Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Lambton Worm is a legend from County Durham in North-East England in the United Kingdom. The story takes place around the River Wear, and is one of the area's pieces of folklore, having been adapted from written and oral tradition into pantomime and song formats.
The story was made into a song (Roud #2337), written in 1867 by C. M. Leumane, which passed into oral tradition and has several slightly different variants. It features several words only found in Northumbrian dialect.
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Images: The Mitford Family.
The Lambton Worm. Cigarette card from the Churchman Legends of Britain series.
'Richard I at the Battle of Ascolan' by Abraham Cooper.
Painting of Minhocão a Brazilian mythical creature.
Images 4 and 5 are AI generated images from the channel 'Sir Talkalot Doolittle' from his video about the Lambton Worm.
Sculpture of the Lambton Worm at Hylton Castle, Sunderland.
The Lambton Worm is a legend from County Durham in North-East England in the United Kingdom. The story takes place around the River Wear, and is one of the area's pieces of folklore, having been adapted from written and oral tradition into pantomime and song formats.
The story was made into a song (Roud #2337), written in 1867 by C. M. Leumane, which passed into oral tradition and has several slightly different variants. It features several words only found in Northumbrian dialect.
Performed by
Images: The Mitford Family.
The Lambton Worm. Cigarette card from the Churchman Legends of Britain series.
'Richard I at the Battle of Ascolan' by Abraham Cooper.
Painting of Minhocão a Brazilian mythical creature.
Images 4 and 5 are AI generated images from the channel 'Sir Talkalot Doolittle' from his video about the Lambton Worm.
Sculpture of the Lambton Worm at Hylton Castle, Sunderland.
