https://legendopedia.com/en/Legends retold, with their origins and sourcesenhttps://legendopedia.com/en/legend/the-lambton-worm/https://legendopedia.com/en/legend/the-lambton-worm/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Lambton Worm is a County Durham legend about the young heir of Lambton, who fishes a strange worm out of the River Wear on a Sunday and later has to kill the monster it grows into. Because he breaks the vow made before the fight, a curse falls on nine generations of his family.