Duddo

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Duddo
Northumberland
Duddo Tower.jpg
Duddo Tower
Location
Grid reference: NT9342
Location: 55°40’37"N, 2°6’7"W
Data
Population: 210  (2011)
Post town: Berwick-upon-Tweed
Postcode: TD15
Dialling code: 01289
Local Government
Council: Northumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Website: Duddo.org.uk

Duddo is a village in Northumberland, about eight miles south-west of Berwick upon Tweed.

Sights about the village

Duddo Five Stones is a stone circle to the north of the village.[1] It is a Scheduled Monument.[2]

Duddo Tower, south of the village, was built late in the 16th century.[3] It is now a ruin and a Scheduled Monument.[4] It replaced an earlier tower built in 1496.[1]

Churches and school

The Church of England parish church of All Saints is a Gothic Revival building,[5] imitating the 'Decorated Gothic' style. It was completed in 1879.[5]

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.[1][6] It was later converted into part of the parish school,[1][6] presumably when All Saints' church was built. The school has since closed and the building is now a private house.

Outside links

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pevsner & Richmond 1957, p. 139
  2. National Heritage List 1006622: Duddo stone circle
  3. National Heritage List 1042172: Duddo Tower
  4. National Heritage List 1018443: Duddo Tower
  5. 5.0 5.1 National Heritage List 1042170: Church of All Saints
  6. 6.0 6.1 National Heritage List 1370998: St James Church and Attached School Buildings