Teigh
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Coordinates: 52°44′13″N 0°39′47″W / 52.737°N 0.663°W
Teigh is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is notable for its parish church, almost unaltered since a 1782 rebuild, that features pews that face one another rather than the altar.
| Teigh | |
 Holy Trinity Church |
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  Teigh Teigh shown within Rutland | |
| Area | 2.01 sq mi (5.2 km2) [1] |
|---|---|
| Population | 48 2001 Census[2] |
| - Density | 24 /sq mi (9.3 /km2) |
| OS grid reference | SK903162 |
| - London | 89 miles (143 km) SSE |
| Unitary authority | Rutland |
| Shire county | Rutland |
| Ceremonial county | Rutland |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | OAKHAM |
| Postcode district | LE15 |
| Dialling code | 01572 |
| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Rutland and Melton |
The writer Arthur Mee proposed Teigh as one of the few Thankful Villages which lost no men in World War I.
Richard Folville, a member of the gang of robbers led by his older brother Eustace was rector here from 1321. In 1340 41 he was besieged in the church and then summarily executed outside.
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, Rev. Henry Stanley Tibbs, was interned under Defence Regulation 18B for alleged pro-Nazi sympathies, but soon released after it was determined he was harmless.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "A vision of Britain through time". University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ↑ "Rutland Civil Parish Populations". Rutland County Council. 2001. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
- ↑ 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.). Retrieved 21 March 2009.
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