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Hylton Castle ( Sunderland )
Craigavon Road
Hylton Castle Estate
Sunderland
SR5 3PA
Tyne and Wear

Originally built in 1072 the original wooden building was home
to the Hilton family until Sir William Hilton, sometime within
the end of the 14th Century and within the first ten years of
the 15th Century, built the present stone castle.

The castle is now owned and protected by the English Heritage.

This ancient castle is famous for its legend of the Cauld Lad
and there are at least three stories explaining the ghostly
apparition. One was that of a young retainer who was discovered
by the young heiress’s father courting his daughter and was
subsequently killed and now walks the castle. Local historians
however believe the ghostly apparition that haunts this castle
is explained from a story dating back to 1609. Lord of Hylton
had given orders that his horse be prepared by a certain time in
order that he could make an important journey. Angered by the delay
he visited the stable and found the stable boy asleep. The furious
Lord drew his sword and decapitated Roger Skelton, the boy in question.
To hide his crime he threw the corpse into a pond and put about a story
to cover up what he had done. When the remains were finally discovered
Lord Hylton was tried and acquitted of murder. The Coroner’s report
from the Chester Ward at Hylton on the 3rd July 1609 showed that a
witness supported Robert Hylton of Hylton, describing him as a gentleman,
saying; “when he swore that whilst using a scythe during mowing he
accidentally struck Roger Skelton with the point of the scythe on his
right thigh, causing a mortal wound one inch long and two inches broad
from which the youth died within the hour.” And thus Bishop William Jameson
granted a free pardon for manslaughter on the 6th of September 1609
and the legend of the Cauld Lad was founded.

The castle itself isn’t the only area that is haunted though.
The ghostly apparition is said to also appear as a boatman on the
Hylton Ferry, where he would accept fares but would leave passengers
stranded in the centre of the river and items are often rearranged and
displaced in the kitchen. Even today visitors have claimed to hear the
unearthly cries of the ghost. One such visitor reported this; “I heard loud
bangs coming from inside and I can’t think of any logical explanation for
that, it certainly wasn’t my imagination. Perhaps The Cauld Lad was trying
to give me a fright. I heard a voice say, “go” when I was in the woods”.

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