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Birdhopecraig Hall


Birdhopecraig Hall (aka Burdhopecrag, Bidhope Craig) was located about 1 mile north-west of the village of Rochester in Redesdale, Northumberland. The Hall was first recorded in 1584,[1] but was rebuilt in c.1850 as a shooting lodge for the Earl of Redesdale.[2] The Birdhopecraig Estsate covered 26,000 acres, extending up to the Scottish border. In 1911, the hall and nearly 3,000 acres of the estate were sold to the War Office, to form the Redesdale Camp army training area. From the 1930s, the Hall was used as the army's administrative centre for the Camp. The hall was badly damaged by a fire in August 1957 and the remaining ruins of the Hall were demolished in 1964. The lodge for the hall, dating from the mid-19th century, still stands by the A68 road to the site of the Hall.

The former lodge to Birdhopecraig Hall, A68.

Birdhopecraig Redesdale Camp Demolished
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Burdhopecrag Hall (Rochester and Byrness)
- Burdhopecrag Hall is first recorded in 1584 and appears in several documents in the 17th and 18th centuries. A history of the hall was written in the early 19th century. …
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Redesdale Landscapes through Time - Landscape Area 1
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Redesdale Camp
- Overview Map Redesdale Camp was an army training area to the north-west of Rochester in upper Redesdale, established in 1911 and now part of the larger Otterburn Training Area. The …

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