Birdhopecraig

Birdhopecraig (aka Birdhope Craig) is on the western edge of Rochester village in Redesdale, Northumberland - previously considered a separate hamlet. It is located by the west banks of Sills Burn, close to it's confluence with the River Rede. Birdhopecraig is by the A68 road, about ¼mile north-west of the main part of the village of Rochester. Birdhope Craig is listed as a hamlet under Rochester township, Elsdon parish, in Whellan's 1855 directory of Northumberland. Birdhopecraig Hall, first recorded in 1584, was badly damaged by fire in August 1957. The Hall was demolished in 1963.^[1] Birdhopecraig Church dates from 1824, and the building is now a private residence. Birdhopecraig and the rest of the village are part of Rochester with Byreness Civil Parish.

Note: Birdhope (presumably a separate entity) is listed in the 1860 Northumberland Farms Index under Troughend township. The index also includes Birdhopecrag Hall (different spelling with "crag" not "craig") under Rochester township. Both under the ancient parish of Elsdon.