Sibbertoft
| Sibbertoft | |
|---|---|
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.svg)  Sibbertoft Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 462 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP6882 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Market Harborough |
| Postcode district | LE16 |
| Dialling code | 01858 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Sibbertoft is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population (including Sulby) was 343 people,[1] increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census.[2]
The village's name means 'curtilage of Sigebeorht' or 'curtilage of Sigbjorn'.[3]
Facilities in the village include a pub, church, recreation ground and the Sibbertoft Reading Room which is in effect the village hall.[4]
Notable buildings and monuments[edit]
The Historic England website contains details of the listed buildings in the parish of Sibbertoft. All of them are Grade II apart from the parish church, which is Grade II*.[5]
The listed buildings are:
- St Helen's Church, Church Street
- Two chest tombs and a pair of headstones in the churchyard
- The Springs, 7 Berkeley Street
- The Old School, Church Street, 1846 by Edmund Francis Law[6]
- 41 Welland Rise
There is also a scheduled monument in the parish, a motte and bailey castle known as Castle Yard.[7]
Geography[edit]
The source of the River Welland is in the parish and it issues as a spring at Spring Croft, Church Street. Sibbertoft sits astride one of the principal watersheds in England[8] and the plateau of land towards Naseby contains the sources of four rivers flowing west, south and east.
Coombe Hill Hollow, north of the village, is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
History[edit]
There is evidence of Iron Age and Roman settlements within the civil parish.[7] Sibbertoft as a village is mentioned in the Domesday Book, under the ownership of tenant-in-chief Count Robert of Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror.[9]
Notable residents[edit]
- Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803 – 1889), vicar of Sibbertoft, cryptogamist and a founder of plant pathology
- Sir Edward Saunders (died 1576), Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench
- Lawrence Saunders (1519 – 1555), Marian Protestant martyr (brother of the above)
References[edit]
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Sibbertoft CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 19 November 2009
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for Nationqal Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ Sibbertoft Reading Room Retrieved 10 April 2011
- ^ "Historic England – The List". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
- ^ Pevsner, Northamptonshire, Addenda p530
- ^ a b "Sibbertoft | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ "Sibbertoft Village Design Statement". Daventrydc.gov.uk. Daventry District Council. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Sibbertoft | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
External links[edit]
- Map sources for Sibbertoft
- Village website
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