Duddo is a small village in Northumberland, located about eight miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed in an area encompassing farmland and plantations. It has in the past also gone by the name 'Dudhowe'.
‘Duddo Five Stones’, also known as ‘The Duddo Stones’, ‘The Singing Stones’ and ‘The Women’ is a Neolithic/Bronze-Age stone circle located to the north of the village, it is a Scheduled Monument. The remains of ‘Duddo Tower’, a former strong house, located on the south side of the settlement, overlook the village and was built in the late 16th century. It is now a ruin and a Scheduled Monument. It replaced an earlier tower built in 1496. Their defences reflect the hostilities with Scotland and frequent border raids at the time.
There are two former churches in Duddo, now converted for residential use, St James Church (1832), and All Saints' Church (1879). St James Church was converted into part of the parish school, since closed, presumably when All Saints' church was built.
The Church of England parish church of All Saints’ is a Gothic Revival building and replaced the earlier parish church of St James the Great, which was designed by Ignatius Bonomi in a neo-Norman style. Both former churches are Grade II listed buildings.
In the early nineteenth century Duddo consisted of 2 farms, a few cottages and a colliery. This had changed by 1855 to include 2 farms, a chapel of ease, a public-house, and a few cottages. In the first half of the nineteenth century the census returns tell us that the population did not change dramatically. In 1801 there are 231 people in Duddo and by 1851 there were 286. However, there was an eventual decline and in 1901 the population numbered 151. Nevertheless, numbers have increased and in 2011 the population stood at 210.
Duddo is also a civil parish, which covers other settlements including Duddo, Felkington, Grindon, Grindon Rigg, Tillmouth Farm, Twizel, Shellacres and Tiptoe.