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Approaching Sockburn Hall
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A pale reflection of its former glory
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Sockburn Hall
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Sockburn Hall in October sunshine
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The ruins of the pre-Norman church and Sockburn Hall
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The ruins of the pre-Norman church
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The blacketts' memorial, chapel and Sockbburn Hall
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Looking across the fields into the river mist
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The avenue of fifteen pairs of limes, probably under-appreciated by the cows
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The chapel
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The archway
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The entrance to Sockburn Hall with the Blacketts' crest
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The south side of Sockburn Hall, catching the sun
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One of the views from the second floor of Sockburn Hall
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The river Tees from one of the second floor balconies
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The Tees ford at Sockburn (the 'wath'?), still used by the farmer
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Glimpsing the Tees through one of the overgrown balconies on the second floor of Sockburn Hall
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Looking across the Tees from the second floor
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One of the servant's landings on the top floor of Sockburn Hall. The peeling paint and emptiness belie the beauty of the essentially sound structure
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One of the second floor servant's quarters rooms
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Sockburn Hall has magnificent chimneys
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Through one of the first floor wndows
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Filling the skip
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The chimneys of Sockburn Hall
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The stable yard
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The north side of Sockburn Hall
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Mixed fortunes. A door, with horse shoe, in the stable yard
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One of the interesting finds - a pewter jug with goat-horned man (Pan/Faunus?)
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The north side of Sockburn Hall, showing the chimneys
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From the steep bank of the Tees