Duddington

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Duddington
Northamptonshire
Duddington village - geograph.org.uk - 1470662.jpg
Duddington Village
Location
Grid reference: SK988011
Location: 52°35’46"N, 0°32’24"W
Data
Population: 281  (2011[1])
Post town: Stamford
Postcode: PE9
Dialling code: 01780
Local Government
Council: North Northamptonshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Corby
19th century plaque on the bridge, marking the boundary with Tixover

Duddington is a small picturesque village and ancient parish in Northamptonshire, adjacent to the border with Rutland. It is by the junction of the A47 and A43 roads, six miles south-west of the town of Stamford, Lincolnshire. The village is on the east bank of the River Welland which forms the county border with Rutland.

The civil parishes of Duddington and Fineshade were amalgamated in 1988.[2][3]

History

Duddington appears in the Domesday survey as Dodintone.[4]

The Church

The church, a Grade-II Listed Building, is dedicated to Saint Mary and is made of stone in the Norman and Early English styles.[5][6] It was built in the late 12th century, with additions in the next two centuries. The chancel was rebuilt and the church restored in 1844.[7]

The Manor House

The Manor House is a Grade II Listed Building, and has belonged to the Jackson family since it was built. The datestone says NI1633, (NI taken to be to Nicholas Jackson), and extended during the 18th & 19th Centuries. The building is of Squared coursed limestone with ashlar dressings and a Collyweston slate roof.[8]

The Mill

Duddington Mill

A mill is mentioned in the Domesday record for Dodingtone, but the present building is probably 17th century with later additions. It has datestones for 1664, 1724 and 1793 reflecting different phases of work on the building. The mill has been used as offices since the 20th century.[9]

The mill featured in the wartime series of paintings Recording Britain, painted by S.R. Badmin in 1940. This watercolour is now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.[10]

The flow of the Welland is held back by a Weir and a mill-leet provided to feed the (now empty) wheel chamber of the mill.

Bridge

A limestone ashlar bridge with four arches, dating from the fifteenth century but widened in 1919. The bridge crosses the Welland, which forms parish and county boundaries.[11]

Community

The 2011 census recorded 281 persons in the civil parish (Duddington and Fineshade) in 119 households.[1]

The ecclesiastical parish of Duddington is part of the Deanery of Rutland. The incumbent at St Mary's church is The Revd Geoff Angell.[12]

The village pub is the Royal Oak

The village is served by the 404 bus route Stamford-Peterborough[13] and the 47 between Peterborough and Oakham.[14] These are school-time services only.

A swollen River Welland passing beneath the old bridge in Duddington

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Duddington with Fineshade". Lead key figures (2011 census). Office for national statistics. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122838&c=duddington&d=16&e=62&g=6451096&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1369476381767&enc=1. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  2. "Duddington". East-Northants Online. East Northamptonshire Council. 2002–2006. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100430164648/http://www.east-northantsonline.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=571. Retrieved 15 April 2011. 
  3. "Duddington and Fineshade". Parish council details. East Northamptonshire council. http://www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.aspx?documentID=1466. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  4. "Dodintone". Domesday survey. Domesday map. http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SK9800/duddington/. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  5. National Heritage List 1040104: St Mary's Church (Grade II* listing)
  6. "Church of St Mary, Duddington With Fineshade". British Listed Buildings. British Listed Buildings Online. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-232955-church-of-st-mary-duddington-with-finesh. Retrieved 15 April 2011. 
  7. Historic England. "St Mary's church (1342219)". PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1342219. Retrieved 1 May 2011 
  8. National Heritage List 1040107: Manor House (Grade II listing)
  9. National Heritage List 1040112: Duddington Mill
  10. Stanley Roy Badmin (1940). "The Mill, Duddington". Recording Britain. Victoria and Albert Museum. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O596558/the-mill-duddington-recording-britain-watercolour-badmin/. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  11. National Heritage List 1040110: Duddington Bridge (Grade II listing)
  12. "Ecclesiastical parish". Diocese of Peterborough. http://www.peterborough-diocese.org.uk/find-a-church/find-a-church/church-details/51402. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  13. "Routes 401-404". Peterborough council. http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/pdf/timetable-LL401-404.pdf. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 
  14. "Service 47". Rutland council. http://www.rutland.gov.uk/pdf/47%20Timetable.pdf. Retrieved 25 May 2013. 

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