Teigh
The village's name origin is unsure, the name probably means 'a small enclosure' or 'a meeting place'.
The writer Arthur Mee proposed Teigh as one of the few Thankful Villages which lost no men in the First World War.
Notable residents
Richard Folville, a member of the Folville gang of robbers led by his older brother Eustace, was rector here from 1321. In 1340–1 he was besieged in the church and then summarily beheaded in his churchyard.
Anthony Jenkinson, main trader of the Muscovy Company was buried here in 1611. He had travelled as far as Bukhara when trying to reach Cathay overland from Moscow, and established overland trade routes through Russia to Persia.
In 1940, the vicar of Teigh, Henry Stanley Tibbs, was interned under Defence Regulation 18B for his pro-Nazi sympathies, but soon released after it was determined he was harmless.
References
- ^ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations" (PDF). Rutland County Council. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ Historic England (1 September 2020). "Church of Holy Trinity, Teigh (Grade II*) (1361821)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ Historic England (1 September 2020). "Old Rectory, Teigh (Grade II*) (1073204)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ Stones, E. L. G. (January 1957). "The Folvilles of Ashby-Folville, Leicestershire, and their Associates in Crime, 1326–1347 1". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 7: 117–136. doi:10.2307/3678889. ISSN 1474-0648. JSTOR 3678889. S2CID 154715565.
- ^ Tibbetts, Graham (4 May 2008). "'Fascist' vicar detained without trial". Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Media Ltd. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ^ Pavia, Will (5 May 2008). "Internet search for lost grandfather revealed he was a shunned vicar who sided with Hitler". TimesOnline. Times Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
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