Illustration of the worm from More English Fairy Tales. (1894). Wikimedia Commons. The story of the Lambton Worm, at its most basic, is a dragon-slaying one: think St George.A battle-hardened hero ...

For Veronica, the figure of the Lambton Worm was part of a set of human-natural relationships that — the world over — manifested in similar serpentine forms and stories.

The Lambton Worm is a legend that takes place around the River Wear, and is one of the region’s most famous pieces of folklore. The legend tells of young John Lambton, son of a noble family in ...

Northeast favourite ‘The Legend of the Lambton Worm’ by Terry Deary has returned to print, for new generations to enjoy. Illustrated by Chloe Rodham, it features brilliant drawings which ...

According to the famous song The Lambton Worm, composed by Sunderland-born songwriter Jack Leumane in 1867: “Away he went an’ lapped his tail; Ten times round Pensher Hill. ...

The Lambton Worm is the legend of one John Lambton, who fought a giant wyrm that was terrorizing the locals in northeast England. (Bram Stoker’s 1911 novel The Lair Of The White Worm was based ...

“The Lair of the White Worm,” director Ken Russell’s 1988 bizarre horror comedy, returns to the high-definition format now entombed in metal.

Robert Surtees was a wealthy young man when he began his epic history of County Durham, an undertaking that would take him a lifetime. Long before the invention of computers, telephones ...

First published in 1981, the classic local story is about the evil Lambton Worm, who lives in the River Wear and wants to be set free to perform a wicked deed. Young John Lambton, son of Lord ...