Holy Trinity Church, Teigh
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Holy Trinity Church is the parish church in Teigh, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1361821|desc=Church of Holy Trinity, Teigh|grade=II*|date=1 September 2020}}
History
The current building was built in 1782,{{Cite web|url=https://www.explorechurches.org/church/holy-trinity-teigh|title=Teigh Holy Trinity|website=Explore Churches|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=20 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020230918/https://www.explorechurches.org/church/holy-trinity-teigh|url-status=live}} having been designed by George Richardson for Robert Sherard, 4th Earl of Harborough who was rector.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/teigh-church-holy-trinity/|title=Teigh Church in Rutland is a fine Georgian country Church | Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal|date=20 May 2012|website=www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=26 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126211922/https://www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/teigh-church-holy-trinity/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMYX4V_Holy_Trinity_Teigh_Rutland|title=Holy Trinity - Teigh, Rutland - Medieval Churches on Waymarking.com|website=www.waymarking.com}} An earlier church dating from the 12th century was removed{{Cite web|url=https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4482|title=Teigh, Holy Trinity Church - History, Travel, and accommodation information|website=Britain Express|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301012229/https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=4482|url-status=live}} except for the base of the tower.
File:Holy Trinity, Teigh - Pews - geograph.org.uk - 2235130.jpg
The pews face one another rather than towards the altar.{{Cite web|url=http://oakhamteam.org.uk/teigh/|title=Holy Trinity Teigh – Oakham Team Ministry|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=30 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630081438/http://oakhamteam.org.uk/teigh/|url-status=live}} The pulpit is triple-decked and is combined with the lectern and prayer desk to form an unusual structure at the western end.
Over the altar is a c1600 Flemish painting which could be the work of the Otto van Veen school. The ceiling of the church has the Sherard arms and the Sherard crest at either end.
File:Holy Trinity, Teigh - Sanctuary - geograph.org.uk - 2235132.jpg
Teigh claims to be a Thankful Village which lost no men in the First World War and a tablet near the altar commemorates this.
Anthony Jenkinson 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.
Notable clergy
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.
John Torkington was rector of Teigh (and vicar of Stapleford), 1787 – 1815.{{CCEd|name=John Torkington|id=77638}}
In 1940, the rector, Henry Stanley Tibbs, was briefly interned under Defence Regulation 18B for his pro-Nazi sympathies.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1927356/Fascist-vicar-detained-without-trial.html|title='Fascist' vicar detained without trial|last=Tibbetts|first=Graham|date=4 May 2008|work=Daily Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Media Ltd|accessdate=21 March 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3872747.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905214425/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3872747.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 September 2008|title=Internet search for lost grandfather revealed he was a shunned vicar who sided with Hitler|last=Pavia |first=Will|date=5 May 2008|work=TimesOnline|publisher=Times Newspapers Ltd.|accessdate=21 March 2009}}