St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool
The nave consists of six bays on each side, excluding those actually under the tower. Those on the north side are plain and similar, whilst on the south side the style is more ornate: all the arches are of differing size, and the piers are different from each other. The architect has achieved unity through variety.
To the right of the choir is the pilgrim chapel of St.Nicholas, the Patron Saint of sailors and children. This was formerly a chantry chapel, and traces of the priest's door and the remains of a piscina can be seen.
On the east wall of
the pilgrim chapel, in an oak case, is the headstone of a Saxon nun, Hildithryth...
..and the Elizabethan brass (Jane Bell) shown above is to be found in the east corner of the north aisle, near the organ.
