The Lambton Worm (or Worme)

Area(s) Reported: Lambton Estate, County Durham, England
Date(s) Reported: Not yet set.
Young John Lambton skipped going to church one Sunday to go fishing instead, but all he caught was a sort of ugly eel; he threw the thing into a nearby well and promptly forgot all about it. Years later, local cattle started to go missing... and it turned out to be Lambton's fault!

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm

1880: https://books.google.com/books?id=gKoWAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=lambton+worm&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI5-zqgsnjAhVUPn0KHdhrBXAQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=lambton%20worm&f=false

1877: https://books.google.com/books?id=-rARAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA291&dq=lambton+worm&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9oKLQg8njAhVEHDQIHZuVAXg4ChDoAQg8MAQ#v=onepage&q=lambton%20worm&f=false

1830: https://books.google.com/books?id=XtkHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=lambton+worm&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI5-zqgsnjAhVUPn0KHdhrBXAQ6AEITTAI#v=onepage&q=lambton%20worm&f=false

1829: https://books.google.com/books?id=o5pWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA337&dq=lambton+worm&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJhYu6hMnjAhVfHDQIHRjmDgw4mAIQ6AEIRDAG#v=onepage&q=lambton%20worm&f=false

1802: https://books.google.com/books?id=_pQIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA37&dq=lambton+worm&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJhYu6hMnjAhVfHDQIHRjmDgw4mAIQ6AEITjAI#v=onepage&q=lambton%20worm&f=false

The 1830 book is the main source now used: https://community.dur.ac.uk/reed.ne/?page_id=2322

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The Lambton Worm (or Worme)