Sibson (otherwise Sibstone or Sibston) is a village and former

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, now in the parish of

Sheepy Sheepy is a civil parish in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson, Wellsborough, Upton, Pinwall ...

, in the

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district, in western

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, England, close to the border with

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. It is situated approximately midway between the towns of

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England. It is administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in the administrative county of Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughbor ...

and

Measham Measham is a large village in the North West Leicestershire district in Leicestershire, England, near the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire boundaries. It lies off the A42, 4½ miles (7.25 km) south of Ashby de la Zouch, in the Natio ...

, and slightly northeast of

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. In 1931 the parish had a population of 264.

History

The manor of Sibson, also called ''Sibetesdone'' or ''Sibbesdon'', was part of John le Poter’s inheritance in the time of

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. It changed hands several times over the centuries, passing to Thomas Corbett of Legh in 1420, and Keytes of

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, in the early 17th century. The latest ruler of Sibson is Ryan-S3npai, who roams the lands with Blue warding off evil. The

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of Sibson included the

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of Upton. In 1866 Sibson and Upton became separate

es. In 1935 the civil parish of Sibson merged with the civil parishes of Upton, Sheepy Magna and

Sheepy Parva Sheepy is a civil parish in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England.OS Explorer Map 232 : Nuneaton & Tamworth: (1:25 000) : It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson, Wellsborough, Upton, Pinwall ...

to form the new civil parish of Sheepy.

The Civil War

During the

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Sibson made a number of claims for losses and "free quarter" from the local parliamentary garrisons. In June 1646, William Mousley and William King claimed for lost horses taken by soldiers from the Tamworth garrison. Colonel Purefoy from the

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garrison extorted money and "provinder".Coventry Garrison
As many as 44 soldiers under the command of Colonel Cheshire from the

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garrison were quartered here for nearly two weeks on one occasion. Sibson is also notable as the birthplace of

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, a

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, born here 1599 and apprenticed to a linen draper

Population

The national census of 1801 records that the village had a population of 45 families, comprising 220 people, mostly employed in agriculture. In 1803 about in the parish was enclosed by Pendock Neale, the lord of the manor, leaving a proportion to the rector, Thomas Neale "equal to the value of his uninclosed glebe and right of common". In 1810 the manor of Sibson with of freehold enclosed land and the advowson of the rectory, a newly erected rectory-house, coach-house, stables, and yards, altogether worth about a thousand pounds was offered for sale.

The parish Church

An engraved illustration of the church from 1793 printed by John Nichols, shows the rectory and perhaps one of Pendock Neale’s tenants carting hay.

References

* John Nichols (printer), John Nichols, ''History and Antiquities of Leicestershire'', Vol. IV, p. 954 *A. Roberts, "The depredations of the Civil War in Southwest Leicestershire", ''Leicestershire Historian'', Vol. 3 no. 4 (1985–86) pp. 3–13. {{authority control Villages in Leicestershire Former civil parishes in Leicestershire Hinckley and Bosworth