Holy Trinity Church is the parish church in

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

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. It is a

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listed building.

History

The current building was built in 1782, having been designed by George Richardson for

Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough The Reverend Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough (21 October 1719 – 21 April 1799) was a British clergyman who inherited the earldom of Harborough. Early life Born on 21 October 1719, he was one of six sons and eight daughters born to Phil ...

who was rector. An earlier church dating from the 12th century was removed except for the base of the tower. The pews face one another rather than towards the altar. The

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is triple-decked and is combined with the

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and prayer desk to form an unusual structure at the western end. Over the altar is a c1600

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which could be the work of the

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school. The ceiling of the church has the Sherard arms and the Sherard crest at either end. Teigh claims to be a Thankful Village which lost no men in the

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and a tablet near the altar commemorates this.

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

of the

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was buried here in 1611. He had travelled as far as

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when trying to reach

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overland from Moscow, and established overland trade routes through

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Notable clergy

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

, a member of the

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of robbers led by his older brother

Eustace Eustace ( ) is the rendition in English of two phonetically similar Greek given names: *Εὔσταχυς (''Eústachys'') meaning "fruitful", "fecund"; literally "abundant in grain"; its Latin equivalents are ''Fæcundus/Fecundus'' *Εὐστά ...

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

John Torkington John Torkington, D.D. (b & d Little Stukeley 26 March 1742 - 11 July 1815) was Master of Clare College from 1781 until his death. Torkington was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fellow in 1768. He was ordained a priest in the Churc ...

was rector of Teigh (and vicar of Stapleford), 1787 – 1815. In 1940, the rector,

Henry Stanley Tibbs Henry Stanley Tibbs (1877 – 5 February 1943) was an Irish-British Anglican priest briefly interned in the Second World War under Defence Regulation 18B for his alleged pro-Nazi sympathies. Henry Tibbs was the rector of the parish of Teigh, R ...

, was briefly interned under

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for his pro-Nazi sympathies.

References

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History

Notable clergy

See also

References