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 Duddo, a township situated ten and a half miles north-west of Woolen, the poperty (sic) of Thomas Friar, Esq., comprises an area of 1,651 acres; its rateable value is L1,554; and the tithes amount to L305. It consists of two farms, a chapel of ease, a public-house, and a few cottages. the manor of Duddo was anciently held by the Stryvelings, from whom it passed to the Claverings, and subsequently to the Greys.
Population in 1801, 231; in 1811, 201; in 1821, 285; in 1831, 356; in 1841, 276; and in 1851, 286 souls. THE CHAPEL OF EASE is a neat stone building; the Rev. _________ Walters, B.A. curate. There is also a school which is well attended, Samuel Boak, teacher.
On an eminence here called Grindon Rigg, are the remains of Duddo Tower, near to which are six stones, placed there in commemoration of a victory gained by the English over the Scots in 1558.
DIRECTORY - George Carr, Esq., Greenlaw Walls; Samuel Boak, school-master; Isabella Hogg, vict. Swan Inn; the Trustees of Alexander Laing, farmers; Oliver Walter, draper and grocer; Robert Robertson, blacksmith; and James and Robert Tully, joiners. Source: Northumberland History and Directory, 1855, Northamshire, page 932.
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