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Overgrown ruins of Langley Hall, near Langley Park, County Durham. A fortified farmhouse, built by Lord Scrope, by the C18 it was owned Ralph Lambton, ancestor of the Earls of Durham
By the C19 the hall was already derelict but the land about was used as a hunting estate by the Lambtons, who were coal owners with aristocratic pretensions
The Earls of Durham invited members of the Royal Family to join shooting parties at Langley. The Prince of Wales visited in 1897. Source: Shields Daily Gazette, 24 August 1897
The Duke of York was there in 1899. Source: Shields Daily Gazette, 17 June 1899
King George V joined a shooting party there in 1913. Source: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 19 November 1913
The North Durham Hunt, which the Lambtons controlled, used the surrounding area for hunting with hounds. This report is from The Field, 21 February 1905
The report in The Field mentions Charlaw Fell. The view from Charlaw Fell today, looking north through the valley of the River Team with Tyneside just visible on the horizon
'Run to Ground' painting of the North Durham Hunt by John Charlton (1849-1917)
