Hylton Castle is a suburb of Sunderland,

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. It is named after the nearby

Hylton Castle Hylton Castle ( ) is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally built from wood by the Hilton (later Hylton) family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in ...

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City of Sunderland suburbs Sunderland {{TyneandWear-geo-stub