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Colonel Square was on the east side of the southernmost part of Highgate immediately north of Blind Beck which ran alongside it.
Most if it has been demolished and replaced by the Abbot Hall Social Centre but the buildings fronting Highgate remain as 181 Highgate (Beijing House Chinese takeaway), Yard 183 Highgate now truncated but previously the entrance to Colonel's Square, 185 Highgate (currently empty) and next to Blind Beck 187 Highgate (Sizzle Inn. Parts of the Square behind remain as flats to the rear of185 and a storage area behind 181.
Built in 1759 it was named after Colonel George Wilson of Dallam Tower. It later became Abbot Hall Square and was demolished in 1947 to be replaced by the Abbot Hall Social Centre in 1963.
Curwen, 1900 p125-126
"This square croft with houses on every side was formed in the year 1759, when Colonel George Wilson rebuilt his Hall. In the Cumberland Pacquet for July 25th, 1788, John Taylor, Esq., advertises an estate in Westmorland in lots ; with lot 4, the Abbot Hall “Square between the street and Wilson’s Field, consisting of ten Dwelling Houses, a Cow House and Hay Loft at the yearly rental of £55," &c.
Blindbeck runs behind the southern houses, and on the front pavement there used to be, until 1822, steps down to the stream, where water could be got or yarn washed.
In the last shop in Highgate, No. 187, there is a good oak staircase and some plaster work of considerable note.
