Duddo

Duddo

Duddo Tower
Duddo
Duddo shown within Northumberland
Population 210 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference NT9342
Civil parish
  • Duddo
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United 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 Parliament
Website Duddo Community Website

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. ↑ Historic England. "Duddo stone circle, 800m north east of Grindonrigg (1006622)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Historic England (22 December 1969). "Duddo Tower (1042172)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Historic England (22 January 1964). "Duddo Tower (1018443)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  6. 1 2 Historic England (10 March 1988). "Church of All Saints (1042170)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  7. 1 2 Historic England (10 March 1988). "St James Church and Attached School Buildings (1370998)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

Sources

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; Richmond, Ian A (1957). Northumberland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 139.
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