Duddo

{{Short description|Village in Northumberland, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use British English|date=August 2019}} {{infobox UK place |static_image_name= Duddo Tower.jpg |static_image_caption= Duddo Tower |official_name= Duddo |coordinates = {{coord|55.677|-2.102|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= NT9342 |population= 210 |population_ref= ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122839&c=TD12+4UX&d=16&e=62&g=6452895&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435661907406&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> |civil_parish= Duddo |unitary_england= [[Northumberland County Council|Northumberland]] |lieutenancy_england= [[Northumberland]] |region= North East England |country= England |constituency_westminster= [[North Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)|North Northumberland]] |post_town= [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]] |postcode_district= TD15 |postcode_area= TD |dial_code= 01289 |website= [http://www.duddo.org.uk/ Duddo Community Website] }}

'''Duddo''' is a village and [[Civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in [[Northumberland]], about {{convert|8|mi}} southwest of [[Berwick-upon-Tweed]].

==History== [[Duddo Five Stones]] is a [[stone circle]] to the north of the village.<ref name=BE139>{{harvnb|Pevsner|Richmond|1957|p=139}}</ref> It is a [[Scheduled Monument]].<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1006622 |desc=Duddo stone circle, 800m north east of Grindonrigg |date= |accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref>

[[Duddo Tower]], south of the village, was built late in the 16th century.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1042172 |desc=Duddo Tower |date=22 December 1969 |accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> It is now a ruin and a Scheduled Monument.<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1018443 |desc=Duddo Tower |date=22 January 1964 |accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> It replaced an earlier tower built in 1496.<ref name=BE139/>

==Churches and school== The [[Church of England parish church]] of [[All Saints' Day|All Saints]] is a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] building.<ref name=EH-AllSaints>{{NHLE |num= 1042170 |desc=Church of All Saints |date=10 March 1988 |accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> It is in a [[English Gothic architecture#Decorated Gothic|Decorated Gothic]] style and was completed in 1879.<ref name=EH-AllSaints/>

All Saints' church replaced the earlier parish church of [[James, son of Zebedee|St James the Great]], which was designed by [[Ignatius Bonomi]] in a neo-[[Norman architecture|Norman]] style and built in 1832.<ref name=BE139/><ref name=EH-StJames>{{NHLE |num= 1370998 |desc=St James Church and Attached School Buildings |date=10 March 1988 |accessdate=3 October 2013}}</ref> It was later converted into part of the parish school,<ref name=BE139/><ref name=EH-StJames/> presumably when All Saints' church was built. The school has since closed and the building is now a private house.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==Sources== *{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author1-link=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Richmond |first2=Ian A |author2-link=Ian Richmond |year=1957 |title=Northumberland |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |location=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |page=139 }}

==External links== {{Commons category|Duddo|position=left}}

[[Category:Villages in Northumberland]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Northumberland]]