Hylton Castle, Chelmsford Road, military camp

HER Number:
13408

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton Castle, Chelmsford Road, military camp

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW NZ35NE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:
Military Base

Site Type: Specific:
Military Camp

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Oral Evidence

Description:
Woodside Infants School at Chelmsford Road, Hylton Castle was a former military camp. It had at least three Nissen huts, two wooden huts for classrooms and a brick toilet block with a concrete roof, that may also have served as an air raid shelter. The buildings appear on OS maps of 1951. Was the site connected with RAF Usworth?

Easting:
3497

Northing:
5888

Grid Reference:
NZ34975888

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Pers comm, Tom Scott, 5 October 2010