Hylton Castle, Chelmsford Road, military camp

HER Number

13408

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Hylton Castle, Chelmsford Road, military camp

Place

Hylton

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Defence

Site Type: Broad

Military Camp

Site Type: Specific

Military Camp

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

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

434970

Northing

558880

Grid Reference

NZ434970558880

Sources

Pers comm, Tom Scott, 5 October 2010