Sibbertoft 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 authority ...

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. 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 In common law, the curtilage of a house or dwelling is the land immediately surrounding it, including any closely associated buildings and structures, but excluding any associated " open fields beyond". In feudal times every castle with its depen ...

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 Edmund Francis Law, usually referred to as 'E. F. Law', (26 April 1810 – 14 April 1882, in Northampton) FRIBA was an English architect during the 19th century, notable for a large number of projects, particularly restorations, in the ...

*41 Welland Rise There is also a

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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

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s in England and the plateau of land towards

Naseby Naseby is a village in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 687. The village is 14 mi (22.5 km) north of Northampton, 13.3 mi (21.4 km) northeast of Daventry, and 7 ...

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

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History

There is evidence of

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and

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settlements within the civil parish. Sibbertoft as a village is mentioned in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

, under the ownership of tenant-in-chief Count Robert of Mortain, half-brother of

William the Conqueror William I; ang, WillelmI (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first House of Normandy, Norman List of English monarchs#House of Norman ...

Notable residents

Miles Joseph Berkeley Miles Joseph Berkeley (1 April 1803 – 30 July 1889) was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology. Life Berkeley was born at Biggin Hall, Benefield, Northamptonshire, and educated at R ...

(1803 – 1889), vicar of Sibbertoft, cryptogamist and a founder of plant pathology * Sir Edward Saunders (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