Sibford Ferris is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
about west of
Banbury
Banbury is a historic market town on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, South East England. It had a population of 54,335 at the 2021 Census.
Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area of north Oxfordshir ...
in
Oxfordshire. It is on the south side of the Sib valley opposite its larger sister village,
Sibford Gower
Sibford Gower is a village and civil parish about west of Banbury in Oxfordshire, on the north side of the Sib valley, opposite Sibford Ferris. Sibford Gower parish includes the village of Burdrop. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's popul ...
. The
2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 476.
History
Sibford Ferris was part of the parish of
Swalcliffe until 1841, when a new ecclesiastical
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
of Sibford Gower, with Sibford Ferris and
Burdrop was created. The
Church of England parish church of the
Holy Trinity in Burdrop was built in 1840 to serve the new parish. Sibford Ferris
Manor House
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
was built in the 17th century and remodelled in the 18th century. In 1842 the
Society of Friends extended the house and converted it into a
boarding school,
Sibford School
Sibford School is a British co-educational independent school in Sibford Ferris, west of Banbury in north Oxfordshire, linked with the Religious Society of Friends. The school has both day and boarding pupils between the ages of 3 and 18. It i ...
. In the 1930s the main part of the school relocated to buildings south of the village. In the early 2000s the manor was sold for private housing. There is a water mill on the Sib stream at Temple Mill Farm about southwest of the village. It was built in 1830.
Home Close was designed and built in traditional
Cotswold
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Jura ...
style by the
Arts and Crafts movement architect M. H.
Baillie Scott in 1911.
Amenities
Sibford Ferris has a shop and sub-post office that serves all three villages.
References
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External links
The Sibfords village website
Civil parishes in Oxfordshire
Villages in Oxfordshire
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