Duddo, Northumberland
Historical Description
Duddo, a small village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish formed from Norham parish, Northumberland. The township lies 3 miles SSW of Norham railway station. Post town, money order and telegraph office, Norhann. Acreage, 1886; population, 199. Grindon Rigg here was the scene of a victory by the English over the Scots in 1558, and it has some memorials of the battle, and a small Druidical circle and a barrow. The ecclesiastical parish comprises the townships of Duddo, Felkington, Shoreswood, and part of Twizel, and was constituted in 1865. Population, 604. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Newcastle; value, £243 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Newcastle. The present parish church is situated about a mile from the hamlet of Duddo, on the high road to Berwick-upon-Tweed (6j miles), and was consecrated in 1881. The old parish church is now used as a school.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Northumberland | |
Civil parish | Stannington | |
Poor Law union | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Duddo from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Duddo are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
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