Duddingston
Sign in to saveDuddingston Village is a historic conservation village in east Edinburgh, situated beside Holyrood Park and Duddingston Loch. It is characterised by a high concentration of traditional and period homes and is widely regarded as an affluent area. It should not be confused with the wider Duddingston area, which extends beyond the village and continues down towards Portobello
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- Locality
- City of Edinburgh
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- United Kingdom
- Location
- Edinburgh
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- 'Bonnie Prince Charlie House', Duddingston.jpg
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Duddingston Village is a historic conservation village in east Edinburgh, situated beside Holyrood Park and Duddingston Loch. It is characterised by a high concentration of traditional and period homes and is widely regarded as an affluent area. It should not be confused with the wider Duddingston area, which extends beyond the village and continues down towards Portobello
==Origins and etymology== The estate wherein Duddingston Village now lies was first recorded in lands granted to the Tironensian monks of Kelso Abbey by David I of Scotland between 1136 and 1147, and is described as stretching from the Crag (from Craggenmarf, an old name for Arthur's Seat) to the Magdalene Bridge. Herbert, the first Abbot at Kelso granted the lands of Easter and Wester Duddingston to Reginald de Bosco for an annual rent of 10 merks.