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death), when he gave the then handsome sum of ;/^io. I am 

 told the favourite and most frequent fixtures were Stainton, 

 Hilton, Acklam, Blue Bell, Hemlington, Newton, Ayton, 

 Broughton and Carlton. A big stud of hunters was kept at the 

 Manor House stables. Mr. W. H. Burnett sends the following 

 reminiscences regarding Col. Hildyard : 



" He was an austere man, one of the old army breed. He 

 had a great friend. Major Healey, who had lost an arm (we 

 boys always understood at Waterloo), and who lived in the 

 Grammar School Square. They were nearly always together. 

 Colonel Hildyard had a solitary sister who used to live with 

 him, and I suppose kept house. The Colonel built the Town 

 Hall and the shambles and the engine-house at his own expense. 

 There is a good full-length portrait of him in the Town Hall. 

 He was thought to be a stern magistrate. He was interred in 



Dr. Handysides. 

 the family vault on the north side of the Churchyard. His 

 funeral was a big function. I saw it all from a coign of 



