Teviothead

Also known as Ceann Tìbhiot

Teviothead () is a small village and civil parish in Teviotdale in the Scottish Borders, known locally as Teviotheid. It is located south of the River Teviot.

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Locality: Teviothead
Region: Alba / Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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UK place.static_image_name: Former smithy at Hendersons Knowe, Teviothead.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Former smithy at Hendersons Knowe
UK place.country: Scotland
UK place.official_name: Teviothead
UK place.gaelic_name: Ceann Tìbhiot
UK place.scots_name: Teyotheid / Teviotheid
UK place.language: English
UK place.language1: Southern Scots
UK place.map_type: Scotland
UK place.population: 198
UK place.population_ref: (2001)
UK place.os_grid_reference: NT405055
UK place.civil_parish: Teviothead
UK place.community_scotland: Upper Teviotdale and Borthwick Water
UK place.unitary_scotland: Scottish Borders
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland: Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
UK place.constituency_westminster: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament: Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

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Population: 198
Image: Former smithy at Hendersons Knowe, Teviothead.jpg

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OS grid reference: NT405055
Commons category: Teviothead
native label: Teviothead

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Teviothead () is a small village and civil parish in Teviotdale in the Scottish Borders, known locally as Teviotheid. It is located south of the River Teviot.

The Border hero Johnnie Armstrong and his men were taken prisoner and executed here in 1530, by King James V. A fine memorial stone exists in Caerlanrig churchyard, and a marker in the adjacent field shows the traditional site of the grave. Tom Jenkins, Britain's first black schoolmaster taught at the Smithy, now occupied by the Johnnie Armstrong Gallery, from 1814 to 1818.