Penshaw Monument lies across the River Wear to the south of Washington and is within the City of Sunderland. It is an imposing reminder of the Lambton family. A Victorian copy of the ancient temple of Theseum in Athens, it is in fact half its size and can be seen clearly from parts of west Durham, Tynemouth, North Tyneside and as far south as the Stang Forest in Teesdale.
The medieval hero of the Worm Hill legend was a certain young man called John Lambton (said to be John Lambton, a knight of Rhodes in the 1400s) who on a particularly chilly Sunday morning decided to go fishing in the River Wear rather than attend the local church. His truancy was rather a waste of time, as he did not have a very successful morning’s sport.
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