Teviothead
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| Teviothead Gaelic: Ceann Tìobhiot | |
| Roxburghshire | |
|---|---|
 Former smithy at Hendersons Knowe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT405055 |
| Location: | 55°20’24"N, 2°56’23"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 198 (2001) |
| Post town: | Hawick |
| Postcode: | TD9 |
| Dialling code: | 01450 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Scottish Borders |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
Teviothead is a small village and parish in Roxburghshire, known locally as Teviotheid. It is located south of the River Teviot.
The Border hero Johnnie Armstrong, was taken prisoner and executed here in 1530, by King James V, and his men. A fine memorial stone exists in the 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.
The poet Henry Scott Riddell died in Teviotdale.
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