Widdrington Village

• Comment: Everything in this draft was copied from Widdrington Station and Stobswood. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:20, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

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This article is about the place in England. For information on people with the name Widdrington, see Widdrington (name).

The Twelve Apostles are a row of Limes Trees which mark the approach to the low green mound which was once the site of Widdrington Castle.

Widdrington is a village and civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England.

Widdrington Inn

Early history

The area was the seat of the Widdrington family. In 1642, William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington raised forces in support of Charles I, who elevated him to Baron Widdrington. After the defeat of the Royalist forces in the North, he fled and his estates were confiscated by parliament. He returned in support of Charles II, but was slain at the Battle of Wigan Lane. William Widdrington, 4th Baron Widdrington was convicted of high treason for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, his title forfeited, and his estates broken up and sold. The medieval tower house, Widdrington Castle, fell into ruin, finally being demolished in 1862.

Landmarks

The parish church is Grade I listed and dates to the Norman era commanded by elevated ruins of a modest 18th-century castle, Widdrington Castle, a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Holy Trinity Church

Much of the core dates to the 12th century, the vestry has re-set medieval door to the north with a pointed chamfered arch, and 13th century cross slab as a lintel.

Inside are a two-bay north arcade that has pointed double-chamfered arches, hooded towards nave, on a round pier; a moulded capital pillar with a square abacus: a three-bay arcade on south with octagonal piers. Chancel arch and arch dividing south aisle from chapel also spring from the eastern pier. There is a cut-back stoup by one door and a hollow-chamfered font in the south chapel. The chancel has a Victorian arch to its organ chamber and a moulded sill string on east, stepped down at south end. Sill of south window lowered to form sedilia with integral shelf and pillar piscina, with a trefoiled hollow-chamfered arch, shelf and lockers. Two tomb recesses on north have keeled mouldings and moulded hoods: the eastern has a pointed arch with Widdrington arms at the apex, the western has a lower segmental arch and a small cross slab set into its sill.

The impropriation of tithes before commutation belonged to the Mercers' Company and the incumbent priest of Hampstead. The chapel had parochial limits as early as 1307 and was originally dedicated to St. Edmund; at the Dissolution it became Holy Trinity chapel, from which period it continued to be dependent on Woodhorn until 1768.

In the grounds of the church sits the War Memorial Cross, on which is the inscription: "SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919"

Notable people

• Anne Hepple Dickinson (1877–1959), writer
• Second Lieutenant James Johnson, VC (1889–1943), British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Bob Morton (1906–1990), English footballer
• Ronald Wardhaugh 1932-, sociolinguist

See also

• Woodhorn
• Druridge Bay
• Ulgham