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...and Landscape Curiosities

NETHER SILTON, North Riding

Cryptic Stone                                                        SE 456 922                      

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In 1765, Squire Hicks erected a 7 feet high stone with a cryptic inscription which may have referred to his former house. Each letter being the initial letter of a word. The mnemonic could read:

  Here The Grand Old Manor House Stood
  The Black Beams Were Oak, The Walls Were Good
  The Walls At The East Wing Are Hidden Here
  A Thatched Cottage Like A Barn Was Here Erected        Year
  Anno Domini 1765 
 

  A Wide Arch Spans A Yard And Alcove


Silton Hall Tower                                               SE 454 9

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In 1838, Colonel Hicks made additions to Silton Hall including an octagonal tower with Gothic windows. Hicks was in the Light Dragoons and fought at the battle of Waterloo.

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