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Sibbertoft
Location within Northamptonshire
Population462 (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
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52°26′10″N0°59′38″W / 52.4362°N 0.9938°W / 52.4362; -0.9938 Coordinates: 52°26′10″N0°59′38″W / 52.4362°N 0.9938°W / 52.4362; -0.9938

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]

Contents

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

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:

There is also a scheduled monument in the parish, a motte and bailey castle known as Castle Yard. [7]

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 [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

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

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References

  1. Office for National Statistics: Sibbertoft CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 19 November 2009
  2. "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for Nationqal Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  3. "Key to English Place-names".
  4. Sibbertoft Reading Room Retrieved 10 April 2011
  5. "Historic England – The List" . Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  6. Pevsner, Northamptonshire, Addenda p530
  7. 1 2 "Sibbertoft | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  8. "Sibbertoft Village Design Statement". Daventrydc.gov.uk. Daventry District Council. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  9. "Sibbertoft | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 16 September 2021.