Teigh is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of

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. The population of the village was 48 in the 2001 census. At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and was included with the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...

Market Overton Market Overton is a village on the northern edge of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish (including Teigh) was 494 at the 2001 census, increasing to 584 at the 2011 census. History The villa ...

. It is notable for its Holy Trinity Church, almost unaltered since a 1782 rebuild by Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough, that features pews that face one another rather than the altar. Both the parish church and the Old Rectory of 1740 are

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. The Old Rectory was used for the filming of the 1995 BBC series of '' Pride and Prejudice''; it served as Hunsford parsonage, Mr Collins's modest home. The village's name origin is unsure, the name probably means 'a small

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' or 'a meeting place'. The writer

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proposed Teigh as one of the few

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which lost no men in the

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Notable residents

Richard Folville Richard Folville (died 1340–1) was a member of the infamous Folville Gang captained by his older brother Eustace. Biography Richard was the fourth of 7 sons born to Sir John Folville (died 1310) of Ashby Folville, Leicestershire. In 1321 he ...

, a member of the Folville gang of robbers led by his older brother

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, was rector here from 1321. In 1340–1 he was besieged in the church and then summarily beheaded in his churchyard.

Anthony Jenkinson Anthony Jenkinson (1529 – 1610/1611) was born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. He was one of the first Englishmen to explore Muscovy and present-day Russia. Jenkinson was a traveller and explorer on behalf of the Muscovy Company ...

, main trader of the

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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

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. In 1940, the vicar of Teigh, Henry Stanley Tibbs, was interned under

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for his pro-Nazi sympathies, but soon released after it was determined he was harmless.

References

External links

Village websiteTeigh Church website
Villages in Rutland Civil parishes in Rutland {{Rutland-geo-stub