Widdrington Village
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Widdrington is a village and civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England.
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.
1768-date
The church was repaired by Sir George Warren, in 1768, and comprises a nave, chancel, and south aisle; the chancel has an oratory or chantry porch projecting from it on the south, lit by two windows. There followed another 'nonconformist' place of worship that is now the United Reformed Church. William Mitford of Bullocks Hall was buried in 1783 in the churchyard with an ornate, listed headstone with foliage, a cherub and pilasters.[1] Beside this are six table mausoleums, a headstone with shaped moulded top with sunk quatrefoil and inscription to George Craister 'of Woddrington dog kennel', c.1781 and another that has shaped top and well-cut inscription to William Taylor of Druridge of 1779.[2]
In 1843, a skeleton with the teeth intact and an urn were found in ploughing a field, at which time there were 447 inhabitants based on the research assembled by Samuel Lewis based on the 1841 census.[3]
In 1848 the whole village chiefly belonged to Lord Vernon, and comprised 4902a. 1r. 30p., mostly tithe-free, and of which a fifth was pasture. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, which was in the mid-19th century in the gift of Lord Vernon (who could appoint the vicar).[3]
Landmarks
The parish church is Grade I listed and dates to the Norman era[4] commanded by elevated ruins of a modest 18th-century castle, Widdrington Castle, a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[5]
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
References
- ^ The Mitford Headstone Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1042104)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ Listing two of three in churchyard Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1371046)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ a b Samuel Lewis (editor) (1848). "Widdrington". A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Church of Holy Trinity, Widdrington Grade I listing Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1371045)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1014770)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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