Teviothead

Teviothead
Scots: *Teviotheid*
Teviothead Scots: Teviotheid;
	Former smithy at Hendersons Knowe
	Teviothead Location 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	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk;
Scottish Parliament	Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°20′24″N 2°56′23″W / 55.339921°N 2.939627°W

Teviothead (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Tìbhiot) 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.^{[citation needed]}

The poet Henry Scott Riddell died in Teviotdale and Scottish motorcycle road racer Steve Hislop died in a helicopter crash on nearby hillside moorland in the Teviot valley in 2003.

See also