Tyne and Wear HER(446): Hylton, ferry - Details
446
Sunderland
Hylton, ferry
Hylton
NZ35NW
Ferry
Medieval
C14
Documentary Evidence
The earliest certain reference seems to be 1322 when the then Baron Hylton granted to his chaplain "the Passage of Bovisferry". The ferry ceased to be the responsibility of the Hylton family in c.1750, and passed to the occupant of Wood House Farm. The ferry finally closed in 1957, but ferry landings can still be seen on both sides of the river.
3495
5685
NZ34955685
<< HER 446 >> R.Surtees, 1820, History of...Durham, Vol. II, p. 39
Sunderland Echo, 1957, 3.i.1957
Hylton ferry, C188, 952/131-137 -Tyne and Wear Archive Service
S.T. Miller, 1976, The Trouble with Ferries... Durham County Local History Society, Bulletin 19, July 1976, pp. 18-27
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area