Hylton, ferry
Hylton, ferry
HER Number
446
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Hylton, ferry
Place
Hylton
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
Class
Transport
Site Type: Broad
Water Transport Site
Site Type: Specific
Ferry Crossing
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
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.
Easting
434950
Northing
556850
Grid Reference
NZ434950556850
Sources
<< 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
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