Teigh

Teigh is a village 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.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 1340/1 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 later released after it was determined he was harmless. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1927356/%27Fascist%27-vicar-detained-without-trial.html 'Fascist' vicar detained without trial] "Daily Telegraph", 4 May 2008] [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3872747.ece Internet search for lost grandfather revealed he was a shunned vicar who sided with Hitler] "The Times", 4 May 2008]

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External links

* [http://www.rutnet.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=46 Village website]
* [http://www.le.ac.uk/emoha/leicester/teigh.html Details and photos of the church]
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