Faiths, Beliefs and Religions
St. Katherine's, TeversalSt. Katherine's, Teversal
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first church in the village was Anglo-Saxon and made of wood. It was mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
St. Katherine was an Egyptian Princess who was martyred for her Christian beliefs aged just eighteen. The first attempt to execute her on a wheel failed when the wheel was split by a bolt of lightning; this is the origin of the "Catherine Wheel" firework.
More information about St Catherine of Alexandria
There is a second Egyptian connection, this being the church of the Carnarvon family. The fifth Earl Carnavon was the sponsor
of the Egyptologist Howard Carter and was present on November 26th 1922 when Carter became the first person to gaze into the
burial chamber of Tutankhamun in 3,300 years.
For more information about the excavation, including transcriptions of Howard Carter's diaries, please visit the Griffiths Institute online collection.
Lord Carnarvon died in Cairo on April 5th 1923, some say the first of many involved with the excavation to be struck down with "The Curse of the Pharoah"!
Teversal village, one of the most unspoiled and beautiful in Nottinghamshire, is remarkable in that the feudal system still operated here until the death of the "Tutankhamun" Earl.
The church has box pews including a Squire's Pew. It also has a rare set of hatchments; these are panels bearing the coat
of arms of the deceased.
This church is a grade I listed building.
The manor of Teversal was held by the Molyneux and then the Carnarvon families. Members of the Molyneux family are buried in twelve lead-lined coffins in an underground crypt accessed by twelve under-pew steps.
The village of Teversal is a conservation area and is readily accessible from the Teversal Trails Visitors Centre.
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