Sibbertoft | |
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St Helen's Church, 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]
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]
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.
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]
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