Hylton Chapel
Hylton Chapel
HER Number
13
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hylton Chapel
Place
Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NE
Class
Religious Ritual and Funerary
Site Type: Broad
Place of Worship
Site Type: Specific
Chantry Chapel
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Ruined Building
Description
The earliest known reference is 1157, when Romanus of Hylton obtained permission to appoint a chaplain for his chapel. The Hyltons were later allowed to bury there, leading to the foundation of chantries, and there were 3 chantry priests by 1370. The last recorded chaplain was 1536. Thereafter there were only occasional attempts to keep it in repair. Roofless, the chapel now consists of a chancel, rebuilt in the early 15th century and subsequently altered by the insertion of some windows, the blocking of others, external refacing and, in the mid/late 16th century by the addition of two double-storey "transepts". The chapel once had a nave, which was perhaps added at the same time as the "transepts", but demolished in the 18th century when the chancel arch was blocked except for a new door and window. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT AND LISTED GRADE 1.
Easting
435840
Northing
558820
Grid Reference
NZ435840558820
Sources
<< HER 13 >> R. Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, pp. 20, 26, 37
E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, A Historical...View...of Durham, Vol. II, pp. 332-4 (grangerised version, acc. no. 94126)
W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1876, The Architectural History of the...Tower or Castle of Hilton, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, VII, pp. 151-3
J.R. Boyle, 1892, Durham: Its Castles, Churches etc. pp. 550-552
Illustration Newcastle Library Local Studies - misc. Hylton Castle and Chapel vertical file
Rev. E.J. Taylor, 1921, Hilton Castle, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, IX (for 1919-20), p. 50
H. Thompson, 1923, Hilton Castle, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, X (for 1921-22), pp. 336-8
C.H.H. Blair, 1925, Newcastle upon Tyne Records Committee, Durham Monuments Vol. V, pp. 148-9
B.M. Morley, 1979, Hylton Castle, Dept. of Environment, Official handbooks
N. Pevsner & Rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England pp. 472-3
W. Fordyce, 1857, History of Durham, Vol. II, pp. 546-7
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1889 Hylton Castle, 2, III (for 1887-8), pp. 182-3
H.L. Honeyman, 1929, Hilton castle, County Durham Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, III, pp. 235-6
T. Nicholson, 1960, Hylton Castle, Co. Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland Vol. XXII, pp. 21-23
E. Mackenzie & M. Ross, 1834, A Historical...View...of Durham, Vol. II, pp. 332-4 (grangerised version, acc. no. 94126)
W.H.D. Longstaffe, 1876, The Architectural History of the...Tower or Castle of Hilton, Archaeologia Aeliana, 2, VII, pp. 151-3
J.R. Boyle, 1892, Durham: Its Castles, Churches etc. pp. 550-552
Illustration Newcastle Library Local Studies - misc. Hylton Castle and Chapel vertical file
Rev. E.J. Taylor, 1921, Hilton Castle, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, IX (for 1919-20), p. 50
H. Thompson, 1923, Hilton Castle, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 3, X (for 1921-22), pp. 336-8
C.H.H. Blair, 1925, Newcastle upon Tyne Records Committee, Durham Monuments Vol. V, pp. 148-9
B.M. Morley, 1979, Hylton Castle, Dept. of Environment, Official handbooks
N. Pevsner & Rev. E. Williamson, 1983, County Durham, Buildings of England pp. 472-3
W. Fordyce, 1857, History of Durham, Vol. II, pp. 546-7
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1889 Hylton Castle, 2, III (for 1887-8), pp. 182-3
H.L. Honeyman, 1929, Hilton castle, County Durham Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 4, III, pp. 235-6
T. Nicholson, 1960, Hylton Castle, Co. Durham, Antiquities of Sunderland Vol. XXII, pp. 21-23