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, increasing to 462 at the 2011 Census. The village's name means ' curtilage of Sigebeorht' or 'curtilage of Sigbjorn'. Facilities in the village include a pub, church, recreation ground and the Sibbertoft Reading Room which is in effect the village hall.

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*. 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 Law *41 Welland Rise There is also a scheduled monument in the parish, a

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castle known as Castle Yard.

Geography

The source of the

River Welland The River Welland is a lowland river in the east of England, some long. It drains part of the Midlands eastwards to The Wash. The river rises in the Hothorpe Hills, at Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire, then flows generally northeast to Market ...

is in the parish and it issues as a spring at Spring Croft, Church Street. Sibbertoft sits astride one of the principal

watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

s in England and the plateau of land towards Naseby contains the sources of four rivers flowing west, south and east.

Coombe Hill Hollow Coombe Hill Hollow is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Sibbertoft in Northamptonshire. This steep narrow valley has neutral grassland which has never been subject to fertilisers or herbicides, and it has diverse flora. ...

, north of the village, is a

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

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.

Notable residents

* Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803 – 1889), vicar of Sibbertoft,

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and a founder of plant pathology *

Sir Edward Saunders Sir Edward Saunders (died 12 November 1576) was an English judge and Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. Early life and career Sir Edward Saunders was the eldest surviving son of Thomas Saunders (died 1528) of Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, by Ma ...

(died 1576), Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench *

Lawrence Saunders Lawrence Saunders (1519 – 8 February 1555) was an English Protestant martyr whose story is recorded in ''Foxe's Book of Martyrs''. Early life Saunders was the son of Thomas Saunders (d. 1528) of Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, by Margaret, the dau ...

(1519 – 1555), Marian Protestant martyr (brother of the above)

References

External links

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Village website
Villages in Northamptonshire Civil parishes in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire District {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub