Sibbertoft
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{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name= Sibbertoft
|coordinates = {{coord|52.4362|-0.9938|display=inline,title}}
|population= 462
|population_ref= (2011)
|unitary_england= West Northamptonshire
|lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire
|region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= Kettering
|post_town= Market Harborough
|postcode_district = LE16
|postcode_area= LE
|dial_code= 01858
|os_grid_reference= SP6882
|london_distance=
|static_image_name=Sibbertoft Church - geograph.org.uk - 143974.jpg
|static_image_caption= St Helen's Church, Sibbertoft
}}
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,[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=797215&c=sibbertoft&d=16&e=15&g=472477&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1258668440218&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779 Office for National Statistics: Sibbertoft CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 19 November 2009 increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11128498&c=Sibbertoft&d=16&e=62&g=6451054&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1468068607684&enc=1|title=Civil Parish population 2011|accessdate=9 July 2016|publisher=Office for Nationqal Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics}}
The village's name means 'curtilage of Sigebeorht' or 'curtilage of Sigbjorn'.{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Sibbertoft|title=Key to English Place-names}}
Facilities in the village include a pub, church, recreation ground and the Sibbertoft Reading Room which is in effect the village hall.[http://www.sibbertoft.org/reading_room.php Sibbertoft Reading Room] Retrieved 10 April 2011
Notable buildings and monuments
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*.{{Cite web|title=Historic England – The List|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/|accessdate=2015-09-29}}
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 LawPevsner, Northamptonshire, Addenda p530
- 41 Welland Rise
There is also a scheduled monument in the parish, a motte and bailey castle known as Castle Yard.{{Cite web|title=Sibbertoft {{!}} British History Online|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/northants/vol3/pp170-172|access-date=2021-09-16|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}
Geography
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{{cite web |title=Sibbertoft Village Design Statement |url=https://www.daventrydc.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=11442 |website=Daventrydc.gov.uk |publisher=Daventry District Council |accessdate=25 November 2018}} 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
There is evidence of Iron Age and Roman settlements within the civil parish. 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.{{Cite web|title=Sibbertoft {{!}} Domesday Book|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SP6882/sibbertoft/|access-date=2021-09-16|website=opendomesday.org}}
Notable residents
- 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
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External links
- {{oscoor gbx|SP680826}}
- [http://www.sibbertoft.org.uk Village website]
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Category:Villages in Northamptonshire
Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
Category:West Northamptonshire District
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