Hylton, site of Civil War skirmish (Battle of Boldon Hills)

HER Number:
26

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Hylton, site of Civil War skirmish (Battle of Boldon Hills)

Place:
Hylton

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE NZ36SE

Class:
Defence

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Battlefield

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
On 24th March 1644 there was a second skirmish between the Scots army, encamped at Sunderland, and the Royalist forces, the first skirmish having occurred early in March. The action seems to have taken place on the high ground between Hylton, where the Royalists were based, and the sea. Terry suggests that the Scots were at Whitburn Lizards, Cleadon Hill, though he also mentions Boldon Hill. This skirmish too was inconclusive, the Royalists retiring for a second time to Durham, and the Scots eventually going south to join the Parliamentary army at Tadcaster.

Easting:
35

Northing:
59

Grid Reference:
NZ3559

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 26 >> J.W. Summers, 1830, History of Sunderland, pp. 418-419 C.S. Terry, 1899, The Scottish Campaigns in Northumberland and Durham (Jan - June) 1644, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, XXI, pp. 165-173 W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, pp. 60-61; M.M. Meikle and C.M. Newman, 2007, Sunderland and its Origins - monks to mariners, pp 128-131