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Lily of Lumley

Lily still walks.

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Lily of Lumley

A hotel ghost.

Private, don't visit

What's there
Medieval castle hotel
Legend from
Chester-le-Street
Tone
Eerie
GhostsCastles

Before you go

Private hotel; guests and diners only. Check before you go.

  • Lumley Castle
  • Near A167
  • The pin marks the spot.

Down the well.

Lily, said to be the wife of Sir Ralph Lumley, is said to have been thrown down a well in the grounds for rejecting the Catholic faith. Her ghost is said to haunt the castle, now a hotel. Records name Ralph's actual wife as Eleanor Neville.

Sources

  1. Lumley Castle, Wikipedia —
  2. Lumley Castle, Co-Curate —
  3. Lumley Castle ghost, Northern Echo —

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