Duddingston is a former village in the east of Edinburgh, Scotland, next to Holyrood Park. Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country in northwest Europe and a constituent nation of the United Kingdom. ... Holyrood Park is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland. ...

The settlement dates from when Duddingston Kirk was built, in 1124. It was founded by a Norman knight named Dodin, hence the name Duddingston, from "Dodin's toun". The kirk was built on lands gifted to the Abbot of Kelso Abbey by King David I in the early 12th century. Kelso Abbey Kelso Abbey is a Scottish abbey built in the 12th century by a community of Tironensian monks (originally from Tiron, near Chartres, in France) who had moved from the nearby Selkirk Abbey. ... David I, known as the Saint, (1084 - May 24, 1153), king of Scotland, the youngest son of Malcolm Canmore and of Saint Margaret (sister of Edgar Ætheling), was born in 1084. ...

The Sheep's Heid Inn is said to be Scotland's oldest pub, dating from 1360. It is named after a ram's head presented to the landlord by King James VI in 1580. James VI and I King of England, Scotland and Ireland James VI of Scotland and I of England (Charles James) (19 June 1566–27 March 1625) was a King who ruled over England, Scotland and Ireland, and was the first Sovereign to reign in the three realms simultaneously. ...

Bonnie Prince Charlie held a council of war in a cottage in the village, shortly before the Battle of Prestonpans in 1745. For the U.S. politician, see Charles E. Stuart Bonnie Prince Charlie Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart (December 31, 1720 – January 31, 1788), was the exiled claimant to the thrones of Ireland, commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie. Charles was the son of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old... In the Battle of Prestonpans Jacobite Stuarts under Bonnie Prince Charlie defeated Government forces under General Cope on September 21, 1745. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected...

Duddingston Loch has been used for ice-skating and curling for several centuries. The loch provided the setting for Henry Raeburn's painting Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch. Today the loch is a wildlife reserve, owned by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, it contains a variety of wildfowl and reedbeds. Outdoor ice skating in Austria Ice skating is traveling on ice with skates, narrow (and sometimes parabolic) blade-like devices moulded into special boots (or, more primitively, without boots, tied to regular footwear). ... Curling is a game played on ice with granite stones Curling is a precision sport similar to bowls or bocce, but played on ice with polished heavy stones rather than plastic balls. ... Sir Henry Raeburn (March 4, 1756 - July 8, 1823) was a Scottish portrait-painter. ... Falcated Duck at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands centre, Gloucestershire, England Wildfowl or waterfowl, also waterbirds, is the collective term for the approximately 147 species of swans, geese and ducks, classified in the order Anseriformes, family Anatidae. ... A reedbed in summer Reedbeds are basically ’temporary’ habitats. ...

External links

• Gazetteer for Scotland: Duddingston
• Duddingston Kirk
• SWT Reserve : Bawsinch and Duddingston Loch
• Duddingston Conservation Area Character Appraisal