressing in period costume.
Today
In 1976, management of the castle was handed over to No Ordinary Hotels (although the property is still in the possession of Lord Scarbrough), who had the castle turned into the 59-bedroomed hotel it is today. It is also a picturesque backdrop for Durham County Cricket Club's Riverside Ground, which was first used in 1995. Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of The Riverside County Cricket Ground is a Cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England.
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