Teviothead

Teviothead
Scots: Teviotheidcode: sco is deprecated
240px Former smithy at Hendersons Knowe
Teviothead  Teviothead shown within the Scottish Borders
Population	198 (2001)
Language	English
	Southern Scots
OS grid reference	NT405055
– Edinburgh	63 miles (101 km)
Civil parish	Teviothead
Council area	Scottish Borders
Lieutenancy area	Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HAWICK
Postcode district	TD9
Dialling code	01450
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament	Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
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Teviothead (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Tìobhiot) 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 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 and Scottish motorcycle road racer Steve Hislop died in a helicopter crash on to nearby hillside moorland in the Teviot valley during 2003.

See also

• List of places in the Scottish Borders
• List of places in Scotland