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Crawford; Craster, Herbert Henry Edmund; Vickers, Kenneth Hotham; Dodds, Madeleine Hope; Hodgson, John (1893).
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on 27 May 1950, and subsequently more than 10,000 overnight stays were recorded in peak years. It remained in use until 1991, when the lease was revoked.
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310:History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club
193:This occurred in 1974â1976, and also in 1990.
121:, an archaeologist, also lived at Rock Hall.
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721:Grade II* listed buildings in Northumberland
602:"Fresh from the Farm! Nissen Hut Schoolkids"
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361:"Bosanquet, Robert Carr (BSNT890RC)"
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143:In 1948, the house was leased at a
85:, married to his sister Charlotte.
75:George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey
464:"Rock Hall Youth Hostel 1949â1991"
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224:"Rock Hall â Official List Entry"
476:from the original on 9 May 2021
378:1881 census from Family Search
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401:The Tablet, 19 December 1970
365:A Cambridge Alumni Database
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126:Helen Christian Sutherland
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304:Bosanquet, R. W. (1869).
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