Duddo

Duddo

Duddo Tower
Duddo
 Duddo shown within Northumberland
Population 210 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceNT9342
Civil parishDuddo
Unitary authorityNorthumberland
Ceremonial countyNorthumberland
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Berwick-upon-Tweed
Postcode district TD15
Dialling code 01289
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK ParliamentBerwick-upon-Tweed
WebsiteDuddo Community Website
List of places
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England
Northumberland

Coordinates: 55°40′37″N 2°06′07″W / 55.677°N 2.102°W / 55.677; -2.102

Duddo is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, about 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Berwick on Tweed.


History

Duddo Five Stones is a stone circle to the north of the village.[2] It is a Scheduled Monument.[3]

Duddo Tower, south of the village, was built late in the 16th century.[4] It is now a ruin and a Scheduled Monument.[5] It replaced an earlier tower built in 1496.[2]


Churches and school

The Church of England parish church of All Saints is a Gothic Revival building.[6] It is in a Decorated Gothic style and was completed in 1879.[6]

All Saints' church replaced the earlier parish church of St James the Great, which was designed by Ignatius Bonomi in a neo-Norman style and built in 1832.[2][7] It was later converted into part of the parish school,[2][7] presumably when All Saints' church was built. The school has since closed and the building is now a private house.


References

  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pevsner & Richmond 1957, p. 139
  3. "Duddo stone circle, 800m north east of Grindonrigg". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. "Duddo Tower". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 22 December 1969. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  5. "Duddo Tower". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 22 January 1964. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Church of All Saints". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 10 March 1988. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 "St James Church and Attached School Buildings". National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. 10 March 1988. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

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